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Realism: The ‘kind’ of reality produced by a media text
Mediation: The process whereby media texts select and construct the world through different techniques
Documentary encodes versions of reality that are mediated into our individual context. Realism is a term that does not always apply to what is actually real, but to degrees of realism and audiences’ expectations of reality.
Documentary Modes of Representation
In “Representing Reality, Issues and Concepts in Documentary”, Bill Nichols 1991 (Indiana University Press) argues there are four documentary modes...
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Camera Shots
Establishing Shot - ES - Establishes where, when and who of a sequence of film.
Long Shot - LS - The subject being filmed can be seen from head to foot in their surroundings.
Mid/medium Shot - MS - Classic newsreader shot. A person can be seen from the waist upwards. We can still see some of the setting.
Close Up - CU - The subject fills the screen. We cannot see much of the background.
Big/Extreme Close Up - BCU/ECU - A small detail fills the screen: an insect on a leaf, an eye
Point of View Shot - POV - The shot is from a...
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