Non-fiction video encompasses many sub-genres, including documentary film, public service announcements, vlogs, news packages, video essays, tutorials, movie/music reviews, city/naturescapes, etc.
Students will work independently or with a partner to produce a 2-5 minute non-fiction video on a topic of their choosing.
In this video about Childish Gambino, the filmmaker starts with a well written essay about the career of Childish Gambino, and then "illustrates" the film with stunning visuals sourced from the internet and enhanced by motion graphics using Adobe After Effects. There is no originally shot footage.
In the trailer of "Montage of Heck," we can see that the filmmaker primarily uses interviews as the source of his story, and add original animation and archival fotage for the illustrative b-roll.
Casy Neistat is a prominent Youtube vlogger who vlogs about the ordinary to the extraordinary.