The documentary ‘Concrete’ focuses on two parkour practitioners and the stories they have to tell as well as their opinions of the misconceptions the public have about people who do parkour. These interviews are supported by Public interviews/vox pops, Archive footage, breath taking parkour footage including point of view footage and public shots filmed general crowds of people completely their daily tasks and errands.
The purpose of this documentary comes across and informing people of why people do parkour and what it means to do the activity, while at the same time attempting to ask people to be more open minded about the subject and see things from another perspective.
“Expository documentaries speak directly to the viewer, often in the …show more content…
It conveys the subtle emotions that play across the eyes, mouth, and facial muscles of an actor” (Thompson and Bowen, 2013, 17), this is used in moment of the interview that the interviewee is reaching into memories or seems more passionate. The close ups can be seen being used when the interviewee is smiling thinking back on memories or when passionate about the public’s reaction to his activities. The close up also helps the audience engage more with the story and connect with the person telling the story, when displaying a close up “An audience member should be totally focused on the human face with this framing” (Thompson and Bowen, 2013, 86), this helps connect to the passionate segments of the …show more content…
In the case of narration in ‘Concrete’ this was not achieved, the low tone and un-enthusiastic voice does not support the upbeat pace of the pace and story of the documentary.
The documentary uses multiple fades which can sometimes break a documentary. The fade in should be used “at the beginning of a chapter, scene, sequence or act” (Thompson and Bowen, 2013, 86) as well as “at the end of a chapter, scene, sequence or act” (Thompson and Bowen, 2013, 86) in “Concrete” the fades are used to separate sections and so are relevant to the documentary and work well in story development and thus minimising the use for a narrator.
“The main advantage to collaborative editing is speed; the main risk is lack of coherence” (Murch, 2001, 29) this documentary was edited by two people which can make it confusing,
the editing can change style because two minds are editing the piece, in this case this was not an issue. The story is cohesive and doesn’t display issues between editor
The purpose of this documentary comes across and informing people of why people do parkour and what it means to do the activity, while at the same time attempting to ask people to be more open minded about the subject and see things from another perspective.
“Expository documentaries speak directly to the viewer, often in the …show more content…
It conveys the subtle emotions that play across the eyes, mouth, and facial muscles of an actor” (Thompson and Bowen, 2013, 17), this is used in moment of the interview that the interviewee is reaching into memories or seems more passionate. The close ups can be seen being used when the interviewee is smiling thinking back on memories or when passionate about the public’s reaction to his activities. The close up also helps the audience engage more with the story and connect with the person telling the story, when displaying a close up “An audience member should be totally focused on the human face with this framing” (Thompson and Bowen, 2013, 86), this helps connect to the passionate segments of the …show more content…
In the case of narration in ‘Concrete’ this was not achieved, the low tone and un-enthusiastic voice does not support the upbeat pace of the pace and story of the documentary.
The documentary uses multiple fades which can sometimes break a documentary. The fade in should be used “at the beginning of a chapter, scene, sequence or act” (Thompson and Bowen, 2013, 86) as well as “at the end of a chapter, scene, sequence or act” (Thompson and Bowen, 2013, 86) in “Concrete” the fades are used to separate sections and so are relevant to the documentary and work well in story development and thus minimising the use for a narrator.
“The main advantage to collaborative editing is speed; the main risk is lack of coherence” (Murch, 2001, 29) this documentary was edited by two people which can make it confusing,
the editing can change style because two minds are editing the piece, in this case this was not an issue. The story is cohesive and doesn’t display issues between editor