RESEARCH:
Real Scenes: Bristol from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Real Scenes: Berlin from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Real Scenes: Detroit from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Our aim is to produce a similar documentary, commenting on the current state of the electronic music scene in Liverpool. The content within these works is derived from producers, promoters, club owners, record label owners and many more professions from within the industry. The reason that these documentaries are successful are because they are able to get access to people who are either witnessing the progression first hand or actually driving it to change.
Aside from the interview content, the film works well due the amount of cutaways and inserts. This enables the piece to establish a fast pace that continues throughout the work and drives the film forward. While not all the cutaways are relevant to the subject of music, i.e. streets, traffic etc. what this does is to explain the environment in which the film is set (particularly important to tell the stories of Berlin & Detroit where the location is as important to the music scene as the people involved). Other than this, the cutaways comprise of club scenes, situating the content and allowing an audience to get more immersed and better understand the culture of whats being talked about. When it comes to the interview footage, the director has made sure that the audience isn't overloaded with information yet comes away from watching it with a much better understanding of the subject. This is done by using staying away from long, unbroken shots of interviewees sat, talking into camera. Instead, the information is editing into short bursts that lead on from one another, telling the overall story through many different people. - While this will be hard to achieve, its a style that I would very much like to imitate.
The style of all three documentaries are very particular. All three are very simple yet very visually pleasing, making good use of colour and framing to create a piece that is as much about the visuals as it is about getting the message across. I'm guessing that due to the nature of the film, i.e. related to art and a new, exciting and emerging culture, it was important to portray this subject in an artful and exciting way (the use of time lapse, tracks and dolly's push this further).
Sound, in terms of music accompaniment is crucial to these documentaries. Each one contains music either produced or signed by those interviewed or talked about. In the Bristol one, Mathew Walker AKA Julio Bashmore is the main focus of the piece, being that its practically revolved around him and how his input is transforming not only the scene within the city but the culture as a whole, it's his music that is predominantly used within the film.
Real Scenes: Bristol from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Real Scenes: Berlin from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Real Scenes: Detroit from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Our aim is to produce a similar documentary, commenting on the current state of the electronic music scene in Liverpool. The content within these works is derived from producers, promoters, club owners, record label owners and many more professions from within the industry. The reason that these documentaries are successful are because they are able to get access to people who are either witnessing the progression first hand or actually driving it to change.
Aside from the interview content, the film works well due the amount of cutaways and inserts. This enables the piece to establish a fast pace that continues throughout the work and drives the film forward. While not all the cutaways are relevant to the subject of music, i.e. streets, traffic etc. what this does is to explain the environment in which the film is set (particularly important to tell the stories of Berlin & Detroit where the location is as important to the music scene as the people involved). Other than this, the cutaways comprise of club scenes, situating the content and allowing an audience to get more immersed and better understand the culture of whats being talked about. When it comes to the interview footage, the director has made sure that the audience isn't overloaded with information yet comes away from watching it with a much better understanding of the subject. This is done by using staying away from long, unbroken shots of interviewees sat, talking into camera. Instead, the information is editing into short bursts that lead on from one another, telling the overall story through many different people. - While this will be hard to achieve, its a style that I would very much like to imitate.
The style of all three documentaries are very particular. All three are very simple yet very visually pleasing, making good use of colour and framing to create a piece that is as much about the visuals as it is about getting the message across. I'm guessing that due to the nature of the film, i.e. related to art and a new, exciting and emerging culture, it was important to portray this subject in an artful and exciting way (the use of time lapse, tracks and dolly's push this further).
Sound, in terms of music accompaniment is crucial to these documentaries. Each one contains music either produced or signed by those interviewed or talked about. In the Bristol one, Mathew Walker AKA Julio Bashmore is the main focus of the piece, being that its practically revolved around him and how his input is transforming not only the scene within the city but the culture as a whole, it's his music that is predominantly used within the film.
Pockets from Pilgrim Films on Vimeo.
Pockets is a success due to its simplicity.
The orange filters used over the footage gives a warm feel, this is added too through the use of a gentle song. The characters too that are used further this friendly nature, despite some 'colourful' people being showcased, the end result is a documentary that seems to break down social barriers and evoke a sense of peace within those who watch it.
Obviously by asking people what they have in their pockets, the director was hoping for some quite personal stories, however the unique feature of not always syncing the visuals with the audio, rather than resulting in a mess, furthers this personal approach and enables the audience to seemingly connect with those on screen for the brief moments they appear.
SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL from Diesel New Voices on Vimeo.
Being a skateboarder myself, i was able to relate this documentary particularly well. The best part of the film was the way in which the director managed to understand what skateboarding really meant to the kids that partook in the piece, rather than focusing on the sport its self, they were able to get the the bottom of why they do it, rather than how they do it.
Beyond this, the well composed frames and often set up feel of the work didn't take away from its validity or authenticity, rather just add to the beauty of the film and its subject. I'm glad the director focused on the hope of the children, rather than the obvious destruction surrounding them. The way in which the children used the recently destroyed buildings as a play ground for their newly discovered sport was a great metaphor for the emerging hope of the country.
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