John Grierson
He was the first to coin the term ‘Documentary’. He did so in a review of Robert Flaherty’s film, Moana (1925). He indicated the ability of the medium to literally produce a visual document of a particular event. He saw in the genre the ideal way to explain to people how complex modern societies functioned. By dramatising the issues and spelling out their implications, Grierson believed the documentary film maker could enable people to play a full part in the democratic process. He was a prime mover of the British documentary movement of the 1930’s and both directed and produced documentaries whilst working first for the empire Marketing Board and then The GPO unit.
We chose to study Grierson as we believe he related to our documentary. Our documentary dramatise the issue of teenage pregnancy, these are issues complex modern societies deal with. We wanted to raise awareness of these teenage pregnancy by creating a visual document, which is similar to Grierson's theories.
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