- "The documentary was a portal to a unfamiliar world." - This is essentially the basis for documentaries, showing audiences parts of the world they had never seen before due to lack of development in aspects such as travel and communication. 'Nanook of the North' by Robert Flaherty is one of the first examples of this.
- John Grierson was an important figure is terms of the start of documentary, viewing cinema as a "pulpit", which he used to show how differently the social classes lived during this time. His views and methods that he used within his own documentaries helped steer the genre towards the conventions that documentaries use in the 21st century.
I searched the term 'Disneyfication', and this website describes this term clearly, and distinguishes between closely linked terms with Disneyfication.
Barnett believed that documentaries have been simplified for people to understand them.
Another theory has been created by documentary maker John Corner, who believed there are 5 central elements to documentaries, which are:
1. Observation
2. Interview
3. Dramatization
4. Mise-en-scene
5. Exposition
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