CTCS 400 Paper
How do the films create a portrait of one or more individuals? What do the films tell us about the relationship between the filmmaker and her subject?
How does the filmmaker encourage us to care about the people portrayed on the screen? Do you detect any potential ethical shortcomings in the films including some manner of misrepresentation?
This topic is aimed toward portrait documentaries meaning they are either about one person or a group of people.
The essay discusses three different documentaries two of which cannot be earlier than 2021.
How do the films create a portrait of one or more individuals? What do the films tell us about the relationship between the filmmaker and her subject?
