In the post process I didnt expect to do very much as the camera man however I was willing to come and help if it was needed but I was not contacted so I was relatively absent for the start of the process. However once we had our tutorial it became evident there was work to be done that nobody wanted, mainly the transcript of the interview, so I decided to help out by doing that at least. I didnt see the edit again until our second tutorial on the wednesday before it was due however once I saw it I began to worry, despite all the group (except Johnny) and being there to help Alex had not really got the full first assembly done so I decided to stay and help for the simple reason that I wanted to do justice to the guys that made the park and skated for us. So we all sat in the cramped edit room and for the most part Alex did all of the work however I could see him getting frustrated with the long hours without break and with us as a group chatting behind him. I took it upon myself to get him to take a break and let me do a little but of the fine editing on the bits he had done roughly, this method of me giving Alex breaks and discussing with him whether I thought the cuts were correct or not continued throughout the process and Alex seemed glad to have someone else there actually editing. Still it was surely Alex who did most of the work and I mostly consulted when he was unsure and offered other ideas. The music and sound in general proved to be a light problem as although the interview were clear one had skating in the background and the other was silent, this made it difficult to cut between the two however with the use of music and skate cutaways we made it work. Unfortunately Poppy's scores didnt seem to be appropriate to the piece and we used Jardans friends band as they and both a grungy and melodic song that would work throughout the whole piece and tie it all together.
As a group we ended up in the edit suite for over 20hours in the last 2days before the deadline but I think as a team me, Alex, Dan and Jordan worked quite well and I am personally really happy with the final project. There are still a few moment I cringe at and would like to change but they were personal preference and Alex like them, they work I would just rather change them... Overall Im really happy with our Doc and I think we have done Craig, Mackey and the New Bird skaters justice!
This is my blog showing all the film work I do over the next few years. Including summaries, analysis, film ideas and information on what I am shooting. :)
Skateisan To Live and Skate in Kabul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olkvWSjbQZQ
This is a review of the Doc "Skateisan".
Skateisan is a very interesting heavily constructed documentary and I think it would be good for audiences to see it that way from start to finish. Within the first minute Kabul is represented as a brutal violent and even horrific place with the use of droning music and bloody visuals even going as far as having the skaters ride past a severed goats head. This extreme view of the city is done to connote a darker and more dangerous culture than our own thus making the skaters unique and different to skaters in England and America however it could also dennote that Kabul and all of Afghanistan is bad therefore aligning with much mass media propaganda of the early 2000's. Thats just the intro...
The piece then takes a personal approach and looks at the life of a boy who Skateistan (an indoor skatepark in Kabul) has helped. Despite the sympathetic overtones of this section and the rest of the short it stays politically motivated and whilst I agree that both the fighting in Kabul is bad and that women are mistreated the Doc seems to use these things specifically to promote the skate park as something good and different and I believe the use of such negative things is in bad taste and cutaways of the war ridden landscape are unnecessary. However the doc is fairly nice and easy to watch but the audience as I said at the start must realise they are seeing a heavily constructed view of Kabul. 2/5
This is a review of the Doc "Skateisan".
Skateisan is a very interesting heavily constructed documentary and I think it would be good for audiences to see it that way from start to finish. Within the first minute Kabul is represented as a brutal violent and even horrific place with the use of droning music and bloody visuals even going as far as having the skaters ride past a severed goats head. This extreme view of the city is done to connote a darker and more dangerous culture than our own thus making the skaters unique and different to skaters in England and America however it could also dennote that Kabul and all of Afghanistan is bad therefore aligning with much mass media propaganda of the early 2000's. Thats just the intro...
