Specialized films and documentaries have contributed to rediscovering reality and getting to know it through the director’s vision, by directly exporting realistic facts, or by accurate and honest simulation of this reality with the aim of addressing the mind and arousing the desire for knowledge and understanding of many personalities, and through a survey about documentaries, their features, and their differences. About cinematic films, the extent of audience turnout, and whether the film director tends to make at least one documentary film during his career.
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“The Statement” met director Mohamed Al-Hammadi, an actor and writer. He started directing as an amateur, then worked seriously since 2014 and directed “The Customer” and “The Remaining Time”, a science fiction film shown at the Dubai Film Festival. won the Al Ain Film Festival award, and he says: The director loves the process of making documentaries because of its ability to capture pure feelings and real human behavior, as it allows them to portray individuals as they are without the restrictions of representation, and the documentary also provides an opportunity to investigate topics that interest their making and present your point of view. In front of the audience, allowing them to be the judges of it, and there is one of the documentaries that was beautiful to watch is “Wild Wild Country”, “My Octopus Teacher”, and there are several documentaries that I presented, such as “Security and Happiness”, shown on the “Sama Dubai” channel. over the course of 12 episodes.
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Director Hamad Saghran emphasized that documentaries provide a unique opportunity to express reality, historical events, and social issues. He says: Freedom in presentation plays an important role in this type of film, as directors are able to present diverse and unconventional points of view, but this freedom requires a responsibility to respect the facts and balance between the desire to convey a message and the viewers’ right to receive accurate and reliable information, and documentaries despite their presentation Facts and reality are impartial, often considered boring or uninteresting to much of the audience. However, this is not necessarily a defect in documentaries, but rather it can be considered a challenge that requires creativity and innovation in order to present information in attractive and interesting ways.
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He added: As a director and filmmaker, I may overcome this challenge in different ways. Merging drama with documentaries is one of those ways that can be used to add suspense and excitement to documentaries. In addition, documentary filmmakers can exploit the power of personal and human stories, to make the audience feel empathy and belonging with the characters in the films, and these stories can contribute to attracting Attention of the audience, and motivate them to think and reflect on the issues raised.
With three of my films, I have provided a new vision of what documentaries can be. By employing the techniques of dramatic narration, I was able to attract more audiences and open their eyes to important issues that were previously considered “boring” for them.
