The title of the film says it all, ‘From a distant gaze…’ about the camera work I believe. It feels as if the shots were made like a point of view shots. It made the audience have the sense of their own presence in the scene. In other words, it made us feel like we were there viewing what the filmmaker was seeing. Instead of just having shots being stationary, the filmmaker impliments camera movements such as panning and tracking. This movement also aid in giving the feel of a POV shot. It was as if we were constantly focusing on one thing.
Another thing that I really find it intriguing would be the framing. I like how the frames are always packed. It seems to me most of the shots are zoomed in. The frame constantly has a very packed feel, as in the frame is full of either objects, vehicles or even people. Even the shot of a single person looks very compact because the shot was framed to fill a person’s face fully in it (2:10).
I also find the transition between shots in their editing expect very interesting. Instead of a straight instant cut, the filmmaker uses the car or the vehicles around him as a tool to aid in the editing. As soon as the car passes the shot, it cuts into another shot from another perspective and the best part was that it works smoothly.
Overall, I believe that the filmmaker was trying to have an observational mode approach. A ‘fly on the wall’ kind of documentary. The filmmaker wants to focus realism in their shots. He wants to show real life people doing unscripted things such as walking, yawning, and just about anything people do on a daily basis.