modes of documentuary

TASK; after studying each mode, reflect on which one you feel is;
a) the most interesting
b) the most ‘honest’ method of working
c) the most effective at achieving a sense of realism Please provide justification for our responses and examples from the texts you have looked at to support your ideas.

the most interesting

Preformative Documentary
The most confusing of the modes (often confused with participatory) preformative raises questions about filmmaker and subject performance – the notion of the filmmaker and their subjects actively creating the documentary by performing certain actions. The performance of the documentary maker is central to the way the documentary is constructed.
Like Reflexive Documentary, it raises questions about knowledge
Endorses definition of knowledge that emphasises personal experience
Tries to demonstrate how understanding such personal knowledge can help us understand more general processes of society
May "mix" elements of various documentary modes to achieve link between subjective knowledge/understanding of the world, and more general understandings, i.e. historical ones.

if it raises certain questions then i think that it can be interesting and interesting 

the most honest

Participatory / Interactive Documentary
Participatory is a documentary mode where the filmmaker does not remain distant from the subject matter, but actively engages with it- by openly participating or interacting with the people and institutions on show. This documentary form is far removed from the detached (observational and poetic) or the straightforward didactic (expository).
This mode wants to engage with individuals more directly while not reverting to classic exposition interview styles
It allows filmmaker to account for past events via witnesses and experts whom viewer can also see
Archival footage becomes appended to these commentaries to avoid hazards of reenactment & monolithic claims of voice of god commentary

i think this because if you can have this and then have it not stray or having it stay strict to the subject matter then it must be quite honest 

the most effective
Poetic Documentary
The poetic mode will seem more suggestive and use ‘associative’ editing to capture a mood or tone rather than make an explicit argument about the subject. Evoking a mood rather than stating or asserting things directly. Occasionally you may question whether you are indeed watching a ‘documentary’
Does not use continuity editing, sacrifices sense of the very specific location and place that continuity creates
Explores associations and patterns that involve temporal rhythms and spatial juxtapositions
Opens up possibility of alternative forms of knowledge to straightforward transfer of knowledge

i believe that it is this one because if it is drawing out an opinion and making you emote from this then i believe that it is very good and effective as well as i believe that it is good if it makes you question it and think about it as well as draw an emotion and opinion from you