Documentary Review

Royce White: Has super bad anxiety and has trouble on a daily basis, this documentary showed that he was really trying to change and work hard to be able to become a great basketball player and be able to control his attacks.

            Throughout the documentary they use silence and sounds very well, the more serious moments it become silent or it is his voice, nothing else. The camera is also there; you know that something is on him at all times, especially towards the end when they follow him trying to capture the moment. The thing that I hated was that it was a cliffhanger because all you see is him walking onto the plane and that’s it. I just got attached and wanted to know how things worked out for him, or if he even made it onto the plane.

The Archive: At first I was surprised by how he was just sitting in the chair talking about how something old is worth so much. I really felt attached to this documentary because I felt so bad that he has worked so hard for nothing.

            The things that were different is that it was basically just showing how many albums he had and how much music was there. The lighting was kind of a different green/yellow color that made it look older. I really liked that because the albums are old and so I thought that the color of the screen was cool because it made a statement. 

The Korean Children: I honestly couldn’t even try to pay attention because I couldn’t understand anything and then they had the narrator start talking which made it more helpful then just reading the subtitles.     

            I thought it was cool seeing what they are teaching these children and how at such a young age they were learning how to correctly use a computer. I liked how close the camera got to their faces and how it just was the real thing. They didn’t add anything to the documentary.