OpenEndedNarrativeVoiceover'AnchorsImages'InformationDiegeticsoundEstablishingShotsB-rollfootageMontageIssuesVoiceoverControversySubtitles/Text OnScreenGraphicsNon-DiegeticSoundsArchivalFootageTalkingdirectly totheaudienceLongTakesTalkingHeadInterviewEmphasis onPersonalLife/SituationRealPeopleInterviewsMulti-StrandedNarrative(Many storiesat once)ConflictMusic ForSpecificImpactNaturalsettingsOpenEndedNarrativeVoiceover'AnchorsImages'InformationDiegeticsoundEstablishingShotsB-rollfootageMontageIssuesVoiceoverControversySubtitles/Text OnScreenGraphicsNon-DiegeticSoundsArchivalFootageTalkingdirectly totheaudienceLongTakesTalkingHeadInterviewEmphasis onPersonalLife/SituationRealPeopleInterviewsMulti-StrandedNarrative(Many storiesat once)ConflictMusic ForSpecificImpactNaturalsettings

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.


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