The docs we watched

Remember the docs we watched in class? I thought I'd embed them here, along with a few points about why they're relevant to what we're doing. Comments welcome.

Here's the one about Asperger's Syndrome:


This one is instructive on several levels-
-Great visuals, and they really add to the theme of the character's isolation from, and within, his environment.

-Well developed character set: Main guy, experts, friends,

-"Event" is fluid- could be the guy's inclusion as an 'Alien' which he counts as leading toward functionality, or more of a process, that he's able to cope with his condition day after day

Here's those skate guys and their creepy camp experience:


-One thing about this one is to note the tone- it's funny.

-The character is a group, they're all telling the story, in fact, they're finishing each other's sentences.

-When the music finally appears, it's like someone opened a window- I got a rush when we see the guy riding a longboard down a mountain and the guitar starts playing.(Music by Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, song: "Come Baby Come")

And finally, a very BBC production, about the subway map
http://www.guba.com/watch/2000955184
(this one doesn't want to embed, but you can click the link)
-This is really a traditional doc, but shows that even the smallest everyday item is the result of someone's planning and design- you can make a doc about anything as long as the story is developed.

-I like that the main character is a thing, and the guy who made the thing is sort of a secondary character.

-Great illustration of "effect", this thing touches basically everyone in and around the city of London.

-Nice use of a sharp intro: "Here's what this story is going to be about..."