{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "one of my professors, a historian who has been interviewed as an expert in various documentaries, said that the secret to...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/724443845093359616/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://nathanielthecurious.tumblr.com/post/722157204056260608/one-of-my-professors-a-historian-who-has-been\" target=\"_blank\">nathanielthecurious</a>:</p><blockquote><p>one of my professors, a historian who has been interviewed as an expert in various documentaries, said that the secret to documentaries is saying something very obvious, as slowly as possible. for example, if you say \u201cthe romans\u2026\u2026.. enjoyed their dinner parties\u201d or &ldquo;being a gladiator&hellip; was&hellip; very&hellip; dangerous&rdquo; then the filmmakers can get that clip and immediately pan over some cool pictures of mosaics or something. this has forever changed the way i view documentaries</p></blockquote>"}