1. ASSIGNMENT 10:
PURPOSE AND
INSPIRATION MODE
THEORY
Rosalin Zein
13 Pius

2. PURPOSE
Of documentary (consider you target audience)

3. What is the purpose of the documentary ?
The purpose of the documentary is to:
Educate people on the topic
Teach them important facts
Inform them of the impact on culture

4. What would people learn about this topic from
your documentary ?
People will learn about
Social media – the different types
Culture - subcultures
The positive and negative impact

5. INSPIRATION
Other Documentaries, forms and conventions

6. How did other documentaries inspire you ?
Don’t Blame Facebook:
• Forms:
• 1) non-diegetic background music
• 2) voiceovers
• 3) cutaways
• Conventions:
• 1) public interview
• 2) expert interview
• 3) archival footage + photos
• 4) narrator
• 5) reconstructions

7. How did other documentaries inspire you ?
Breaking the Taboo:
Forms:
1) background sound
2) handheld camera movements
3) voiceovers
4) cutaways
5) sound bridging
Conventions:
1) archival photos and footage
2) statistics
3) expert interviews
4) narrator
5) credits

8. How did other documentaries inspire you ?
Food inc:
Archival footage & Archival
photographs
Animation
Statistics
Expert interviews
Narrator
Voice overs & sound bridging
Cutaways
Non-diegetic score music
Credits

9. How did other documentaries inspire you ?
The Culture Show: Youtube – The Future of Tv:
http://chelseafasholelukea2media.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-culture-show-youtube-future-of-tv.html

10. MODE
Which applies to your documentary

11. Which Documentary mode applies to your documentary ?
Mode Conventions & Examples How it applies to your
documentary
Expository mode (voice of God) Narrator to address audience
directly to present exposition.
e.g Blue planet
I will be using a presenter who will
address the audience directly
asking them questions.
Observational Mode (window of
the world)
Objective reality with filmmaker as
neutral observer.
E.G Skint
n/a – This is not relevant to my
topic or any footage that I will be
getting. E.g I would not have to rush
to get footage.
Participatory Mode (filmmaker and
subject together)
Direct engagement between
filmmaker and subject
E.G Sicko
I would like to do an experiment in
my documentary so he filmmaker
will be taking pat in this.
Reflexive Mode (aware of process) Acknowledges construction of
documentary
e.G Catfish
n/a – I don’t think that this would
be needed as it is not something
which is related to my topic.
Performer Mode (filmmaker as
participant)
Emphasises emotional and social
impact on the audience
It relate to my topic and the
filmmaker will be participating in
the documentary.

12. Which mode will I use?
Expository mode:
The presenter will be addressing the audience directly asking them questions.
Performer mode:
It relates to the topic of my documentary which is to show the impact of social
media
The filmmaker will be participating in the documentary by presenting and
through public and expert interviews