I love how the reading refers to making documentaries as an art form. The second paragraph in the reading mentions an interesting point: "Like the evening news?" Is that documentary style? In my opinion, the news is informational media, but not an art form. I'm sure there is an "art" to it, but I'm not sure there is much creativity, or at least I feel there shouldn't be, in reporting current events that are real. I enjoy watching Mock-umentaries, however. "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show" are hilarious movies that are scripted and acted out, but made as if they were a documentary. The main thing that documentaries have, or mocumentaries, are interviews. The reading discusses quite a few mock-umentaries, actually. It seems as though there's a slope or slide between completely fictional movies, and documentaries. Documentaries are as real as it gets. But movies are visions of life, manipulated. The whole idea of a movie is the reality of it. If you get lost in the world of a fiction movie, then it is most likely a great movie, because it makes you feel a made-up world, something that isn't real.
What does hermetically mean?
Our group is making progress. Stacy wasn't here yesterday, but Joe and I went to MTN, picked up a camera, bought another tape because Stacy was supposed to bring the tape, and then filmed some B-Roll that we will most likely use in the documentary. We talked to Mr. Christy and are beginning to set up interview times with him and his students. He was very helpful the other day in ideas that we could use for the project. The main issue I'm having right now is our group dynamic. Joe and I have similar ideas of what we want to do for the documentary, but Stacy has very different ideas and we're having trouble finding a happy medium. The group originally was going to be just Joe and me. I'm not sure what to do just yet. Update next week!
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