An interesting quote from Liam Ward to get all those documentary makers out there thinking, and going that extra mile:
“On the one hand we need to strip it of its negative connotations, and on the other hand we need to examine the devices and formal techniques a doco film-maker might employ in order to manipulate viewers. Then the real pandora’s box emerges.
How does that kind of formal experimentation and deliberate manipulation relate to the aim of collaborating and giving agency to people?
This isn’t a question that’s designed to be answered, but rather one to think about in your own film-making.”