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Analysis2-TimC

A. Content (trailer)

The Prisoner

  1. The Prisoner trailer recalls the memories of a man who was made prisoner after being falsely accused of setting up an assassination of Tony Blair.
  2. The trailer uses news clips, home video, animated drawings and images are used to convey the information to the viewer.
  3. The first moment is at :33. George Bush says “This is George W. Bush. In the new era that is coming to Iraq, you will be free.” That is not what happens to the man this documentary is about. At :50 the over lay that says wrong man on a freeze frame of him is very powerful, being that he is being arrested and he cant do anything about it even though he did not commit the crime. Lastly at 1:22, the picture of what appears to be a cage covered in barbed wire on the camp where he was being held really shows how bad it was. Being tortured and treated inhumanly for a crime he didn’t commit is outrageous.

The Kid Stays in the Picture

  1. The Kid Stays in the Picture is about the rise and fall of Robert Evans short career in Hollywood while always staying in the spotlight.
  2. The trailer uses news clips, pictures, paparazzi footage and images, title cards of movies produced by him, magazines, news papers and interviews to get the information across.
  3. The first 12 seconds of the film stand out to me because it starts off with news clips of how terrible he is and then it jumps into a small edit of his lavish career. At :21 it shows a piece from the newspaper with the title “N.Y. Businessman Dives in Pool And Comes Out Movie Star”. This showcases how he didn’t fit the criteria to be a Hollywood producer and movie star. He was ultimately an over night success. At 1:03 the shot of him walking into court in cuffs and a prison jumpsuit after the clips of his lavish life shows how quickly your life can change.

B. Structure (full length)

Bakara 1992

  1. The first section would be the jungles, natural landscapes, animals and indigenous/tribal people. The second section is when the film changes to urban life and the destruction it can cause, factories, war, genocide, poverty. Next the film switches to ancient ruins. Some which still house small villages. The last section is when the film returns back to a monk, when he rings a bell the shot is changed to the night sky.
  2. Each section was transitioned by a still shot of one of the people in an area that had just been filmed staring at the camera. The individual is surrounded by the environment that they live in.
  3. The story is non narrative. The documentary doesn’t have any speaking in it. The camera shows us the world and how different it is, they use this to convey their message.
  4. They show us people that live in the environment, but they also the environment itself. The focus is mainly on the environment and how the people live in it and are affected by it.

C. Cinematic Style

  1. The panning and slowness of the filming in the natural landscaped works with the idea of the calmness and beauty of nature. The music is almost hypnotizing. Then when it switches to urban life the shots are fast paced and full of anxiety. The music is switched to a fast beating drum. The city life is amplified. Then the shots are turned back to slow and painful once shots of the impact of war and genocide.
  2. The editing is based on the shots at the moment. The peaceful and beautiful shots can be on the screen for a long period of time. While the shots of city life are fast paced.
  3. The images follow a pattern. If you follow along and watch each section you understand the arrangement the shots are places in.

D. Documentarian Stance

  1. The way the film was built you can understand what it is presenting. The film starts out in nature, then goes to urban life, poverty, and then war is shown, skulls, graves, concentration camps. Then ancient ruins and crumbled cities. The perspective is that we are falling back into the cycle. Showing what we are doing now, and then switching to the destruction and despair that was caused by the same actions we are partaking in now is very powerful.
  2. I would choose “observer”. The people who made the movie never interfered or set up the environment. It was life in motion. With it being non narrative it gives the viewer a choice to decide what the film means to them. In turn you becoming the observer. I think that was the main goal they were trying to achieve with this documentary.
  3. I think that the film makers did a great job. They went with the follow of what ever they filmed. Just moving along with the subjects, not forcing anything on anyone. Allowing people to see the life in a raw form.

*Jolene told me to leave a back burner note on the late assignments*

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