Further thoughts on variations on the character-driven format.
MonthJune 2016
The Character-Driven Documentary
The character-driven documentary is one of the dominant forms of documentary today, in the US and internationally.
Stylistic Bricolage
Sometimes an issue documentary can be both traditional and hybrid doc-fiction at the same time.
The Documentary Pretext
Unlike reenactment per se, pretext is generally recognized only by other documentary makers or those familiar with the production process.