The second film that we watched was Skateistan by Orlando von Einsiedel which was about the lives of children that chose to skate in Kabul to get away from the struggles of their everyday lives in the warzone where they live. The use of the voice over the action really showed the audience what it meant to each child and what they do as an organisation to help the children build their lives around something positive.
One of my favourite things about this film was the mix between the children doing this new activity and staying in a safe environment, combined with their home surroundings and the shot down buildings that the kids call their home. I think this accomplishes its aim to tug at the viewers heart strings, which probably links in well to the idea shown at the end for the viewer to donate to this good cause. I think that choice to use children's personal struggles is also a good method of making the piece more emotional and inspirational. However, a lot of the shots are very good technically and gave me inspiration for my film, with the beautiful long shots of the run down buildings as well as using an interview style which is something i was thinking about doing in my groups documentary.
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