"Sarah, look at the data. The test groups in Burbank cried, but they felt 'sad leaving the theater.' Sad people don't buy merchandise. We need him to wink at the camera at the end. Maybe a post-credits sequence where he’s actually a ghost? I don't know, figure it out. And we need to cut the budget. Lose the third moon. Make the alien invisible for half the movie."
by 2035. This evolution is driven by a shift in purpose; modern documentaries are increasingly designed to both educate and entertain, bridging the gap between "hard" and "soft" news. OpenEdition Journals Key Thematic Trends
The art of cinematography, editing, and the unsung heroes behind the camera. This Changes Everything (2018), The Celluloid Closet (1995)