Documentary analysis.

As a starting point, in one of the seminars we watched a handfull of documentaries to gather a better understanding on different approaches. I chose two that I liked which I thought would be very inspirational;

Skateistan (2010) Director- Orlando Von Einsiedel

Skateistan directed by Orlando Von Einsiedel is a nine-minute documentary that follows two Skateistan students, Murza and Fazila, through the poverty stricken, war torn streets of Kabul.

This documentary was beautifully shot by Orlando who wanted to make everyone aware of these children. People stereotype and this film shocked many (including mine) ideas of the children of Kabul. We often see areas such as Kabul as a poor, depressing place but through this documentary we see the children free and happy. Orlando juxtaposes these shots with shots of the war torn Kabul so we get a sense of freedom from the children but they narrate that they arent free from whats happening around them. In this documentary the characters narrate the story with no interviewer present. In some shots characters voices are overlaid on top of images of kabul or other characters on the skateboards. I thought this was very powerful and this is why I chose this documentary as inspiration.