The Bronzer from peyton wilson on Vimeo.
Documentaries are often about finding the right person. The right person is a person who is passionate about what he or she does. The person talks about their field in a number of locations and the documentary films what is going on in a number of locations. The point is that story telling by the talent is important but the visual story is also important.
Tec dive Little Canyon - Dahab from trimix117 on Vimeo.
Underwater travel
Canyoning, a sport you associate with warmer weather and low altitude canyons. In this case they go to Nepal, climb to 4200 meters before spending many hours going down a canyon. That’s quite an adventure. It looks as if most of the canyoning part was filmed with gopro.
A refreshing and different look at rock climbing. Mixing humour and the mountains in an original way.
A short fiction by Jean Rouch. Mobile camera thanks to technological advances that made sound equipment portable. This new technology would be used for documentary production.
After doing some research some ice climbers find a spectacular and physical ice climb. We see their progression from a variety of angles as well as the occasional fall.
Cinema Verité - where reality is filmed and conversations are real. Nothing is meant to be set up. It has it’s roots in anthropological studies.
Unseen is a documentary divided in to two parts. The first part is about five individuals who provide tours of various parts of London which they inhabited as homeless person and the second part is feedback and advice.
UNDERCITY from Andrew Wonder on Vimeo.
Undercity is a documentary following people exploring the hidden side of New York City.
A nice documentary looking at climbing the Eiger. There are some interesting sequences and shots which could be used in a number of documentaries. Remember that this is meant to be seen on a huge screen, not your laptop.