13 Feature and documentary production for radio and TV
Documentary, feature: what’s the difference? The words are often interchanged, but they don’t really mean the same thing. Documentaries are basically factual. Features can be factual or entertainment. Documentaries are extended treatments of a single subject; they tell of real events, of real people. They include all the ingredients of first-rate news reporting.
There are two types of documentary: news and cultural or lifestyle documentaries.
Documentaries should always be angled at the human side of the story; great political events have to be analysed, but from the point of view of the people involved. That’s what makes a documentary interesting and worthwhile. Radio excels at one type ...
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