The piece then takes a personal approach and looks at the life of a boy who Skateistan (an indoor skatepark in Kabul) has helped. Despite the sympathetic overtones of this section and the rest of the short it stays politically motivated and whilst I agree that both the fighting in Kabul is bad and that women are mistreated the Doc seems to use these things specifically to promote the skate park as something good and different and I believe the use of such negative things is in bad taste and cutaways of the war ridden landscape are unnecessary. However the doc is fairly nice and easy to watch but the audience as I said at the start must realise they are seeing a heavily constructed view of Kabul. 2/5
King Of Laughter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMq7NrgE8AA
The king of Laughter is a 3min doc about Belachew Grima an Ethiopian in Wallsaw who spreads happiness with laughter. He laughs constantly throughout the aurally intense piece and his words, jokes and laughter is surely a good thing, simple camera work and strong use of speeding up camera footage show Belachew bringing happiness to many people. When it comes to explaining why he tells the audience he lost everything he had in Ethiopia more than once and the only way he could find to deal with it was laughter. The overall message for the piece is simple, laugh and make yourself and others happy. The Wallsaw facts about it being the saddest place in Britain are only included as a frame for Belachew's character and he is surely the centre piece. A good doc however it isnt all that interesting. 2/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1qWt2ZPHk&feature=plcp&context=C47c113eVDvjVQa1PpcFPHSOeWxdgqPveK6v9YiIaokv7Rt0q39kk=
This is a more interesting follow up Doc about Belachew which more closely explores his life and his efforts to spread laughter in his homeland of Ethiopia. This is simply a better documentary, whilst I understand the previous doc is specifically made as a 3 minute look at the King of Laughter it is simply not enough time for the audience to become invested in the character or his story and the only come away with a slight wish to laugh a little more. The king of Laughter in Ethiopia however gives Belachew's story the time it deserves and does not hesitate to show Belachew at his low moments as well as his high moments by taking him to the graveyard of his parents and sister who died or HIV. HIV becomes a small focus of the Doc when it is revealed that Belachew himself suffers and that he uses his laughter to help other sufferers who are alienated for their illness. Laughter in his homeland seems also to be a political statement in Belachew's eyes as he sees it as a way to unite the warring tribes in Ethiopia and although this is a nice message and idea the Doc seems to treat it in a sceptical way as it is at this point the interviewer brings up the situation the day before in which a man would not laugh with Belachew. Belachew himself puts this down to psychological problems that mean the brain cannot produce a laughing hormone and he seems to dismiss the interviewers belief that the man mayvjust have not wanted to laugh. The doc seems to further ridicule Belachew by showing him before he attempts to get into the African Union with laughter and then cutting to black titles saying he failed. The last title sequence gives us a few irrelevant facts but for me the strongest things about the piece are if Belachew and his friends can laugh in their situation why cant we? And the best comment from Belachew throughout is "If you meet Geoge Bush I would say""He is human being, other human beings he have to join in laughter, smiling a good positive democratic approach"
The longer Doc is definitely better I give it a 3.5/5
The king of Laughter is a 3min doc about Belachew Grima an Ethiopian in Wallsaw who spreads happiness with laughter. He laughs constantly throughout the aurally intense piece and his words, jokes and laughter is surely a good thing, simple camera work and strong use of speeding up camera footage show Belachew bringing happiness to many people. When it comes to explaining why he tells the audience he lost everything he had in Ethiopia more than once and the only way he could find to deal with it was laughter. The overall message for the piece is simple, laugh and make yourself and others happy. The Wallsaw facts about it being the saddest place in Britain are only included as a frame for Belachew's character and he is surely the centre piece. A good doc however it isnt all that interesting. 2/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1qWt2ZPHk&feature=plcp&context=C47c113eVDvjVQa1PpcFPHSOeWxdgqPveK6v9YiIaokv7Rt0q39kk=
This is a more interesting follow up Doc about Belachew which more closely explores his life and his efforts to spread laughter in his homeland of Ethiopia. This is simply a better documentary, whilst I understand the previous doc is specifically made as a 3 minute look at the King of Laughter it is simply not enough time for the audience to become invested in the character or his story and the only come away with a slight wish to laugh a little more. The king of Laughter in Ethiopia however gives Belachew's story the time it deserves and does not hesitate to show Belachew at his low moments as well as his high moments by taking him to the graveyard of his parents and sister who died or HIV. HIV becomes a small focus of the Doc when it is revealed that Belachew himself suffers and that he uses his laughter to help other sufferers who are alienated for their illness. Laughter in his homeland seems also to be a political statement in Belachew's eyes as he sees it as a way to unite the warring tribes in Ethiopia and although this is a nice message and idea the Doc seems to treat it in a sceptical way as it is at this point the interviewer brings up the situation the day before in which a man would not laugh with Belachew. Belachew himself puts this down to psychological problems that mean the brain cannot produce a laughing hormone and he seems to dismiss the interviewers belief that the man mayvjust have not wanted to laugh. The doc seems to further ridicule Belachew by showing him before he attempts to get into the African Union with laughter and then cutting to black titles saying he failed. The last title sequence gives us a few irrelevant facts but for me the strongest things about the piece are if Belachew and his friends can laugh in their situation why cant we? And the best comment from Belachew throughout is "If you meet Geoge Bush I would say""He is human being, other human beings he have to join in laughter, smiling a good positive democratic approach"
The longer Doc is definitely better I give it a 3.5/5
Eric's Secrets
http://www.4docs.org.uk/films/show/4/Erics+Secrets
This is a short review of the Documentary Eric's Secrets.
