Definition

documentary register

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documentary register — A piece that fails all three tests is a video essay. ↗

Supporting facts
  • A piece that passes all three is forensic documentary. ↗
  • The voice profile is third-person, past-tense default with present-tense stake-marking, attribution-front-loaded, calm under stakes, evidence-foregrounded, contradiction-tolerant, uncertainty-naming, consequence-closing. ↗