Film/TV2: Analysis/Reflection 3: Q2

Select from one of the readings and briefly describe two points that you have taken from it. Points that excite you, something that was completely new to you.

In documentary storytelling for film and videomakers, Curran Bernard writes on approach. He says that there might be added value in ways of conducting an interview. I find it quite amazing because I recently watched 60 Minutes by Nine Network, on Australia’s most hated couple. The interview gradually became more confronting, and all I noticed was how the wife repeatedly backing his husband, despite constantly being put in a bad light due to his wrongdoings in the past. This eased the amount of tension that surrounded the interview, but to me it somehow looked like an intervention.

“Your approach will evolve as your knowledge of the material increases as you have a better sense of what’s practical…”
I always thought that there was no definite answer to this because what is exactly ‘practical’? What are supposed to be good films/bad films? I mean, I encourage myself to experiment with different ways of approach towards films. So is there really an impractical approach?

 

Curran Bernard, S. Documentary storytelling for film and videomakers, (p. 27-37, 63-73, 75-79, 193-194). Burlington: Focal Press, 2003.