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