'Documentaries, like plays, novels and poems, are fictional forms'. What do you think Wiseman meant by this statement? Discuss with reference to a range of documentary material.
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Personally, I agree with Wiseman to a great extent in regarding the documentary as a fictional form. He is saying that documentaries, although purporting to be truthful, are in essence fictional in a similar way to plays and novels in that the producers have power over the bias and viewpoint of the documentary. A production on one sort of subject matter can reach completely different conclusions from the other, merely because of the views of …
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…juxtaposed parallelism to show the hypocrisy of the racist officers and blatant differences between the training system and the actual working environment. Overall, I think Wiseman is very perceptive in forming this viewpoint. It really does not matter about the subject matter, as the program makers will reach their own conclusions and present a biased and jaded production, albeit veiled in truth. The producers have the ultimate power as to the conclusions of the programme.
…juxtaposed parallelism to show the hypocrisy of the racist officers and blatant differences between the training system and the actual working environment. Overall, I think Wiseman is very perceptive in forming this viewpoint. It really does not matter about the subject matter, as the program makers will reach their own conclusions and present a biased and jaded production, albeit veiled in truth. The producers have the ultimate power as to the conclusions of the programme.
