Documentaries

Documentaries

Gimme Shelter
1. Direct cinema
  1. No Narration
  2. Objective
  3. Fly on the wall style
  4. no staged events
2. unopinionated film
  1. but scenes are still specially chosen
  2. shows that Stones are not to blame
Bowling for columbine
1. Authored piece
  1. Moore has his own opinion
  2. director appears in own work
2. manipulates the audience
  1. uses humour
  2. Moore looks like an average person, audience relates to him
  3. Makes interviewees look bad through clever questioning
Touching the Void
1. mix between talking heads and dramatic reconstruction
2. hollywood stylistic features
  1. dramatic music
  2. large, establishing shots
  3. actors
3. talking heads
  1. speaking directly to the audience
  2. more trustworthy when its the real people telling the story
Grizzly Man
1. Two directors (treadwell and herzog)
2. Shows both sides of argument
3. Herzog says "in my opinion" objective

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