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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who proposed the six different modes of documentary in 1991?
Michael Moore
Morgan Spurlock
Bill Nichols
Ken Burns
Which documentary mode focuses on mood, tone, or the juxtaposition of imagery?
Expository mode
Participatory mode
Observational mode
Poetic mode
Which documentary genre often features 'voice of God' style voice-over?
Poetic mode
Reflexive mode
Performative mode
Expository mode
Which documentary mode involves direct engagement with subjects and capturing real emotional responses?
Reflexive mode
Participatory mode
Performative mode
Observational mode
Which documentary mode acts as a fly-on-the-wall and observes the subject's real-life without interrupting?
Reflexive mode
Observational mode
Expository mode
Poetic mode
Which documentary mode focuses on the relationship between the filmmaker and the audience?
Observational mode
Performative mode
Reflexive mode
Participatory mode
Which documentary mode uses the filmmaker's personal experience or relationship with the subject to explore larger truths?
Poetic mode
Expository mode
Performative mode
Observational mode
Which documentary genre focuses on visuals and artistic style to reveal an inner truth?
Observational mode
Poetic mode
Participatory mode
Expository mode
Which documentary genre presents the filmmaker's version of the truth as 'the' truth?
Poetic mode
Expository mode
Observational mode
Participatory mode
Which documentary genre captures the documentary production process and the relationship between filmmaker and subject?
Reflexive mode
Performative mode
Observational mode
Participatory mode
Which documentary genre focuses on the filmmaker's involvement with the subject?
Expository mode
Performative mode
Poetic mode
Participatory mode
Which documentary genre uses highly composed, visually striking images to tell a story?
Observational mode
Poetic mode
Participatory mode
Expository mode
Which documentary genre captures the interviewer as much as the interviewee?
Observational mode
Participatory mode
Reflexive mode
Performative mode
Which documentary genre focuses on the process of documentary filmmaking itself?
Expository mode
Performative mode
Poetic mode
Reflexive mode
Which documentary genre uses the filmmaker's personal experience as a jumping-off point for exploring larger truths?
Poetic mode
Expository mode
Participatory mode
Performative mode
