Music ForSpecificImpactNaturalsettingsTalkingHeadInterviewNon-DiegeticSoundsEstablishingShotsArchivalFootageB-rollfootageEmphasis onPersonalLife/SituationVoiceoverLongTakesControversyInformationConflictDiegeticsoundMulti-StrandedNarrative(Many storiesat once)IssuesInterviewsOpenEndedNarrativeMontageGraphicsRealPeopleSubtitles/Text OnScreenVoiceover'AnchorsImages'Talkingdirectly totheaudienceMusic ForSpecificImpactNaturalsettingsTalkingHeadInterviewNon-DiegeticSoundsEstablishingShotsArchivalFootageB-rollfootageEmphasis onPersonalLife/SituationVoiceoverLongTakesControversyInformationConflictDiegeticsoundMulti-StrandedNarrative(Many storiesat once)IssuesInterviewsOpenEndedNarrativeMontageGraphicsRealPeopleSubtitles/Text OnScreenVoiceover'AnchorsImages'Talkingdirectly totheaudience

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