Friday, 23 September 2011

Research into documentary and oral history projects

Oral history


Oral history is the collection and study of historical information using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcripts of planned interviews. 


Documentary film


Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. 






Examples of Documentary and Oral history projects 






I have chosen this video as a good example of an oral history project. There are many reasons why I think this is a good example, one is for it's professionalism. The camera is always steady with smooth transitions between scenes. I like the introduction of interviewee's with their name being displayed on screen.  There is a good balance between still imagery and video interview. The sound quality is good with all speech clearly audible. I like the 

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