The documentary on documentary film making, Capturing reality, was very informative and gave great insight into the art of 'capturing reality'. In the film many famous documentary directors and film makers spoke about the use of sound, narration and music, filming techniques, subject choice, editing, writing and sculpting a documentary. There were many different opinions and this proved the subjectivity of the art, although some believe that documentary is a very objective art, about telling truths, this is not the case for everyone. Telling a truth seems to be the overlaying idea behind all documentaries, the only idea that all of the film makers could agree on. I personally agree with the conservative, classic views on how documentary should be made, these ideas in the film were used/explained by some of the older artists. Keeping things honest, factual yet minimal without much music, special effects, and scripting.
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