The phrase "a form of documentary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing different types or styles of documentary filmmaking or presentation.
Example: "The film is considered a form of documentary, blending real-life interviews with dramatized reenactments."
Alternatives: "a type of documentary" or "a genre of documentary".
Were he still alive, he might like the idea of viewing his work as a form of documentary history.
"He wants to use music as a form of documentary, as a way to look closely at the way we live our lives and the things that are usually hidden from us in society, such as the way food is actually made," said Ben Sisario, who wrote about the project.
Parade photography is also known as street shooting, a form of documentary photography.[6].
First Dates is another of Channel 4's fixed-rig shows, a form of observational documentary in which up to 100 cameras capture the action from every side, like One Born Every Minute, 24 Hours in A&E, and the Educating … series.
The country's attachment to this means of payment is a long one and, although it is fading, it is doing so slowly.Partly, cheques have endured because they are a cheap form of documentary evidence of a transaction.
"The internet has allowed a new form of documentary to emerge – a form involving multiple narratives and array of different types of content spread across different platforms," says Alamouti.
This project has been a challenging form of documentary photography for a few reasons; all the subjects are captured within a consistent setting, meaning the subjects are depicted outside of their own context.
Whatever its merits and flaws, "New Documents" defined a new form of documentary photography, which marked a shift in the notion of documentation as strictly objective and also in the perception of the art of photography itself: for the first time in the history of photography, the photographer was clearly revealed as an artist with a point of view and not a mere recorder of facts.
The photographers may have been laying the groundwork for a new form of documentary photography, but it was only a byproduct of their work as historians.
Director Joshua Oppenheimer believes he has found a new way of making documentaries: "I understood if I simply combined the re-enactments and the making of these re-enactments into one film, together we would produce a new form of documentary which I've not seen before – a documentary of the imagination rather than a documentary of everyday life".
Raoul Peck's 1992 film, "Lumumba: Death of a Prophet," is a haunting, personalized form of documentary.
