Conversation Direction in Russian Contemporary Documentaries

The article analyzes two types of conversation as a method in making documentaries: that of portrait and problematic one. Various roles of the author of the film are disclosed: author as the only director taking the protagonist along, author as a co- director giving freedom to the character, the co-author of his own screen image; as a participator of the events, provoking the protagonist to manifest himself. It is well grounded that all the three variants are quite productive if they give a docufilm director a chance to implement creative tasks.