[Morgeruat]

Originally posted by The Hierophant: quote: Originally posted by Morgeruat: For my definition of a documentary I'd rather compare the old Disney animal documentaries to the National Geographic documentaries on animals, while the Disney ones are more fun to watch (at least they were when I was growing up) they are much more selective of the material you'l be shown, one on otters for instance wouldn't show their predators except in a "watch the cute otter make the mean fox/coyote/etc look stupid as it gets away", whereas the National geographic ones I've seen tend more towards focusing on an animal, say a wildebeast, following herd migrations, and then a lion, or cheetah attack, then moving on to follow the predator around and watch what they do, it was a much more objective look at the subject matter, and while it was much harsher for a young child to watch, it paints a better and more full picture of life in the real world for these animals than the Disney "cute animals acting cute" documentaries.

Again, by definition please, not example. I don't want an example of what you think a real documentary, I want to know what you think is the fundamental essense of a real documentary.

How many 'sides' to an issue do you think there can be?
How exactly do you define objectivity?

I ask this mainly because your statements that Moore is not a true documentarian seem to stem largely from a dislike of what he says, rather than from any clear theory on what a 'real' documentary is. [/QUOTE]Objectivity is not inventing facts to shove your point of view down someones throat, or covering up details that inject reality into the ajenda you're trying to push (not showing predators getting the otter, or clipping bits and pieces of a speach to make it sound arrogant and defiant). It's turning on the camera and letting the film see all that happens, not just what you want it to show because it will sell better.

{edit} Which Oblivian said better than I did, and sooner.

[ 07-28-2004, 09:29 AM: Message edited by: Morgeruat ]