ArchivalFootageIssuesDiegeticsoundTalkingdirectly totheaudienceOpenEndedNarrativeEmphasis onPersonalLife/SituationConflictMontageMusic ForSpecificImpactControversyVoiceover'AnchorsImages'Subtitles/Text OnScreenB-rollfootageGraphicsRealPeopleTalkingHeadInterviewVoiceoverInterviewsNaturalsettingsNon-DiegeticSoundsInformationLongTakesMulti-StrandedNarrative(Many storiesat once)EstablishingShotsArchivalFootageIssuesDiegeticsoundTalkingdirectly totheaudienceOpenEndedNarrativeEmphasis onPersonalLife/SituationConflictMontageMusic ForSpecificImpactControversyVoiceover'AnchorsImages'Subtitles/Text OnScreenB-rollfootageGraphicsRealPeopleTalkingHeadInterviewVoiceoverInterviewsNaturalsettingsNon-DiegeticSoundsInformationLongTakesMulti-StrandedNarrative(Many storiesat once)EstablishingShots

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