Documentary Short Review

The short documentary I will discuss is Pockets 

 The main theme of the documentary is 'What is in your pockets?'
People empty their pockets for the film and give a little story about these items if they held any significance to the person.

I enjoyed this short film. It was successful in touching it's subject matter because it was a simple subject. There wasn't much research needed because everyone is different, everyone will have different items in their pockets.

One main technique is the use of close ups, It draws the focus onto the hands of the people within the film. Rather than focusing on the background we are focusing on what they pulled out of their pockets.

I believe that the director chose to build the documentary around vox pops because the people being asked wont have much time to think, it puts them on the spot but in a good way, unlike a planned interview, the people don't have long to think of an answer.

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