Sam's Question: HAPPY ST. PATTYS DAY!

2. Hampe says that making documentaries is filming human behavior. I don't know if I agree because I think that's too simple. Are there examples of documentaries not about human behavior? Or does Hampe just have an extremely broad definition of human behavior?

I think that documentaries are in fact filming human behavior. All of the documentaries that I have watched have been about an individual's life or specific event that happened in history. For example, a documentary about World War II looks at the different human behavior that was prevalent at that time: fighting, leaving families, dying, etc. The documentary looks at all of the different aspects of this behavior and gives the audience information concerning it. I do not think that there is anything else that documentaries film because I think that everything goes back to the idea that humans created something or that humans did something to spark a specific situation. Just off the top of my mind, I cannot think of any documentaries that I have seen in the past that did not focus on human behavior. I think that the "human behavior" that Hampe references is a very broad definition, but a very applicable and correct definition. There are endless possibilities that humans can be filmed doing, from work to hobbies, to traveling and families, the list is endless.