-Observational documentary
These are where a camera crew would follow around and observe everyday life and then cut out all of the boring parts, leaving all of the more exciting parts, an example of this would be Ice Road Truckers, that follows some Ice Road Truckers on their journeys across dangerous terrain, another example of this would be worlds most dangerous roads, that is very similar that follows two people traveling across the worlds most dangerous roads.
-Reality TV
Reality TV is where people are filmed at home or at work and usually doesn't have a lot of narration and follows more of the subjects life than what the narration is talking about. An example of this would be Big Brother, that puts a load of celebrities, or normal folk into a house to live together for several weeks, or Jeremy Kyle, where Jeremy would sort out peoples social problems in front of a live audience.
Unscripted Television shows began in the late 1940's, Queen for a day was the first show to go on tele that was from 1945-1964.
-Docudrama
A docudrama -or documentary drama is a genre of radio and television programming, feature film, and staged theater, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. At a theater it is often known as documentary theater. These started out due to the 20th century fox producer Luis De Rocehmort
-Wildlife documentary
Wildlife documentaries are where someone would visit a remote area- usually a celebrity and they would go for a tour around the wildlife in the area, this is usually because something recent has happened to them, like the realization of an endangered species, or new species. The most popular of these wildlife documentaries are narrated by David Attenborough, as he did the voice over for Planet earth, that is one of the highest rated documentaries ever made.
-Fixed rig
-Single camera documentary
Single camera documentaries are where a documentary is filmed with just a single camera, the difference between this and filming with multiple cameras are that filming with just one camera gives the director the opportunity to have more control over the production of the program.
-Interactive documentaries
-Chat show
Chat shows are where celebrity guests are invited onto a show, sometimes with a live audience to do an informal interview with them, the more popular and funded chat shows usually now have bands/ singers playing too. Some examples of chat shows are; The Jonathan Ross show and the graham norton show,but the most popular chat shows are based in america, with shows such as Conan or David letterman.
Talk, or chat shows as it is commonly known were first introduced by Joe Franklin, an American radio and television personality was first aired in 1951.
-News
The news is where a newsreader in a studio, often in front of a green screen would read the latest events that had happened around the world, or in the region it is based in depending on what type of news it is. Some examples of the news would be Look North that is based in Yorkshire and is regional news, a larger more national example of the news is Sky news, that is world wide.
These are where a camera crew would follow around and observe everyday life and then cut out all of the boring parts, leaving all of the more exciting parts, an example of this would be Ice Road Truckers, that follows some Ice Road Truckers on their journeys across dangerous terrain, another example of this would be worlds most dangerous roads, that is very similar that follows two people traveling across the worlds most dangerous roads.
-Reality TV
Reality TV is where people are filmed at home or at work and usually doesn't have a lot of narration and follows more of the subjects life than what the narration is talking about. An example of this would be Big Brother, that puts a load of celebrities, or normal folk into a house to live together for several weeks, or Jeremy Kyle, where Jeremy would sort out peoples social problems in front of a live audience.
Unscripted Television shows began in the late 1940's, Queen for a day was the first show to go on tele that was from 1945-1964.
-Docudrama
A docudrama -or documentary drama is a genre of radio and television programming, feature film, and staged theater, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. At a theater it is often known as documentary theater. These started out due to the 20th century fox producer Luis De Rocehmort
-Wildlife documentary
Wildlife documentaries are where someone would visit a remote area- usually a celebrity and they would go for a tour around the wildlife in the area, this is usually because something recent has happened to them, like the realization of an endangered species, or new species. The most popular of these wildlife documentaries are narrated by David Attenborough, as he did the voice over for Planet earth, that is one of the highest rated documentaries ever made.
-Fixed rig
-Single camera documentary
Single camera documentaries are where a documentary is filmed with just a single camera, the difference between this and filming with multiple cameras are that filming with just one camera gives the director the opportunity to have more control over the production of the program.
-Interactive documentaries
Interactive documentaries differs from film documentaries through the integration of a combination of multimedia assets, some examples of these would be photos, Animation or text. In an interactive documentary the user has to interact with the story.Whereas other documentaries that have a linear narrative does not have the same experience as an interactive documentary as they don't allow the viewer to interact with whats going on.
An example of this would be Channel 4's Seven Days.
An example of this would be Channel 4's Seven Days.
-Chat show
Chat shows are where celebrity guests are invited onto a show, sometimes with a live audience to do an informal interview with them, the more popular and funded chat shows usually now have bands/ singers playing too. Some examples of chat shows are; The Jonathan Ross show and the graham norton show,but the most popular chat shows are based in america, with shows such as Conan or David letterman.
Talk, or chat shows as it is commonly known were first introduced by Joe Franklin, an American radio and television personality was first aired in 1951.
-News
The news is where a newsreader in a studio, often in front of a green screen would read the latest events that had happened around the world, or in the region it is based in depending on what type of news it is. Some examples of the news would be Look North that is based in Yorkshire and is regional news, a larger more national example of the news is Sky news, that is world wide.
