Hampe Questions and Example
Hampe Questions:
- Hampe mentions an instance where it isn’t the camera that makes the picture, but what the people are doing. Do you agree or disagree with that? I ask this because with technology today, the quality and sharpness of the camera or video is what is important, but Hampe is saying otherwise.
- In shooting a documentary, do you think it is more important to plan it or do you think the product will be better if you slightly wing it and just “go with the flow of things” and why?
- Do you think that sometimes using raw footage, without editing, makes for a better scene than trying to edit to get exactly what you are trying to convey?
Documentary Example
I thought this was a good example of a documentary which everyone in class can relate to. Based on the Hampe reading, this person did a good job with the video because he didn’t use a lot of interviews to get people to understand what the purpose was, but instead did a A LOT of editing and used his shots and images to develop an argument. For him to not use any other main actors other than himself made it easy to follow. Also, many of the images and shots were appropriate with the message he was trying to get across, but in the end showed that a good documentary can be made with the proper music, text and camera footage.
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