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Codes and Conventions of TV Documentary 'the creative treatment of actuality' (Grierson) Bill Nichols: Documentary Modes 1. Poetic     no explicit narrative, associative, exploratory:    Listen to Britain (42) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h8pHumy7NE 2.  Expository    explicit narrative, voice of god, argument:  London Can Take It (40), TV news  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLgfSDtHFt8 3. Observational     direct observation, 'fly on the wall':   Don't Look Back (1967), Big Brother   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sqAhF6i9H4 4. Participatory    explicit interaction between filmmaker and subject:    Supersize Me (2004) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgcc_ZZnAgM 5. Reflexive    meta-documentary questioning doc form, film about film:    Grizzly Man(2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tFWOje0Pc0 6. Performative     subjective, styli...