That's a good point. One thing I didn't mention in the piece is how much technology has allowed for such an essential perspective here. We have gotten plenty of journalistic embeds, but when you can keep the camera running and get the day-to-day like this, it's really something special.
That's a good point. One thing I didn't mention in the piece is how much technology has allowed for such an essential perspective here. We have gotten plenty of journalistic embeds, but when you can keep the camera running and get the day-to-day like this, it's really something special.
Me astonished at how little has been written about how digital filmmaking revolutionized actual process of making a film, because film stock no longer precious commodity. Me mostly just see kvetching about digital not looking as "authentic" as film. But we talk about thing like Apatow letting cast improvise and pulling best moments from that, without talking about how prohibitvely expensive that method would be if it involved Kodak driving semi truck up to studio every other day.
Likewise, digital cameras are smaller and easier to get into small spaces. Me remember Mitch Hurwitz talking about creating new shooting style for Arrested Development, where camera operators were standing couple of feet from cast and you could really feel like you were in room with them, as opposed to camera mounted 50 feet away pointing at Jerry Seinfeld's couch.
Combination of those two things тАФ ease of shooting, and affordability of creating lots of raw footage тАФ seem like obvious underlying cause of boom in documentaries of last 20 years (not to mention content-hungry streaming services eager to show those films).
That's a good point. One thing I didn't mention in the piece is how much technology has allowed for such an essential perspective here. We have gotten plenty of journalistic embeds, but when you can keep the camera running and get the day-to-day like this, it's really something special.
Me astonished at how little has been written about how digital filmmaking revolutionized actual process of making a film, because film stock no longer precious commodity. Me mostly just see kvetching about digital not looking as "authentic" as film. But we talk about thing like Apatow letting cast improvise and pulling best moments from that, without talking about how prohibitvely expensive that method would be if it involved Kodak driving semi truck up to studio every other day.
Likewise, digital cameras are smaller and easier to get into small spaces. Me remember Mitch Hurwitz talking about creating new shooting style for Arrested Development, where camera operators were standing couple of feet from cast and you could really feel like you were in room with them, as opposed to camera mounted 50 feet away pointing at Jerry Seinfeld's couch.
Combination of those two things тАФ ease of shooting, and affordability of creating lots of raw footage тАФ seem like obvious underlying cause of boom in documentaries of last 20 years (not to mention content-hungry streaming services eager to show those films).