Amy end scene

Kim Longinotto: Plight of female victims of oppression + discrimination
. Observational filmmaker - / Cinema Verite - so no advanced planning, scripting, staging, narration, lighting, re-enactment and interviewing
. Feels like shes making films with people, more their film than hers, giving them control over there own stories
. To alter people's perceptions (what impact she wants her films to have)

 Relation to Amy:
. Supposedly Kapadia doesn't go in with a narrative originally
. Sits interviewees in a dark room and has a conversation w/ them
. He also edited the interviews in manipulative ways
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. Chris King - the editor - 'added layer after layer of effects'- to try and make a film that was united and not just a collection of clips
- '90% of our rushes were digital files and in the most dizzying array of formats'

. Far less natural use of editing than Longioto
. Uses home footage
. Longinotto
. Use of non-diegetic music intended to evoke a mood + use of home foot
. Subtle editing
. Observational footage - home footage, people being natural and authentic
. Immediately implying who is the most important people by having them at the start - giving them significance and importance
. When Amy starts singing the white noise and score is removed - isolating her singing
. Stills of Amy made in black and white + camera drifting in and out + dissolves + juxtaposition with other Jazz greats + Amys interview voice over + Amy singing 'moon river', eternal feeling
. Move to CU's of Amy + slow motion + non-dietigic Amy's interview + her singing
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