Fly on the wall

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For other uses, see Fly on the wall (disambiguation)

Fly on the wall is a style of documentary-making used in film and television. The name derived from the idea that events are seen candidly, as a fly on a wall might see them. In the purest form of fly-on-the-wall documentary-making, the camera crew works as unobtrusively as possible; however, it is also common for participants to be interviewed, often by an off-camera voice.

The fly-on-the-wall style is commonly used in the genre known as reality television, as well as cinéma vérité, and has also been extensively parodied.