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Identify and compare the main codes of two television documentaries and explain what effect they have on the presentation of the subject matter of the programs.
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Identify and compare the main codes of two television documentaries and explain what effect they have on the presentation of the subject matter of the programs. A documentary can be described as a film or television programme presenting a political, social, or historical matter in a factual and informative manner. They often consist of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration. Documentaries have made many people famous or just propelled their like David Attenborough. There are many different types of documentaries, such as; historical - a look at certain events in history using secondary sources and usually using actors to show a scene in detail; fly-on-the-wall - this is appropriately named because in this type of documentary we see the subject (usually people) from a fly on the walls' point of view. Docusoaps are usually used when only secondary resources are available; investigative - a documentary in which the production team...
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