What makes a good documentary?

A good documentary is the cast, the filmmaker, the images, the background and the way the story is told. The cast should be fun and relaxed. The cast should feel confident in their work, like the documentary we saw in the Fabric Workshop. Sometimes it's okay to be yourself when you are on camera. The cast of the Curator felt they were on camera and they acted like they didn't want to do it. The cast should show more action of the artist's work.

A filmmaker should capture good scenes that would catch the audience's attention. I liked the scene in Born into Brothels that showed the two rats. The scene was effective to me because the way they had the scene set up for the film. It showed me that the film was going to be about poverty and didn't have to show people. You can use symbolism for the beginning of the film.

Sometimes it's important where the background is set up.The background is important to make the audience feel like they're there. Sometimes the background is the way a story is told. The way a story is told is through types of shots. In one of the documentaries we saw at the Fabric Workshop, when the man said close your eyes the screen went black. It was effective to me because I never would have thought of the idea for that scene. The scene makes you collaborate with the filmmaker.