Undefeated is a documentary from Daniel Lindsay and T.J Martin. The film had only made about $500,000 and about $120,000 domestically. The structure of undefeated is made up of filmed footage and very brief interviews. To aid these clips the use of music is very prominent throughout the film. This often is used to not just to classical music to make the more human moment s of the film more impactful but to also it uses some of the commentary from the actual games themselves making which would also which would be breaking up the usual voices being heard but also tell the audience what is happening but also making the games seem to have a larger amount of importance. The film focuses mainly on three people these being Bill Courtney (The Coach), O.C Brown and Montrail 'Money' Brown. All three of these people are facing different issues for example O.C is attempting to get into college however the issue for him is that he doesn't have the right grades to get there. Giving the film more structure as it has high and low points within the film giving them a more traditional structure.
The film does use a wide range of film techniques within the documentary. Such as interviews, filmed footage, music and editing. The interviews for this were mostly brief however they did get them to talk about what's happening and becoming more use to them. The benefit of this to the audience is that it means that the people in there are going to become more natural with them giving out more personal information helping the film make better human bonds with the audience. All of this film uses filmed footage this would be filmed from only two people however during the games they also use some of the footage recorded by the high schools at their games as well. The music used within the film is used sparingly however when it used it does improve the film as it emphasise what is happening so when someone within the film changes to a strong emotion some music will begin to play. The affect this has on the audience is that it makes them feel as strong as they do, another benefit of using it sparingly is that the audience will know when to feel. The editing within this film is used to demonstrate two different types of perception. When the team is playing a game they start to use faster cuts to make it seem fast paced and hectic like a normal game. This works perfectly as latter on around the mid point there is a montage where these fast cuts work hand in hand with the editing. However in contrast the cuts can become allot more rare such as when the team is being addressed. The reason for this would be to show the contrast between the team playing and learning as when they start learning it becomes slower and more personal as sometimes they may cut to someone if what's being said will affect them so the audience will know who it's aimed at.
This documentary had set out to show a local school's football team which has never performed well. However I feel that film would have brought about allot of change. I feel that this would have affected the places across the world as it could have been any school doing any sport but he message would have been the same. This would have made people realise that sports in schools are more than enjoyment and exercise that it helps bring the character out of them. As well as changing those attitudes it also would have made other schools who are better off see how fortunate they are. The town in which the team is from I think would have had an impact on it's community spirit, making it grow allot more now meaning that the community spirit would have been raised allot and been made stronger.
Bowling for Columbine is a documentary from Michael Moore . The film had made about $21,000,000 from it's $4,000,000 budget. The film is made up from all kinds of footage, interviews, found footage, filmed footage which is all presenter lead by Michael Moore. Music within this film is both used to not only convey information and messages but also do show some of Michael's views and to make the film more impactful with the audience. The film follows Michael Moore as he delves into the world of gun control all around America with the film focusing on the Columbine School incident in it's second and third acts.
The film does use many different techniques to tell it's story and give it's message. With the film being presenter led it means that during the interviews the questions asked would be more opinionated instead of them being more factual as there would be a face that these questions are coming from which could be answered to. With it being presenter led a voice over can be used to tell the audience what the presenter is thinking during the interview showing the mindset that he would be in. It would also is used to help lead the audience into the next scene or location as it would give a bit of background information about them. A technique which is used is found footage while most of the documentary is filmed some of it is found this being used to show some of the work the people within the film have done and to also show some of the events what have happened such as footage from the Columbine incident. The vast majority of the filmed footage within the film is led by Michael Moore as he goes conducting interviews for the film asking very difficult questions about gun control. Music in the film is used to improve the viewing experience by forcing the audience to feel in special and particular ways. The use of camera in the documentary in this is mostly closeups when conducting interviews the use of this is to put the interviewee in a awkward position meaning that the cameras would be able to get every little detail on their face to show the audience what their emotional response is to what they are asked. The editing in the film is used at different speeds within the film it's use faster cuts when talking about the same subject that way the audience would stay engaged and pay attention as Michael would still be talking but in contrast slower and fewer cuts would be made when they are transitioning from one topic or subject to another. The film is mostly shot during the day with there being little artificial lighting but this would be to show the audience that these are the real opinions of these people. In one of the sections of the film there is a brief animated scene which does a brief history of America this is done straight after an interview with one of the creators of South Park an animated TV show which gives the audience the idea that they had made this for the film (However they actually hadn't and were annoyed Michael Moore had done this).
The purpose of the film is to try and find some information about gun control within America and the opinions of the people who have either been affected by it or want to defend it. I feel though that the film does want to create some change though with this film without it saying so. It wants to bring a national change by changing the gun control laws within the country which would impact allot of people. By doing this it hopes to change the attitudes of people to impact them in a way in which they would start to look at their guns in a far more negative way. The film does attempt to bring information which may impact the audience as when presented it's done with allot of emotion so that it'll be more impactful to the audience and hopefully become more memorable. It does aim to campaign against gun control as throughout while trying to provide information it does it in a very negative light it's attempts to impact the audience to go out and do it themselves. As well as being agains gun control it also throughout has many attacks at the president of the united states George Bush as throughout he often critiques him hoping that others will agree and change how they vote next time so they don't get another person like him.
Both films in my opinion are very entertaining and both have clear subject themes. Undefeated was about High School Football and what it's like for schools in poorer areas however, this had grown to cover more than that and had actually would of had a large impact on people from many different places. While Bowling for Columbine had set out to have a bigger impact from the start and had made sure to leave no stone un turned by asking all sorts of questions. They both may have different styles and use different techniques but they are both very impactful and have strong meanings.
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