History

Question 1

Definition

Answer 1

an approach to the ‘real’ as opposed to the fictional, and dealing with issues of fact and real events

Question 2

Grierson

Answer 2

documentary is the creative treatment of actuality

Question 3

Drifters

Answer 3

made by Grierson, to show the working class of fishing

Question 4

Night Mail

Answer 4

made by Watt and Wright celebrating the postal workers’ skills and determination to deliver the post on time. They create ‘heroes’ out of ordinary working men

Question 5

Documentary as propaganda

Answer 5

Leni Riefenstahl - work involves nazi imagery by portraying Hitler as Godlike (his plane descending from the clouds) used in manipulation

Question 6

Nanook of the North

Answer 6

Flaherty - offer the audience a ‘real’, a version of reality that either he saw himself, or that he wanted others to see

Question 7

Direct cinema

Answer 7

use lightweight cameras and portable synchronised sound recording equipment to get close to their subjects