1. Assignment 10: Purpose &
Inspiration & Mode Theory
Chelsea Fashole-Luke

2. Purpose
A) What is the purpose of the documentary? (consider your
target audience)
To inform and educate people (mostly young people) on the effects of
education on their futures.
B) What would people learn about this topic from your
documentary? (consider your target audience)
People would learn about:
- What it takes to become part of the working world
- What qualifications – if any – are needed in certain lines of work
- Whether or not having a degree dramatically impacts your chances
of having a good job.

3. Inspiration: Food Unwrapped
Food Unwrapped:
Interviews with professionals
Presenters are active,
getting involved in the
activities presented to
them

4. Interviewees speak
directly to the
camera
Inspiration: My Tattoo Addiction
Titles match the theme of the
documentary. In this case, a
tattoo documentary has a
tattoo style title

5. Inspiration: Thelma’s Gypsy Girls
Montage editing
used as an
introduction
Close ups used
to emphasise the
theme of the
documentary

6. Mode
Mode Conventions & Examples Explanation of how it applies to
your documentary
Expository mode (voice of god) - A presenter is not present, instead
there is a narrator who guides the
documentary along
n/a
Observational mode (window of the
world)
- Subjects are observed rather
than directly addressed
n/a
Participatory mode (filmmaker and
subject together)
- Filmmaker interviews subjects - Expert interviews
- Interviews with strangers
Reflexive (aware of process) - Filmmakers do not hide other
cameras etc. that are used to
make documentary
n/a
Performer mode (filmmaker as
participant)
- Filmmaker is involved in activities n/a

7. The end.