This really is a nice and simple but touching, heartwarming and brilliant doc about 91 year old Eric. He briefly recounts his life and his happiness along the years to a tunefull guitar piece with birds singing in the background and tea in shot. The use of graphics works really well as photographs are used throughout to illustrate Eric's life in an authentic way, giving truth to his words. Eric makes a wonderfully wise statement when talking about his later years with his wife saying "If you accept it as a norm that you will live happily ever after you wont, you have to work at it". He then goes onto another heartwarming memory of his wifes crossword skills as the music cuts to leave Eric's voice and the sound of a ticking clock. "She died 8th of july 2001" is the first line of Eric's short recount of his wife's death which he does not dwell on depressingly or begin to cry but somewhat upliftingly states "she died upstars, she died in my arms" somehow from gently spoken Eric those words seem to mean that he loved her to the end and still does and that personally instills hope rather than depression and I think instilling that in a viewer is one of the highest aims for any film maker.
4/5
This is a short review of the Documentary Eric's Secrets.
This really is a nice and simple but touching, heartwarming and brilliant doc about 91 year old Eric. He briefly recounts his life and his happiness along the years to a tunefull guitar piece with birds singing in the background and tea in shot. The use of graphics works really well as photographs are used throughout to illustrate Eric's life in an authentic way, giving truth to his words. Eric makes a wonderfully wise statement when talking about his later years with his wife saying "If you accept it as a norm that you will live happily ever after you wont, you have to work at it". He then goes onto another heartwarming memory of his wifes crossword skills as the music cuts to leave Eric's voice and the sound of a ticking clock. "She died 8th of july 2001" is the first line of Eric's short recount of his wife's death which he does not dwell on depressingly or begin to cry but somewhat upliftingly states "she died upstars, she died in my arms" somehow from gently spoken Eric those words seem to mean that he loved her to the end and still does and that personally instills hope rather than depression and I think instilling that in a viewer is one of the highest aims for any film maker.
4/5
Doc Filming New Bird (CMPP)
So we spent 2days in Liverpool filming the New Bird Skate Doc. The first day, Monday, started quite late as we didnt get to Liverpool until 3ish. So the intention was to film Mackey at Lost Art (our main interviewee and expert) and then to go to the park and see if we could find anyone to interview or record skating. However our producer Johnny had not properly arranged the interview and it turned out Mackey was not at work until the next morning so we went straight to the park.
Carrying the camera for the 20min walk was not fun but once we got there a few skaters were hanging round and Johnny asked them if they minded being filmed skating or interviewed. None of them wanted to be interviewed but none of them minded being filmed skating, although it was good to get their permission before shooting Johnny neglected to hand out any forms for them to sign and left it to me to get their permission on camera using the PD170. For most of the first day we concentrated on getting some close ups of parts of the park and some stationary shots of the skaters. I learned to use the canon 7D on he way to Liverpool and got some practice time with it on the first day. I made the decision to use the 7D on a tripod for stability on the higher res footage and use the PD170 for the handheld filming as it is easier to get smoother footage due to its size and weight.
Eventually Rafe and Jahim, a first time New Bird skater and his friend arrived and agreed to be filmed, we set up the 7D and used the Merantz660 to record the interview in which we all loosley asked questions. Throughout the time at New Bird I asked Johnny to use his go pro camera to get some fish eye footage as it is conventional of skate videos.
