Poetic

From "NY NY"

     When you think of poetry you think about how all of the artistic elements are linked together and or are juxtaposed. In essence, this explains how poetic documentaries are created. This creative editing is an intricate weaving together of clips (b-roll, archival etc.), music, and sound (diegetic and non-diegetic). Poetic documentaries typically entail these categorical tracks: visual, audio and text; the collaboration of all the elements gives the film an artistic perspective. 

An example of a poetic documentary is Francis Thompson’s NY NY, created in 1957. He depicts a day in New York by piecing together clips by way of artistic shapes and sounds.