Alright, so the above are the 2 questions that any sane producer would ask a writer and a director before embarking on the long and unpredictable voyage of putting together anything - short, feature, doc, film whatever - that eventually has to be sold, distributed, shown to people.
This unreasonably long "memoir" resembles the videos we used to shot as kids in the 90s with our camcorders. Composition, framing, lighting, camera movements and so on? We had no idea. Audio? Sucked. Story? Just go around and see what happens. Editing? Not available.
"Cameraperson" is pretty much the same thing.
A friend recommended it, and... well I was expecting a voice over narration to link the various scenes together, and maybe (maybe) to give us some hints about the challenges, the values, the conflicts and so on of the author. It didnt happen: there is no story, no journey to remember.
It is simply incomprehensible, hence boring.
To add insult to the injury some festivals decided it was a good idea to give this "memoir" awards such as best editing and best documentary. Awkward. It's kind of disrespectful towards all of those creative out there who are working consistently to bring stories well crafted to the audience.
Because of this I'll make an exception to my own review system: Cameraperson and its team deserve 3 stars.
This unreasonably long "memoir" resembles the videos we used to shot as kids in the 90s with our camcorders. Composition, framing, lighting, camera movements and so on? We had no idea. Audio? Sucked. Story? Just go around and see what happens. Editing? Not available.
"Cameraperson" is pretty much the same thing.
A friend recommended it, and... well I was expecting a voice over narration to link the various scenes together, and maybe (maybe) to give us some hints about the challenges, the values, the conflicts and so on of the author. It didnt happen: there is no story, no journey to remember.
It is simply incomprehensible, hence boring.
To add insult to the injury some festivals decided it was a good idea to give this "memoir" awards such as best editing and best documentary. Awkward. It's kind of disrespectful towards all of those creative out there who are working consistently to bring stories well crafted to the audience.
Because of this I'll make an exception to my own review system: Cameraperson and its team deserve 3 stars.