Morvelisa's Critical Approaches - "Documentary Comparison" Homework 5

Documentary Comparison

The both documentaries are very good but the "The Lift" and "Bowling for Columbine" have a similarities and differences.

Firstly I will start from the first documentary that we have watched in the class which is Bowling for Columbine and then I will find the similarities in the film "The Lift".

Bowling for Columbine which was made by Michael Moore and this film has Ideal topic about the weapons in United States and the crime and whole story have been developed for many and many months, he has shown the evidence by showing the archive footage, such as TV broadcasting at that time, phone calls and interviews and  etc... what similarities the lift has is that they both directors have a representation of minority and they also dedicated to their target audience which is young adults and above. They also used a lot of close-ups on people faces and things which was around them. 

The Lift documentary doesn't have any set topic and it was handheld camera which was filmed by Marc Issac the director of his documentaries, what was boring about this documentary was only one location which was a flat and he was siting 10h a day in the lift filming people or residence of the building. The similarities that I found is that they both directors been focusing on real life and situations which has happend or which will be happening soon. Establishing shots been used in both films, but what The Lift has no used in the documentary was "Dramatic Irony Juxtaposition", both they used cut away shots to show the evidence.

Michael Moore has used music and cartoons which has represent a whole story about United Stated and the power of weapons and plus he used his own voice over to tell the short story. 

The reason for these similarities in both documentaries which for example was close-ups was to show people facial expression and also the establishing shots to show the area where they filming. The differences which Michael Moore has used was voice over to introduce the film and talk moreover, archive footage was main evidence that he shown as was a prove of thing that he is saying which was true about gun and crime, music was to shown the tone of film and the mood of what director want to feel it and know the pain. 

The Lift has no set topic because the film director want to make us to think what the topic can be about, and the film has only one location which was the lift because the title of the film was call the lift and that why he make the in this location.

Similarities that they both dedicated to their target audience because the reason was to focus on adults because in both films has talk about topic that young people for example children will be not interested to listen. another similarities that I have found that they both been focusing on real life the reason was that they want to know about the situation or about people that they been focusing and this was planed well in the films and it is good to know about it.