DOCUMENTARY GENERIC CONVENTIONS - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Archival Footage
2. B-roll footage
3. Real People
4. Multi-Stranded Narrative (Many stories at once)
5. Natural settings
6. Talking Head Interview
7. Subtitles/ Text On Screen
8. Open Ended Narrative
9. Graphics
10. Long Takes
11. Interviews
12. Information
13. Controversy
14. Music For Specific Impact
15. Voiceover 'Anchors Images'
16. Talking directly to the audience
17. Montage
18. Establishing Shots
19. Issues
20. Conflict
21. Non-Diegetic Sounds
22. Emphasis on Personal Life/ Situation
23. Diegetic sound
24. Voiceover