Essays on Documentary
The documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture to support some aspect of the world, mainly for the purposes of keeping the real record, let people see the real story through the camera. The documentary was originally called ‘actually’ movies and was just one time or less at the size and help people in understanding...
The recent press and publicity regarding SeaWorld revolves around the controversial documentary entitled Blackfish. The documentary was first screened at the Sundae Film Festival in 2013 and later produced by Magnolia Pictures after which it was acquired by CNN and aired for a wider audience. Considering that CNN has an international audience, the documentary was...
Throughout civilization, 5 major extinctions have had its toll on life. These extinctions deal with drastic weather patterns, meteorites, and volcanos. On Earth now, civilization is living during the period of the 6th great extinction. This film succeeded in clarifying the threat our society faces. The film forces its viewers to take a serious look...
Activism is, by the definition of the Oxford English dictionary is, “the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.” And so by extended definition activism done through the medium of documentary film making are films that through their making, campaign to bring political or social change. The questions...
As I watched Alex Gibney’s American documentary film entitled as “Enron: The smartest guy in the room”, it was definitely a shocking story that caused me a lot of emotions since it is mainly focused on one of the biggest corporate scandal in American history. It is based on the best-selling 2003 book of the...