RESEARCH INTO

SIMIL AR
PRODUCTS
B E N E F I T S S T R E E T D O C U M E N TA RY
 PURPOSE
The purpose of this documentary is to
inform, however it is done through
misrepresentation of the people on benefits.
Showing them as scroungers and people
without morals, drug dealers and robbers and
ignoring the strong sense of community.
Another purpose of the documentary is to
entertain, watching subjects dramatically
emphasizing the lives and having them play
up to the camera for the audiences
enjoyment. Such as the arrest and the man
hunt with police looking for the young make
was thrilling to watch as an audience
 CODES AND CONVENTIONS

Voiceover will usually be Establishing shot/ fly on the

Hand held- to show that it is real
authoritative in some way, wall it involves personal
life and can be free moving.
encouraging the audience to think exploitation of those it
that they either have some kind of features as they cannot
specialist knowledge. Lessening mediate or see the footage
the gap of the narrator and before it is shown to everyone.
subjects, also making the subjects It also sets the scene and tone
not know the comentary made. for the rest of the
documentary .
MODES

Expository documentaries speak directly to the viewer, often in the form of

an authoritative commentary employing voiceover or titles, proposing a strong
argument and point of view. These films are rhetorical, and try to persuade the
viewer in a certain way.
 TYPE OF DOCUMENTARY

Observational Documentary (Fly on the wall) A documentary where the filmmaker is a neutral observer. (from
the outside looking in)

Life is lived and observed. It can then be seen how people/animals react in different situations. The filmmaker is
normally out of shot so they cannot influence what is happening.

Nothing is rehearsed or staged, this means the camera crew have to rush around, resulting in poor shaky looking
footage.
 NARRATIVE
Open narrative. Means there is
unanswered questions so it is open
to the reading. The audience are
able to decide what there take away
of the documentary was. Its shows
this as there is a next time meaning
the documentary is a series not
coming to a conclusion at the end.
Linear. A time line of
chronological events shown
sequentially through the
documentaries. Showing the
robbery for example and
showing the events that happen
after ( the male going to prison)
all shown in time order
More than one issue discussed,
having multiple stories converging
as it shows lots of different
people in the street for example
Fungi and Whit Dee and there
different struggles that converge
into one.