The Observational mode of documentary arose from the availability of more mobile, synchronous recording equipment and:
Emphasis on direct engagement with everyday life of subjects and on observation by an unobtrusive camera.
Some filmmakers made it their priority to observe lived experience spontaneously.
Observation in post-production editing as well as during shooting resulted in films with no voice-over commentary, no supplementary music or sound effects, no intertitles, no historical reenactments, no behavior repeated for the camera, and not even any interview.
Claim of looking at life as lived
record unobtrusively in the present moment with a disciplined detachment
stresses the non-intervention of the filmmaker
rely on editing to enhance the impression of lived or real time "Dead" or "empty" time unfolds
issue of intrusion is critical
characterized by indirect address, speech overheard
the depiction of the everyday
each cut or edit serves to sustain the spatial and temporal continuity
the camera is comparable to what an actual observer might experience
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