Two Modes of Film

Essentially we can break down the types of documentaries on American and British Television into two modes; Japan as Foreign Interest and Japan as Foreign Spectacle. While these are not mutually exclusive modes for these documentaries, indeed, they cross over quite often, they are the dominant modes of discourse within these sets of programmes. Though my purview is limited to the last ten years, to documentary easily found with entries on their respective websites, and to availability, I believe they are representative of the documentaries that are shown on these public television venues on Japan. At the very least, the majority of the discourse falling into certain modes across these limited number of documentaries is representative of a discourse trend that is worth looking at.