The anticlimactic ending and sad portrayal in Paris is Burning
Choosing to end a documentary that centers around specific people with coming back to them later is a common convention in documentaries and narrative films centered around real people/events. However... Read MoreDocumentaries/Experimental Films and ANIMATION!
“Documentary” is personally one of my favorite kinds of film. It is very unique in its standing- as it can have tropes from different genres based on what kind of documentary it is, what i... Read MoreUtilizing the Associational Form
The associational form is a form of experimental filmmaking that relies on using unrelated visuals to tell a story. The visuals should create an emotional response for the viewer and should have no lo... Read MoreAnimation: It’s Not Just for Kids!
One of the most fascinating forms of film that is, in my opinion, not talked about enough in film academia is animation. When the average movie-goer is confronted with animation in film, they generall... Read MoreDifferent Forms, What Is Fiction?, and Questions From This Weeks Reading- Documentaries
The first thing in this chapter that caught my eye were the two different types of forms that can be found in documentaries- Categorical form and Rhetorical form. Categorical form- A fundamental techn... Read MoreUnpacking Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films
Different from other kinds of films, the documentary title does not build up expectations of what a movie may be. There are less common tropes and unlike many genres, the documentary label on a film p... Read MoreDocumentary Approaches, Defining Features, and Larger Conversations
A documentary, like animation or experiential films, is more of a category for film type rather than any specific genre. While a documentary can cover virtually any subject, when a film is labeled as ... Read More