Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Documentary Moment and Videos

The documentary that I watched was “Into the Abyss”. I paused the film at the section where Charles is being interviewed, about the death of his brother Jeremy. I paused at the part where he is holding up the two pictures of Jeremy, talking about them, and also showing mournful emotions. The image is documentary-like (with the film being obviously, a documentary) representing an event that had actually happened. The camera placed so that Charles face is visible as well as the two pictures that he is showing. The background is hugely significant to the impact of this scene as well. The greenery behind Charles is beautiful, and there is also a playground. This kind of represents innocence in the scene that is being filmed, showing a children’s playground along with the beauty of nature. Each of these factors seems highly composed by the producer, who wanted to make use of everything possible to make this scene/picture as effective as possible. Everything visually at that moment accommodates the mood and the topic at the time. It is a very powerful moment that is captured, reflecting Charles’ emotion for his loss, supported by the setting and mood of everything around him.

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