2. Sunderland 'Til I Die
Unlike my documentary (which will focus on Sunderland's Culture as a whole), this
documentary that was produced by Fulwell 73 and focuses on Sunderland Football
Club specifically. Released on the 14th of December 2018, the docuseries has two
seasons and fourteen episodes.
The description of this docuseries is, "This docuseries follows English soccer club
Sunderland through the 2017-18 as they try to bounce back after relegation from the
Premier League."
The genres of this docuseries are social and cultural docs and docuseries.
The age rating for this is 15+, this is due to the mature content featured in the
footage, this includes bad language, drinking and some violence.
3. Sunderland 'Til I Die
This is classed as a Fly on the Wall documentary, otherwise known as an
observational documentary. The classic codes and conventions of an observational
documentary include realism and immediacy (following people/events in real time),
handheld shots, long takes (to promote realism and show more of the truth,
unedited without cuts), little to no voiceover (less voiceover means the audience
aren't being led to believe a certain opinion, promoting realism) and no
reenactments (everything shown in the documentary is real and authentically
captured).
The docuseries has a rating of 4 out of 5 stars on Common Sense Media and 8.1/10
on IMDb.
4. Vernon, Florida
This American Documentary was released in 1981 and was produced
and directed by Errol Morris. After Morris read an article about how
some citizens from Vernon, Florida cut off their own limbs so that they
could collect insurance money, he decided to move to the town for
almost a year where he tried to interview some of the residents about
the incident, which was not received well by the residents. Instead,
Morris then decided to focus his documentary on the eccentricities of
Vernon.
5. Vernon, Florida
The documentary is rated 7/10 on IMDb, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
and 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon Prime Video.
This documentary does not conform to one specific mode of
documentary however is closest to a Poetic documentary, due to its
lack of narrative and instead mainly just includes interviews of the
residents, without including the creator's side of the interview.
6. Bill Cunningham
New York
This American documentary film was filmed during 2010 and released
in 2011, directed by Richard Press and produced by Phillip Gefter.
This film documents the chronicles of an 80-year-old New York Times
Photographer, Bill Cunningham., who documented the current fashion
trends in the New York Time's style section. His columns were named
"Evening Hours" and "On the Street".
This documentary depicts how Cunningham casually rides around the
city on his bike, taking photographs of people on the street centering
around their everyday life and outfits of those who live in New York
City, showing the importance of fashion in New York City's culture.
7. Bill Cunningham
New York
The documentary is rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, 99% on Rotten Tomatoes
and 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon Prime Video.
The film was nominated for a total of 14 different awards, one of which
it had won, Chlotrudis Award 2012 for Best Documentary.
This documentary primarily contains interviews of those that work in
the fashion industry, have met Cunningham or have been featured in
his column. As well as interviews, it also contains some images that
have featured in his articles as well as videos of him at work, creating
these images. Because of this, I would say that this documentary would
probably be a mixture of a participatory documentary and expository.