DAY 2
On day 2 we picked up an extra crew member Dan, who had lost his group, he and Alex wrote out some more structured questions for Mackety and the skaters. We walked back to Lost Art but Mackey was not there until 1 so we couldn't interview him yet. This was frustrating as Johnny and told us he would be there and we had arranged our day by this. So we went straight to the park instead, on the way we saw a sign for new bird street and decided to get a few shots of this as either cutaways or an intro. Then when we got to the park it was empty! We took this opportunity to get some shots of the park empty however after a few hours there were still no skaters and we began to worry. I decided as it was too early to go back to Lost Art the best way to progress would be to get some voxpops for coverages sake. The director and everyone agreed and Johnny went and stood by the street however after 15mins he hadn't approached anyone so I took it upon myself to get the interviews. We got 4or 5 interviews and then decided to all return to Lost Art and get the Mackey interview. When we got there Mackey was busy until 5ish so we set up to interview passers buy for a while and took a little break. Johhny again failed to ask for interviews and the rest of the group picked up the slack.
After getting only 2 interviews in over an hour me and Jordan decided to return to the skate park with the PD170 and Johnny leaving the interview group at Lost Art. When we arrived there was only one skater there and despite wishing there were more skaters we decided to get close up to the one skater and get some really good footage. After chatting to Craig (the skater) for a little while he mentioned that he was only back for the week from austria but had to come and skate as he was one of the founding members of New Bird!!! We rang the interview group and got them to bring the kit to the park to interview Craig and from there everything fit into place. We all asked Craig as many questions as possible and ended up with a 30or so minute interview with some perfect soundbites. More skaters turned up and we got some really nice footage. Unfortunately some of my footage got lost whilst Johnny was playing with the gopro but most of the stuff we got was still there. Mackeys interview went really well and he agreed to be on camera so the last half of the second day really saved us..... ONTO THE EDIT!!!
Carrying the camera for the 20min walk was not fun but once we got there a few skaters were hanging round and Johnny asked them if they minded being filmed skating or interviewed. None of them wanted to be interviewed but none of them minded being filmed skating, although it was good to get their permission before shooting Johnny neglected to hand out any forms for them to sign and left it to me to get their permission on camera using the PD170. For most of the first day we concentrated on getting some close ups of parts of the park and some stationary shots of the skaters. I learned to use the canon 7D on he way to Liverpool and got some practice time with it on the first day. I made the decision to use the 7D on a tripod for stability on the higher res footage and use the PD170 for the handheld filming as it is easier to get smoother footage due to its size and weight.
Eventually Rafe and Jahim, a first time New Bird skater and his friend arrived and agreed to be filmed, we set up the 7D and used the Merantz660 to record the interview in which we all loosley asked questions. Throughout the time at New Bird I asked Johnny to use his go pro camera to get some fish eye footage as it is conventional of skate videos.
DAY 2
On day 2 we picked up an extra crew member Dan, who had lost his group, he and Alex wrote out some more structured questions for Mackety and the skaters. We walked back to Lost Art but Mackey was not there until 1 so we couldn't interview him yet. This was frustrating as Johnny and told us he would be there and we had arranged our day by this. So we went straight to the park instead, on the way we saw a sign for new bird street and decided to get a few shots of this as either cutaways or an intro. Then when we got to the park it was empty! We took this opportunity to get some shots of the park empty however after a few hours there were still no skaters and we began to worry. I decided as it was too early to go back to Lost Art the best way to progress would be to get some voxpops for coverages sake. The director and everyone agreed and Johnny went and stood by the street however after 15mins he hadn't approached anyone so I took it upon myself to get the interviews. We got 4or 5 interviews and then decided to all return to Lost Art and get the Mackey interview. When we got there Mackey was busy until 5ish so we set up to interview passers buy for a while and took a little break. Johhny again failed to ask for interviews and the rest of the group picked up the slack.
After getting only 2 interviews in over an hour me and Jordan decided to return to the skate park with the PD170 and Johnny leaving the interview group at Lost Art. When we arrived there was only one skater there and despite wishing there were more skaters we decided to get close up to the one skater and get some really good footage. After chatting to Craig (the skater) for a little while he mentioned that he was only back for the week from austria but had to come and skate as he was one of the founding members of New Bird!!! We rang the interview group and got them to bring the kit to the park to interview Craig and from there everything fit into place. We all asked Craig as many questions as possible and ended up with a 30or so minute interview with some perfect soundbites. More skaters turned up and we got some really nice footage. Unfortunately some of my footage got lost whilst Johnny was playing with the gopro but most of the stuff we got was still there. Mackeys interview went really well and he agreed to be on camera so the last half of the second day really saved us..... ONTO THE EDIT!!!
