Types of Documentaries Poetic = This mode will seem more suggestive and use 'associative' editing to capture a mood or tone rather than make an explicit argument about the subject. Evoking a mood rather than stating or asserting things directly. Occasionally, you may question whether you are indeed watching a 'documentary'. An example would be Rain (1929) , where there is a continual switch from rain falling on the ground to the public's reaction to the rain. Expository = These documentaries use explicitly rhetorical techniques in order to make points about aspects of actuality. This mode often uses voiceover and has a relatively straightforward 'show and tell' structure to guide the viewer through the material. Many documentaries follow this template (especially TV documentaries) where the voiceover provides the connection, the logic, between what might be different shots. An example would be the BBC's Blue Planet II (2017) , where David Attenb...