documentarian
Reality film creator
A documentarian is a person who makes documentary films or, less commonly, compiles documentary evidence.
The term emphasizes the craft and identity of the filmmaker: Ken Burns is America's most celebrated documentarian.
It carries slightly more prestige than "documentary filmmaker," suggesting an artist rather than merely a technician.
Motion picture visual craft
- footageRecorded video material
- directorOne who leads
- producerOne who makes things
- screeningEvaluative selection process
festival · interviews · montage · voiceover · editing · premiere · docuseries · ethnographic
Stored historical records
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- epochDistinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
timeline · artifacts · civilization · annals · genealogy · chronology · preservation · oral-history
Serving to explain
- instructionalIntended to educate
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- explanatoryServing to clarify meaning
- illustrativeServing to explain
didactic · scholarly · analytical · observational · nature · wildlife · science · advocacy
Recounting events aloud
- voiceoverOff-screen recorded speech
- scriptWritten words for performance
- arcCurved line segment
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
exposition · structure · narrator · perspective · tension · pacing · framing · point-of-view
Written personal recollection
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- subjectMatter under discussion
- profileSide-facing outline
- chronicleOrdered historical record
legacy · tribute · retrospective · intimate · personal · journey · icon · luminary
Investigative journalism piece
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
inquiry · surveillance · leak · confidential · insider · watchdog · truth-seeking · evidence
cinematography
Motion picture visual craft
screening · festival · interviews · montage · voiceover · editing · premiere · docuseries · ethnographic · archive
archive
Stored historical records
era · timeline · artifacts · civilization · annals · genealogy · chronology · preservation · oral-history · footage
expository
Serving to explain
- instructionalIntended to educate
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- explanatoryServing to clarify meaning
illustrative · didactic · scholarly · analytical · observational · nature · wildlife · science · advocacy · awareness
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
characterization · exposition · structure · narrator · perspective · tension · pacing · framing · point-of-view · authorial
memoir
Written personal recollection
chronicle · legacy · tribute · retrospective · intimate · personal · journey · icon · luminary · pioneer
exposé
Investigative journalism piece
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
scandal · inquiry · surveillance · leak · confidential · insider · watchdog · truth-seeking · evidence · uncovering
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
- filmmakersSteven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola
- media peoplejournalists, journalist, reporters, reporter, editors
- knowledge keepersarchivist, curator, historian, librarian, loremaster
- Video Jobsdirector, producer, cinematographer, camera operator, editor
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
documentarianscreenwriter
Author of film scripts
dramatist · fantasist · storyteller · fabulist · auteur
documentarianpropagandist
Pusher of biased messaging
fabricator · spin doctor · mythmaker · disinformation agent · fabulist