Fly on the wall is a style of documentary-making used in film and television production. The name derived from the idea that events are seen candidly, as a fly on a wall might see them. In the purest form of fly-on-the-wall documentary-making, the camera crew works as unobtrusively as possible; however, it is also common for participants to be interviewed, often by an off-camera voice.[1]
A camera up on a wall recording what is happening in the room
wall, other, uses, disambiguation, style, documentary, making, used, film, television, production, name, derived, from, idea, that, events, seen, candidly, wall, might, them, purest, form, wall, documentary, making, camera, crew, works, unobtrusively, possible. For other uses see Fly on the wall disambiguation Fly on the wall is a style of documentary making used in film and television production The name derived from the idea that events are seen candidly as a fly on a wall might see them In the purest form of fly on the wall documentary making the camera crew works as unobtrusively as possible however it is also common for participants to be interviewed often by an off camera voice 1 A camera up on a wall recording what is happening in the roomDecades before structured reality shows became popular the BBC had broadcast fly on the wall film Royal Family a 1969 documentary produced in association with ITV 2 3 4 while 1974 s The Family is said to be the earliest example of a reality TV docusoap on the BBC 5 6 7 8 In the late 1990s Chris Terrill s docusoap series The Cruise 9 10 11 made a star of singer 12 and TV personality Jane McDonald 13 14 15 while Welsh cleaner Maureen Rees 16 became popular after her appearances on BBC One s 17 Driving School 18 Other British examples include Dynamo Magician Impossible and Channel 4 s Educating series while in the United States popular examples include American Factory Cops Deadliest Catch Big Brother and Weiner a film about a political sex scandal which developed during a mayoral election in New York 19 See also editCinema verite Direct cinema Reality television Television documentaryReferences edit BFI Screenonline Fly on the Wall TV Royal Family the fly on the wall documentary the Palace doesn t want you to see HistoryExtra Royal family documentary banned by the Queen resurfaces online 50 years later Stuff January 29 2021 Shaw Neil January 29 2021 Banned Royal family documentary from 1969 resurfaces on Youtube BBC History of the BBC April 1974 The Family the first fly on the wall documentary BBC The Family first episode bbc com Miller Laura August 18 2008 The family says goodbye The Wilkinses of Reading Where Are They Now The Independent October 23 2011 The Cruise via www bbc co uk BBC One The Cruise Let the Dream Begin BBC BBC One The Cruise BBC Jane McDonald Biography amp History AllMusic Jane McDonald full Official Chart History Official Charts Company www officialcharts com New series of Cruising with Jane McDonald to start this Friday GoCruise amp Travel Franchise www joingocruiseandtravel co uk Biography Owens David December 23 2018 In search of Mo from Driving School WalesOnline Driving School bbc com MAUREEN REES full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Official Charts Barnes Henry 30 June 2016 Weiner how a film about a political sex scandal suddenly got more intimate Weiner The Guardian The Guardian nbsp This article related to film or motion picture terminology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fly on the wall amp oldid 1171083846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
