| A | B |
|---|
| Poetic Focus | Focuses on feelings through imagery |
| Observational Focus | Focuses on unobtrusive truth. |
| Participatory Focus | Focuses on the interaction of filmmakers and the subject |
| Performative Focus | Focuses on the filmmaker's involvement in the subject |
| Expository Focus | Focuses on a specified view |
| Reflexive Focus | Focuses on the behind the scenes filmmaking |
| Expository Characteristic | uses voice-overs and storytelling |
| Participatory Characteristic | uses interviews |
| Performative Characteristic | Filmmaker is actively doing something with the subject matter |
| Documentary Definition | non-fiction portrayal of reality |
| Documentary Purposes | instruction and historical records |
