Today in media we watched everyone’s portraits that were generally done in a documentary style. There were some interesting techniques that I would like to learn how to incorporate into my work. One person used a transition to cut between shots that looked like a camera flash. They showed clips of a girl walking down a driveway dressed in different clothes, they tracked backwards and followed her walk and intercut between the girl in different outfits. This was really effective in representing the progression of time and the different aspects and elements of a persons personality. The interviews of the subjects were often cut really well, cutting to the main points and skipping the irrelevant information whilst still maintaining a fluid feel. It was good how people managed to interview the subjects and get information that was understandable without having to know the background information and the interviewers question. I also like how allot of people presented their audio and interviews in the form of a phone call. Some people had overlapped stock footage of old flickering film and overlapped that to blend 2 shots together. Lots of people also used home video type footage with shaky camera work, which gave the work an authentic feel. When people used different music from the main piece to the closing credits then it signified to the audience that the piece was coming to a conclusion. Annick used some of these techniques in her portrait. It was set out like a sort of music video and the footage was cut to the beat of the song.