I have gotten so much from this course! Starting out, I knew pretty much nothing about documentary filmmaking. I’m not a political person, I didn’t know a lot about the things brought up in class, I found the readings really challenging… Continue Reading
Working through this course, I’ve learnt that the most effective way to express a point of view, particularly a need for change, is not always the most straightforward one. I mentioned in my post A Starting Point, in which I questioned… Continue Reading
Today we filmed our video for project 4. It was a long day, and a long process getting here, but it’s been fun. My favourite part was probably doing the interviews, seeing people struggle to avoid buzzwords surrounding sex and… Continue Reading
We’re gearing up to film for project 4 now, and we’ve come to the conclusion that we should change the concept of our film. Not overall, but now rather than showing imagery through drawings, animations, photos, emojis, etc. we are… Continue Reading
Handing in project 3 was a great feeling. I’m really proud of the films we made! Although at first I was really unsure of documentary form and how to approach the topic poetically, I think through working I have better… Continue Reading
As a practitioner of documentary, I see the answer to this question as less about what’s wrong with ‘simply observing’ the world and more about the implausibility of ‘simply observing’, whether that’s in relation to documentary practice and consumption, or… Continue Reading
Can something be both political and poetic? What is the role of formal experimentation in political documentary? To be honest, politics are not my thing. In fact, political documentaries are so far out of my comfort zone, I’m really not sure… Continue Reading