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Pockets is a short almost experimental like documentary
about what people are carrying in their pockets. The documentary has a poetic
feel to it as the audience can gather an idea as to what sort of person the
owner of the object is by its backstory. There is no standard opening or ending
to this documentary the opening scene consists of a little girl explaining her
locket, the title does fade in after a few seconds leaving the audience to make
the connection as to what the video is about.
A faint audio track runs throughout the video in the
background, the track is serious but also has some lively notes this adds
weight to the serious stories that are told to the audience without detracting
from the more comical and happier characters that appear. Overall the technical
aspect of the documentary is fairly simple consisting of either close ups of
the objects in the owners hands or a close up of the owners face as they
explain it, the documentary also makes use of a depth of field blur to fade
into its shots.
Overall I really like the concept behind this work as it’s
simple yet yields a great insight into peoples’ lives. The mix of characters
and stories shown allows this documentary to be both serious and comical. I
also like this documentary as the style is similar to the sort of concepts that
my group is discussing for our own project and so I feel greatly inspired by
this experimental approach to documentaries.
