Exploring documentaries

Category/genre• My documentary is going to be a reality

documentary genre which purpose is providing real-life footage and as such being separated from the genre of documentaries in general, as a fly on the wall documentary contains real life situations like a documentary, but does not contain any interaction from the director or the crew, but the subject itself, making the footage recorded very raw and uncut, with no telling what is going to happen throughout the show. It is almost completely observational with aspects of interaction.

Institution • The institution who would create my documentary would possibly

be the BBC, as they are known to make documentaries of my style and genre such as ‘Educating Essex and Yorkshire’, and others which tend to all be observational and interactive. The BBC is possibly the largest conglomerate in the world are extremely successful which would get my documentary out a very large demographic of all ages raging from 16-60. Documentaries from the BBC are broadcasted on TV primarily during peak times from 7pm to 10pm, causing the amount of viewers to be larger, and eliminating a very young audience. Documentaries are always viewable to stream off BBC IPlayer for a short period after air .Here are examples from BBC IPlayer: