Write an essay of between 3600 and 4400 words in response to ONE of the questions below.
For all of the questions below, you must discuss at least two documentary films or television programs, at
least one of which must be a film or television program screened on the module (see list below).
Your essay must cite suitable scholarly sources, including (but ideally going beyond) some of the module reading.
You should use Harvard in-text citations and you must include a bibliography.
Ensure that your essay is double spaced and has been proofread before submission.
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For all of the questions below, you must discuss at least two documentary films or television
programs, at least one of which must be a film or television program screened on the module.
1. Documentary has been referred to as the ‘creative treatment of actuality. What did this
mean to documentary filmmakers in the 1930s, and what does it mean to documentary
filmmakers today? Refer to any two documentary films, including at least one study on the
module.
2. To what extent are staging and performance necessary to reveal ‘truth’ in a documentary
film? Your answer should refer to any two documentary films, including at least one film
studied in the module.
3. Some documentary directors remain hidden from view, while others are a visible or audible
presence in their films. Explore the idea of the ‘star director’ in any two documentary films,
including at least one film studied on the module.
4. “Jill Craigie’s filmmaking practice finds its catalyst in the political context in which she find
herself, and it is through this engagement with the political that gives rise to the expression
of her feminist and socialist ethics.’” Discuss in relation to any two documentaries, including
at least one film studied on the module.
5. Attending to questions of form, tone, and style, show how GPO Film Unit productions serve
simultaneously to construct ideas of what a traditional documentary film is and to corrode
or even completely undermine those conventions. Refer to two films, including at least one
screened on the module.
6. Evaluate the different approaches to sound design in any two documentary films, including
at least one screened on the module.
7. What are the strengths and weaknesses of observational documentaries? Your answer should
refer to any two documentaries, including at least one study on the module.
8. What approaches have documentary filmmakers taken when representing marginalized or
under-represented communities and subjects? Discuss with reference to any two
documentaries, including at least one study on the module.
9. How do Netflix documentary series rethink the documentary aesthetic? Discuss with
reference to any two documentaries, including at least one study on the module.
10. How have changes in filmmaking technology influenced the style and content of
documentaries? Discuss one technological change in relation to any two documentaries
(including one study on the module).
11. Can documentary films be Surrealist? Discuss with reference to any two documentary films
including at least one study on the module

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