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Genre Analysis
Documentaries
Genre Analysis
Documentaries
The term 'documentary' was invented by John Grierson in 1926.
The purpose of a documentary is to document something that has actually happened, this is usually shown through actual footage or reconstruction.
They can rely on either a narrators voice over or the interviewees themselves to anchor the meaning of the documentary.
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