Component 2: Section B - Documentary
Amy (Kim Longinotto) Focused Areas 1. Film forms 2. Meaning and response 3. Contexts 4. Critical debates 5. Filmmaker's theories A documentary film is a motion picture intended to document history whilst informing spectators on the 'reality' of a non-fictional person. Kim Longinotto - British documentary filmmaker, known for directing films that depict victims of female oppression or discrimination; an observational filmmaker - Longinotto occassionally tutors students at the National Film and Television School on women's lives - her typical techniques are long cuts and capturing the most extraordinary aspects of the subjects life Nick Broomfield - his films focus on the strange and dark side of lives - attracted to working with unique and perhaps difficult people as a challenge - his work varies on different celebrities, whether politcal figures such as Margaret Thatcher or pop culture figures such as Kurt Cobain - he appears in his own fil...