Mediation – Mediation is the process in which filmmakers show a certain interpretation of something to their audience.

Distortion – The changing of footage from its original structure to change the factual context behind it.

Hyperreality – The blend of fantasy and reality creating a simulated example of reality, this creates the effect on the audience of not knowing what’s real.

Verisimilitude – To create a Documentary as truest to life as possible.

Bias – Filmmakers actions to try and get the audience to believe and support one ‘side of the story’.

Objectivity – makes the viewer feel they have a 1st-person observation on events on the screen.

Selection/Editing – specific use of footage chosen to be used in the documentary.

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The Expository documentary ‘Blackfish’ uses verisimilitude to show the seriousness of this event that went on, Objectivity puts the viewer into the minds of those within the real events that witnessed it too to generate the reaction from the situation.