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Filmmaker Number 1

Kim Longinotto

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Filmmaker Number 2

Nick Broomfield

“Broomfield’s films have become supreme examples of the director-performer model; he is the undoubted auteur of his films and their very structure proclaim that, without his intervention, there would be no films” Broomfield has a distinct personna that he uses to interview his subjects. His documentaries are as much about the process of making the documentary as the subject of the documentary itself. He often appears in his films (taking centre stage) and “documents” the process of making the documentary as the film rather than the final finished article. The process of construction is fully seen: sound booms, the crew, things going wrong etc. and the audience is aware of the camera as are the subjects being filmed. Stella Bruzzi points out that this can potentially “ fuel the debate around realness.”

Intro Description

Task: Watch the video and hear Asif Kapadia discuss his film Amy.

Task: Watch the first 5 mins of Aileen Wuornos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer and add any further ideas regarding documentary modes and technqiues that he uses.

Identify any comments she makes about: 1. How she makes documentaries 2. Why she makes them in the way she does Share your ideas and add them to the 2nd page of handout.

In a team of three, read an article each and complete task

Longinotto’s ‘influence’ is invisible in her documentaries, with very little use of voice-over, formal interviews, captions or incidental music. As the ‘eyes’ of her audience, she doesn’t like to zoom or pan. She says she doesn’t want her films to have conclusions but to raise questions.

Intro Description

Task 1: Watch the first 10 mins of this interview. Write down on your handout the documentary modes he uses.Task 2:What techniques does he use in his films?Task 3: Write down if the results are present or distant

Task 1: Watch the video and write down on page 1 of your handout the documentary modes her films adopt.Task 2:What techniques does she use in her films?Task 3: Write down if the result is present or distant

Identify any comments he makes about: 1. How he makes documentaries 2. Why he makes them in the way he does Share your ideas and add them to 2nd page of handout.

Access a link each and complete the tasks

Task

Watch the first 5 mins of The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife (link above). Based on this clip and these other tasks, in your team, complete the Similarities and Differences to Amy page of your handout

Task: Watch the 2nd half of the film and add any further ideas regarding documentary modes and technqiues that she uses in her films on the first page of your handout.