Documentary Ideas. (CMPP)
So its time for me to document the process of making our documentary, a making of blog if you like. So our Doc began as something based on the musical influences around Liverpool however most of us were not keen on the fact it would become a Beatles project. A few days later Jordan, the Director, saw a Doc about tattooing that was about the passion the tattooist had in his work. So we decided it would be better to make a Doc about someone with passion about their work, from this the idea of Independent stores vs big corporations arose. On the day of our pitch we got together and discussed the idea and the Lost Art Skate Shop, the store we planned on basing the doc on. We get an email from the owner saying he didnt want us to do it on the shop however we also found a news article about the New Bird DIY skate park that was made by skaters who had nowhere to skate, it was then fenced off when CoOp bought the land. The skaters recently worked a deal out in which the insurance was paid by the previous owners. We thought this story had a really nice natural narrative and decided to do the pitch and doc on the park.
We watched a few skate videos that take place at New Bird so that we had an idea what it looked like, here are a few of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6CQB1MMYJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05uRYpYMtzE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QiMWOK63dM
As an exskater I already knew the style of skate videos and thought that it would be good for some of our Doc to emulate the skate style. We then decided to use multiple camera's to get good c overage and as the camera man I thought this would give us the best chance for a skate vid approach, I wasn't worried about changing the formats because it fits the rough style skater aesthetic.
We watched a few skate videos that take place at New Bird so that we had an idea what it looked like, here are a few of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6CQB1MMYJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05uRYpYMtzE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QiMWOK63dM
As an exskater I already knew the style of skate videos and thought that it would be good for some of our Doc to emulate the skate style. We then decided to use multiple camera's to get good c overage and as the camera man I thought this would give us the best chance for a skate vid approach, I wasn't worried about changing the formats because it fits the rough style skater aesthetic.
Pockets
http://vimeo.com/21776727
Pockets is a short Doc about what the people of London have in their Pockets. This 3 minute piece offers a wide range of cultural points of view and seems unbiased in its representations. Not all items are explained and some don't need to be whereas others are left a complete mystery, this gives the doc a nice balance between personal stories and simple items therefore keeping the viewer interested and intrigued. The sound is nice and clear and a nice melodic cheerful song is playing in the background. Whilst all the camera work is nicely lit and composed I think focus pulls are overused in this piece, whilst they often disguise the item at first and then reveal or even just let the focus travel up and down the object it is used in almost every shot and becomes distracting. Overall it is a nice little short with a few laughable and heart warming tales and a little bit of mystery.
3/5
Pockets is a short Doc about what the people of London have in their Pockets. This 3 minute piece offers a wide range of cultural points of view and seems unbiased in its representations. Not all items are explained and some don't need to be whereas others are left a complete mystery, this gives the doc a nice balance between personal stories and simple items therefore keeping the viewer interested and intrigued. The sound is nice and clear and a nice melodic cheerful song is playing in the background. Whilst all the camera work is nicely lit and composed I think focus pulls are overused in this piece, whilst they often disguise the item at first and then reveal or even just let the focus travel up and down the object it is used in almost every shot and becomes distracting. Overall it is a nice little short with a few laughable and heart warming tales and a little bit of mystery.
3/5
Im Still Here
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1356864/
Although not a Doc I think it is right to give this.... interesting piece of work a review. Ok so this is a Mockumentary in which Joaquin Phoenix renounces his career as an actor for a chance to be a rap star. For 2 years Joaquin kept up the façade of his new career and the Mockumentary I'm still here shows his highs and lows whilst he attempts to create himself as a wrap star. Again much of this is unreliable however one of the more interesting scenes is set on David Letterman's talk show in which Joaquin is the worst possible guest, chewing gum, being unresponsive and refusing to remove his glasses. After this scene he breaks down at the thought he may have ruined his career.
