The term "documentary" refers to the camera's ability to record or chronicle events. A documentary film is intended to be a cinematic "document" of historical significance. Documentary films are technically structured and appear as unstructured films that are highly non-fictional or are not fictional or scripted. The term is said to have been coined by John Grierson, a British non-fiction film pioneer who is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Classic Documentary" for his beliefs that documentary films should present reality while also allowing for creativity, imaginative treatment of film materials and cinematic techniques.

 

The goal of documentary filmmakers is to depict the world as they see it. They may also seek to elicit empathy from their viewers and assist them in imagining a different world. In other words, documentary filmmakers must chronicle factuality, but this does not prohibit advocacy of ideas or individualized representations of the worlds they document. The term "documentary" is widely used to separate films that explain, inform, or describe something from films that convince or defend a point of view; the term "propaganda" is sometimes used instead of "documentary." The formalist extreme in distortion to affect the audience's thoughts or actions is considered manipulative in propaganda films.

 

However, in both circumstances, the film is classified as a documentary since it is more factually accurate than fictional films–at least on the surface. Whether the films in question are home movies, government propaganda, ethnographic records, and historical studies, explorations of the natural world, film essays, or any of the other forms that fall under the heading of non-fiction film, documentary films have played a long and venerable role in the cultural life of modern society.

With the introduction of digital cameras and computer-based non-linear editing applications, a growing number of people now have access to the resources needed to make documentaries, igniting a surge in interest in the genre and bringing to light new and unexpected aspects of human experience. In today's media-driven environment, our various platforms in the electronic media can be regarded to be the most trustworthy methods of communication and knowledge transfer. Today's youth place a high value on visual representations of knowledge and prefer to study in this manner. Videos and documentaries serve an important role in educating and disseminating information.

Documentaries are a type of non-fiction film that documents or presents an event, facts, or a person through dialogues that engage the audience and educate them further on any given topic or event. Documentaries provide insight and specifics into how something happened. On the internet, you may find documentaries on a variety of topics. Documentaries are effective instruments for bringing significant topics to the public's attention in an engaging and informative manner, allowing viewers to obtain knowledge in simple and incomprehensible ways.

Documentaries are educational and entertaining. Documentaries are shown on a wide range of subjects, ranging from the lives of prominent and well-known persons to the most commonplace themes such as dams and bridges and progressing to the inner workings of nature and the predator-prey relationship in the Savannah. These cinematic videos and pieces of recorded data and figures are both very instructive and simpler to understand and grasp the notion for the viewer.