Construction of Reality

• Construction of reality means that it is constructed for the audience.
• Gate keeping is a term that refers to the selection and rejection of information. Make decisions of what goes in the documentary
  
  Different types of narrative structure:
  There are six main types of narrative structure used when making a documentary:
  
  Open
  There are loose ends and questions are left unanswered. The audience is left to make up their own mind.
  
  Closed
  All loose ends are tied up. No questions are remaining in the mind of the audience.
  
  Single Strand
  One narrative running throughout the documentary.
  
  Multi Strand
  More than one narrative running throughout, they sometimes cross over or converge.
  
  Linear
  Follows chronological order. Events follow the order of time i.e. things happen in order.
  
  Non Linear
  Doesn’t follow time e.g. flashbacks can be used and flash forwards.
  
  Circular Narrative
  Is usually a documentary that begins with a question and throughout the programme you get evidence which could answer the question. There are normally two sides to the answer. At the end of the documentary it goes back to the question (in a circle) Start and end point is the same.