Blames 4 Babies Documentary Analysis

When you hear the term “babies” the first thing that comes to mind is a helpless innocent infant. A child that has to depend upon their mother for this first year of survival and assistance with development not only physically but socially and cognitively. Thomas Blames provides us with a documentary film that allows us to walk every footstep with 4 different babies as they progress from infant to toddler. Blames provides us with a unique experience within his film which is a silent film that targets the audience mind to focus now on only the actually actions of the child and not the verbal communication being disputed. By creating a silent film, Blames blocks out the aspects of judgement of verbal discussion between the child and active influences around them. Within the film we enter into the lives of 4 babies Bayarjargal from Mongolia, Hattie from San Francisco, Ponijao from Namibia, and Mari from Tokyo. Each child’s background is different whether that come from a developed country or a developing country. Regardless of …show more content…
Whether it’s watching them roll off the pillow, crawling, or stumbling while they try to take their first steps. The baby with the most physical development was Hattie she was attending yoga classes and sing along which she fully interacted with. She progressed the most due to the constant introduction of new things that her mother brought to her. Unlike Ponijao, who had the slowest physical development mainly because his mother would carry him everywhere inhibiting him from actively adventuring out on his own. Due to the limitation of recreational activities since they reside in a desert made it more difficult for Ponijao to experience different things. Just like Ponijao, Bayarjargal lived within a community where efficient recreation activity wasn’t available but he found things to get in such as playing with the toilet paper and trying to eat