Documentaries

Documentaries we know from TV. These are STORIES accurately reflecting reality - historical or contemporary.

Most often they LAST from 15 minutes to an hour or even longer, depending on the abundance of film material that is at the creator's disposal and the contents that he wants to convey.

The HERO of the documentary could be an event, place, man, organisation, period of time and other subjects and objects of interest.

DOCUMENTERER studies like a scientist and the effects of his research, analysis he presents in a documentary film with his comment.

Which purpose could a documentary serve? To whom might it be useful?

A common request for this kind of production are FILMS FOR MUSEUMS e.g. documentary about a place - a prison at Radogoszcz in Łódź.

This kind of film could be also made for OTHER INSTITUTIONS, organisations to present the history from the moment of establishment and their course of activity.

A NOVELTY in Poland is a documentary about a family - custom-made for private people - which is winning increasing popularity in Europe. This is a FAMILY FILM CHRONICLE, a newsreel for descendants INSTEAD OF AN ALBUM WITH PHOTOGRAPHS. Not only will grandchildren and great-grandchildren be able to see how their grandmother looked like, but they will also hear her voice, watch how she moved and behaved.

Examples of productions:

"Pokazał nam Drogę" ["He showed us the way"] - Łódź inhabitants' reminiscences of John Paul II.

"Z Tobš" ["With You"] - a documentary about the SARUEL choir produced for 10th anniversary of group's existence.

"Trzeci wiek" ["The Third Century"] - a documentary about the The Third Century University in Łódź produced for the Television of Łódź.

"Usłyszeć wołanie" ["To hear a call"] - a documentary-documentational film about the ceremony of naming a school in Murzasichle after 'Tatra Rescuers'.

"Powrót" ["The Return"] - film about the voyage of a polish flag from the Polish Embassy in Russia to the Republic of South Africa.

"Dobry chleb" ["The Good Bread"] - a film about a family running a grocer's shop at one of the housing estates of Łódź.