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Documentary ProjectsFrequently, documentaries are called “non-fiction films”. John Grierson, who coined the phrase “documentary film”, defined them as “the creative interpretation of actuality.” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences includes in its definition of documentary film the phrase ”…either photographed in actual occurrence or reenacted.” The difference is this reenactment and fiction lies in the fact that fiction is invented. In documentaries, reenactments are portrayals of real people, places and events. A newsreel may be a document, but it is not a documentary film. A central idea must be present: there must be all the ingredients of an integrated film of any kind - drama, conflict, an overall idea.
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