Celebrity Documentaries

Celebrity Documentaries generally follow the day to day life of a celebrity or a celebrity couple.
The idea of the documentary is to give the audience and insight and behind the scenes look into their lives. The viewers are typically young adults and teenagers with a particular interest in up to date celebrity news or a fan of the celeb.


Some examples of Celebrity Documentaries are:



-Kerry and Me:

A Fly on the wall Documentary based on Kerry Katona's private life after her divorce.


- What Katie did next:


What Katie Did Next is a fly on the wall reality TV show that documents the model/television personality Katie Price after her separation from her husband Peter Andre. The show follows on from the Katie & Peter series which documented the couple when they were together.

This is a youtube clip of Part one of first episode of 'What katie did next':

Conspiracy Documentaries.

Conspiracy documentaries reveal a new argument to why or how an historical event occurred.

They are typically subjective to only one point of view in order to persuade the audience.

They usually feature voice overs of the presenters explaining their theory whilst presenting footage of evidence as well as interviews to support their claims.

This type of documentary has a wider audience depending on the conspiracy theories featured. They are generally between 30 minutes to an hour in length.

Mockumentaries

The length of mockumentaries varies much more than documentaries of other genres as they can be documentaries presented as films or series. they include material that is often involved in current news or society such as Bruno making fun of the on going celebrity world or The Office making fun of the stereotypical office man.

Dispatches

Dispatches are documentaries that are often targeted at the older audience of whom are interested in Current affairs which are studied often using undercover cameras in older to reveal the true workings of associations.

They are filmed to reveal the negative aspects of associations of which society places some form of trust such as restaurants and social services or taxes and last typically between 30 minutes to an hour long.

Documentary Film

Some examples of Documentary Film are Supersized me, directed by Morgan Spurlock and also Borat and Bruno (which are mockumentaries).



The audience for Documentary films are largely dependent on the content and topic discussed.

They offer the audience a diffferent way of viewing a Documentary which some may find more engaging however they still follow the conventions of documentary rather than film.

Styles of Documentary

There are several types of documentary styles on tv for different purposes and views such as:
-Celebrity Documentaries
-Documentary Film
-Dispatches
-Mockumentaries
-Conspiracy Documentaries.

The Rise of Documentary

This is a timeline of The rise of Documentaries. Click on the pictures to link to some more information about the subject.