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The film maker becomes directly involved with the issue being addressed; he becomes a character in the film; his impact on the events in the film are shown.
In which the film-maker acknowledges their presence –they are in front of the camera and give some narrative guidance
The expositional mode’s emphasis is on rhetorical content, and its goal of persuasion.
Narration is a distinct innovation of the expositional mode of documentary - it holds the weight of explaining and arguing a film’s rhetorical content. The expositional mode collects footage that functions to strengthen the spoken narrative.
In which an artistic narrative is constructed – sometimes the topic is more human interest rather than current affairs led.
“new, light equipment made possible an intimacy of observation new to documentary, and this involved sound as well as image” (Barnouw 1993). The move to lighter 16mm equipment and shoulder mounted cameras allowed documentarians to leave the anchored point of the tripod.