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a cinematic structure in which content is selected and arranged in a cause-and-effect sequence of events occurring over time
Persuasive film
Narrative
Factual film
Avant garde
a documentary film that, usually, presents people, places, or processes in a straightforward way meant to entertain and instruct without unduly influencing audiences
Genre conventions
Film noir
Experimental movie
Factual film
a film genre concerned with arousing feelings of terror
Gangster
Horror
Theme
Hybrid Movie
a type of movie that is usually unfamiliar, unorthodox, and/or obscure, defying easy classification
Direct cinema
Experimental movie
Science fiction
Hybrid movie
a documentary film that systematically disseminates deceptive or distorted information
Propaganda film
Narrative movie
Instructional film
Persuasive film
aspects of storytelling such as recurring themes and situations, setting, character types, and story formula, as well as aspects of presentation
Theme
Experimental movie
Genre conventions
Science fiction
a documentary film that seeks to educate viewers about common interests, rather than persuading them with particular ideas
Propaganda film
Avant garde
Instructional film
Experimental movie
an approach to documentary filmmaking that employs an unobtrusive style in an attempt to give viewers as truthful and “direct” an experience of events as possible
Direct cinema
Experimental movie
Factual film
Gangster
a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace
Film noir
Avant garde
Factual film
Narrative
the categorization of narrative films by form, content, or both
Persuasive film
Documentary movie
Genre
Science fiction