Much of the film, after knowing its heavily constructed, becomes less poiniant and stops being an inside look into a celebrities breakdown, even a fake breakdown, and becomes more of a representation of what Joaquin and Casey Affleck (the director) believe would happen. Despite the lack of truth this pervays there is still a sick realism to the film, from a narrative view it is easy to draw parallels with Walk the Line, Johnny Cash's biographical film which Joaquin stars in. There are still some nice points in it but over all it is a difficult film to watch, the length the deception goes to gives it credit but its not a fun film to watch nor it is enlightening.
I would give it a 2.5/5 but say dont watch it if your not a fan or arent that interested.
Although not a Doc I think it is right to give this.... interesting piece of work a review. Ok so this is a Mockumentary in which Joaquin Phoenix renounces his career as an actor for a chance to be a rap star. For 2 years Joaquin kept up the façade of his new career and the Mockumentary I'm still here shows his highs and lows whilst he attempts to create himself as a wrap star. Again much of this is unreliable however one of the more interesting scenes is set on David Letterman's talk show in which Joaquin is the worst possible guest, chewing gum, being unresponsive and refusing to remove his glasses. After this scene he breaks down at the thought he may have ruined his career.
Much of the film, after knowing its heavily constructed, becomes less poiniant and stops being an inside look into a celebrities breakdown, even a fake breakdown, and becomes more of a representation of what Joaquin and Casey Affleck (the director) believe would happen. Despite the lack of truth this pervays there is still a sick realism to the film, from a narrative view it is easy to draw parallels with Walk the Line, Johnny Cash's biographical film which Joaquin stars in. There are still some nice points in it but over all it is a difficult film to watch, the length the deception goes to gives it credit but its not a fun film to watch nor it is enlightening.
I would give it a 2.5/5 but say dont watch it if your not a fan or arent that interested.
Catfish
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/
I have been a bit lazy with my blog this month however in relation with my Documentary assessment its time to let you guys know about some interesting docs!
So first up is Catfish, I saw this a year or so ago and was really intrigued by the trailer alone, and found myself asking, is this real? The film displays itself as a documentary but the simple fact that the narrative is so extreme and is filmed from such a random start point brings its authenticity into question.
Marketed as the "Anti Social Network" the film came out around the same time as "The social Network" and tells the story of someone using Facebook to lie and manipulate the main character "Nev" to the extent of having a relationship with a person who is not who they say they are. The whole thing begins to unravel as Nev looks into details and finds that some of the information is incorrect. The disturbing climax is a simple one in which Nev and his friend and his brother drive to meet the family he is so familiar with only to find something he wasnt expecting.
Whilst this is in no way a conventional documentary so much as a found footage style drama, an effect created by the strong use of restricted narration and a linear structure with all things being seen from from Nev's point of view, it is still supposedly true. The idea that as a viewer your not sure about the authenticity of the narrative ties really nicely into the story in which Nev is not sure how real the things he is being told are. This parallel makes it a really strong and intelligent film whilst making it extremely engaging as the feelings of Nev and the viewer are linked making him instantly identifiable.
I would give it a watch if you fancy something a little more interesting to watch and would give it a 3.5/5
I have been a bit lazy with my blog this month however in relation with my Documentary assessment its time to let you guys know about some interesting docs!
So first up is Catfish, I saw this a year or so ago and was really intrigued by the trailer alone, and found myself asking, is this real? The film displays itself as a documentary but the simple fact that the narrative is so extreme and is filmed from such a random start point brings its authenticity into question.
Marketed as the "Anti Social Network" the film came out around the same time as "The social Network" and tells the story of someone using Facebook to lie and manipulate the main character "Nev" to the extent of having a relationship with a person who is not who they say they are. The whole thing begins to unravel as Nev looks into details and finds that some of the information is incorrect. The disturbing climax is a simple one in which Nev and his friend and his brother drive to meet the family he is so familiar with only to find something he wasnt expecting.
Whilst this is in no way a conventional documentary so much as a found footage style drama, an effect created by the strong use of restricted narration and a linear structure with all things being seen from from Nev's point of view, it is still supposedly true. The idea that as a viewer your not sure about the authenticity of the narrative ties really nicely into the story in which Nev is not sure how real the things he is being told are. This parallel makes it a really strong and intelligent film whilst making it extremely engaging as the feelings of Nev and the viewer are linked making him instantly identifiable.
I would give it a watch if you fancy something a little more interesting to watch and would give it a 3.5/5
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