Nanook Of The North Documentary

Firstly, it is important to understand how the documentary form is best suited to illustrate the film’s theme. In order to do this, one must have an overview of the documentary style of filmmaking. Documentaries concern themselves with the “exploration of

The idea of a documentary being an artistic or even personalised expression of a director is long gone, or so it seems in recent times. In Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Bowling for Columbine, he attempts to get across to viewers his, and essentially only his point of view, on the topic of gun laws. Although what Moore is trying to say is not necessarily wrong, he is at the same time not taking into account the other side of the argument either; all he is trying to do, essentially is hypnotise viewers into thinking

However, through the intelligent use of film techniques such as Omissions, editing (scene placement) and non-diegetic sounds, there is an obvious bias presented to the audience, as Moore wants to specifically convey a messages which benefits an agenda which he is following. The documentaries, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine will be further explored through the analysis of its film techniques which indefinitely create an obvious bias and the positive and negative outcomes it has regarding Michael Moore’s film message.

A documentary is a genre of film that provides a factual report on a particular story, viewpoint, message or experience. In this essay, two documentaries, Bowling for columbine by Michael Moore and Made in Bangladesh by CBC news will be explored to show how persuasive techniques are used to make an audience feel a particular way.

Richardson’s non-interventionist style is a prime example of observational documentary, and works specifically well in capturing and promulgating the subject of death. According to Nichols, observational documentaries started appearing in the 1960’s as result of more mobile and smaller equipment. Furthermore, observational documentary stresses non-intervention, as filmmakers objectively observe indirect speech, candidness in the form of long takes, and create a world out of historical reality not fabricated with

The documentary goes through a series of songs and editing techniques that carry the film through different genres and represent the movie nature of the OJ Simpson vs. The People of Los Angeles case. It opens with an upbeat song similar to the opening credits of a Tarentino Film. As the music plays, descriptions and images of the horrendous crime flash across the screen. In “What a Documentary Is, After All” Carl Plantinga says the filmmaker’s intent is to create “representations that combine saying and showing”

As a viewer, the documentary’s intention to inform is more completely fulfilled by research conducted beyond the scope of the camera lens. Had I never written this paper, for instance, the reason for all the violence embedded within the subject matter would remain as enigmatic as the documentary itself.

Documentaries and perspectives To start talking about the “blackfish” Documentary. We have to know what is a documentary. A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record. As defined by wikipedia. So a documentary is intended to document some aspect of reality not one point of view.

The purpose of a documentary is to promote one's views or beliefs, in order to provoke change in society. This is evident in Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling for Columbine and Louie Psihoyos, The Cove. Both documentaries manipulate the audience into taking the composers side of the argument. Bowling for Columbine uses satirical humour and interviewing techniques to make an extremely persuasive argument highlighting issues such as gun violence levels in America and the Columbine High School massacre itself. Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove uses statistics and archival footage to persuade the audience that dolphins are beginning unnecessarily slaughtered, and there is something underhanded going on in Taiji, Japan.

There are various ways to deal with making documentaries, to telling the story and making the point, and subsequently the a wide range of components such camerawork, music, lighting, music, enhancements and altering differ from piece to piece.

What a documentary is in its purest form is the telling of a story. It’s may be biased or exaggerated but in its essence it is the simple of act of a story being told. The Oxford Dictionary defines documentary as 'using pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a factual report on a particular subject' It’s second definition is ‘A film or television or radio programme that provides a factual report on a particular subject’. Film being used to document real life; Being Elmo is documenting the events of Kevin’s life.

Excerpt one- “Columbine” In my first excerpt “Columbine”, Michael Moore made sure to keep his audience on edge and feel like they were in the shoes of those students as they were watching the CCTV footage of the massacre that happened at Columbine High School, April 20th of 1999. In this excerpt, he uses two effective film techniques of archival footage (stock footage) and nondiegetic sound.

Documentary photography conveys a larger sense of the subject through an almost poetic presentation of unexpected details and fleeting expressions. This trend has seemingly gone hand-in-hand with the shift toward photographers, photo editors, and the general public embracing the subjective nature of documentary photography. (Module 10

In this essay, I will explain why a documentary is always more realistic than a fiction film. I will show my thesis by exploring elements that influence how realistic a film is: film editing and format, genre, and transparency. I will use the documentary of Armadillo (2010), by Janus Pedersen, and the fiction film of The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968), by Danièle Huille as examples.

In a documentary, the artist is rarely seen, his or her character, personality, and opinion are shown in the shots they choose or the way in which they commentate on their surroundings. A journalist is a main focal point in their piece, they are a recognizable face ever-present in the film. They walk through the environment explaining the events to the viewer face-to-face. A journalist’s opinion or style is often shown in their commentary choices and they way they hold themselves in front of the camera. Their emotion is shown on their