Amy intro

Key topics:
. Filmmakers theories
- Michael moor
- Longotono
- Broomfield
- Watkins
. Critical debate


( . Film form
. Meaning and response
. Contexts )

. Personal mode of the documentary is most prevalent in Amy- not mentioned in Nicholas's 6 modes of documentary
. Digital sound recording for the voice recordings - new technology
. Autobiographical - personal documentary
. FIlm makers theory or digital technologies and how they've changed - born in 83, documentary starts in the 90's - coincides with the boom of digital technology

A) Filmmakers theory - how does this increase your understanding of the chosen film [20]

B) "Portable, digital cameras, digital sound recording equipment and nonlinear digital editing have had a very significant impact on documentary film" - digital technology impact on chosen documentary film [20]

Panoptican prisoner
Discipline and punish Foucault


Birthday scene - Filmed in 1998 (When digital technology had become a lot more prominent)
. Soft piano music = sentimental tone - also a light motif
. Digital camera
. Subtle cut - looks unconstructed and natural but is in fact still constructed by the director though almost imperceptible (kind of continuity editing) already creating a narrative by placing Amy at the centre
. She becomes the centre of attention - camera + sound + proximity
. Her with friends, relaxed genuine environment
. (sequence of images) Morphing (dissolving) into each one - slowly tracking in and back
. Her singing (CU) juxtaposed w/ very famous jazz musicians (saying she belongs with them- like Tony Bennet) - how does the director make it seem like Amy is equal to these other singers
. Non diegetic sound (disembodied voices) - unconventional of interviews
. People were interviewed in a long format, less directed questions = more honest unplanned responses (allowed by digital technology)
. Her voice over could be seen to be angelic (immortalising her)
. The director is mostly invisible - he doesn't want to appear to be influencing the film


Documentary - as close to true and honest depiction of a non fictional topic/event
. Interview
. facts
. nonfiction
. agenda
. reveal
. real
. twists
. truth

Definition: nonfictional 'slice of life' factual works of art - cinema verite. Some have become propagandist or non-objective (as films became more narrative based)



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Types of documentary sub genres/ modes - Bill Nichols

. Poetic: modernist avant garde. No continuity of editing and sense of a specific location in time and place. Allusive and often surprise and challenge what a documentary should be. Associative editing to create mood or tone w/o making a explicit argument about
. Expository : voice over speaking directly to the viewer. Rhetorical techniques to explore points of actuality. Straight forward show and tell structure - viewer is guided through the material. Often tv documentaries
. Participatory
. Observational - Etre et Avoir
. Reflexive
. Performative

. Fame and what fame does to you - Drugs as well
. Role of the Paparazzi





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