Type of Documentary

Nichols 5 Different Modes ('91)

In 1991, Nichols identifie five different modes for documentary making in reference to the techniques used. They were:

• Expository which is a voiceover narration, commenting and explaining to a direct audience. It is mostly used on TV. It will usually develop an argument.
• Observational This is more like a 'fly on the wall' documentary that attempts to show how the world really is. The audience shouldn't be aware of who the filmmaker is.
• Participatory It's made explicit that the film is made in the filmmaker's point of view. They use informal interviews and handheld cameras.
• Reflexive reveals how documentaries are produced as representations based on the manipulation and construction of the image
• and Performative which challenges the idea of documentary truth. 

My trailer is for a documentary, but the whole documentary that would come out of the trailer I believe would be an Observational type of documentary because its attempting to show people of today who may not have been around in the 70s what the punk scene really was about and who these people are, even how influential they were on music today.