Documentary Film Genres

Whilst researching online i found all these different genres of Documentaries:

• Animated Documentaries - combines the genres of animation and documentary
• Ethnographic Film -  documentary related to the methods of ethnology
• Digital Storytelling - people with their own tools who make a story about how they live (usually under 8 minutes long)
• Docudrama - is a documentary style that features dramatized re-enactments of actual historical events
• Ethnofiction - a mixture of documentary and fiction film in the area of visual anthropology (ethno).
• Mockumentary -  where fictitious events are presented in documentary format
• Mondo Film - this is an exploitation documentary film, usually talking about taboo subjects like, death, sex and portrayals of foreign cultures that have been accused of racism
• Nature Documentary - a wildlife documentary, about animals, the world and anything about nature
• Reality Film - films which have resulted from reality television
• Semi-Documentary - film, programme or book presenting a fictional story that incorporates many factual details or actual events
• Travel Documentary - documentary that describes travel in general or tourist attractions in a non-commercial way
• Visual Sociology - explores sociology in society so families, work ethics, people's lifestyles etc.