Different types of documentary.

• Fully narrated - An off screen voice over is used to make sense of the visuals and dominate there meaning e.g. natural history documentaries. The narrator always seems authorative "voice of god".
• Mixed - These use a combination of interview, observation and narration to advance the arguement.
• FlyOnTheWall - The camera is unseen or ignored and simply records every minute of real events as they happen. There is often no narration leaving audience to reach their own conclusions.
• Self reflective - When the subject of the documentary acknowledges the presence of the camera and speaks directly to the documentary maker.
• Docusoap - These documentaries follow the lives of individuals usually with designated occupations.
• Docudrama - A re-enacment of events as though they have actually happened.
• Towie - These type of documentaries are a docusoap but scripted. They blur the boundary between fact and fiction.