Would like your opinion, please

[hammerfan]

Would you consider a documentary to be a movie or a TV show?

[horcrux2007]

Depends on where it was first released.

[MichaelMyers]

Movie.

[hammerfan]

Depends on where it was first released.

Aren't most documentaries shown on TV?

[Straker]

Its a film/ movie/ motion picture.... Sometimes films are created for TV.

EDIT: Documentaries make for good TV shows. ::wink::

[horcrux2007]

Aren't most documentaries shown on TV?

I'm more thinking of something along the lines of Fed Up or Jesus Camp which both were released in theatres.

[The Villain]

A movie or miniseries. I consider a TV show something ongoing

[metternich1815]

It can be both. Fahrenheit 9/11, for example, would be a movie, while America The Story of Us would be a T.V. show (under mini-series). The Universe would qualify as an actual T.V. show as it is recurrent, though it is a documentary.

[hammerfan]

I appreciate all the input!

[_____V_____]

There are documentary films made for Nat Geo, Animal Planet, Discovery, History Channel, etc., which are purely made-for-TV.

Then there are those which were made for theatrical release and became successful, such as Fahrenheit 9/11, March of the Penguins, An Inconvenient Truth, etc.

Documentaries are basically non-fiction films which document aspects of realities from either day-to-day life or historical/biological aspects. It is basically a film medium, broadly categorised in the manner of release - either as a TV show/series, or as a movie.

[Damn Heathen]

Why is reality tv not called "documentary tv"?

[horcrux2007]

Why is reality tv not called "documentary tv"?

Because I'm pretty sure Real Housewives isn't a documentary.

[Damn Heathen]

Because I'm pretty sure Real Housewives isn't a documentary.
If it documents reality, it's a documentary. So, you're saying Real Housewives is scripted and falsely marketed?

[horcrux2007]

If it documents reality, it's a documentary. So, you're saying Real Housewives is scripted and falsely marketed?

Are you saying it's not?

[Damn Heathen]

Are you saying it's not?
I don't watch reality tv, apart from Making Monsters. ::big grin::

[horcrux2007]

I don't watch reality tv, apart from Making Monsters. ::big grin::

well there you go :P

[newb]

I would label it "documentary".

Netflix has its own documentary section as well as HBO.

AS FAR AS "REALITY" TV...I WOULD LABEL THAT "SHIT"

[horcrux2007]

I would label it "documentary".

Netflix has its own documentary section as well as HBO.

AS FAR AS "REALITY" TV...I WOULD LABEL THAT "SHIT"

Bar Rescue is like my show though.

[Sculpt]

Would you consider a documentary to be a movie or a TV show?

In the common vernacular, I would consider "a documentary" to be a movie.

Because you've used the singular, I ascribe the trait of once-and-done, which is typically a movie -- which would then be displayed in various formats: DVD, theatres, TV shows, online, etc.

If you're looking for a more than a spontaneous impression, then I can't really add more than Vill, Met and V did... which is, of course, I know docs can be both a movie or TV show. More than ever before, docs are created for the TV format, rather than being adapted/edited for TV shows, which is/was the norm.

[The Bloofer Lady]

A movie or miniseries. I consider a TV show something ongoing

Same for me.