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Re: What Documentaries Influenced You Most and Why?
by Mark Raudonis on Apr 26, 2008 at 4:42:34 am

For me: Woodstock

The "port o san" sequence still stands as one of the best "cinema verite" moments ever captured on film!

Watch it now, and the emotion, power and truth of that three day event still comes through almost 40 years later. This film inspired me to want to make documentaries. Even today, I show it to young cameramen or editors as an example of what a documentary can be. For example, watch Richie Haven's performance of "Freedom". It's an incredibly strong performance, made even more so by the camera coverage. The cameraman frames up a tight shot of Richie facing the microphone. Richie is bouncing in and out of the frame, but the cameramen chooses NOT to follow him, letting him move in and out of the picture. It's a brilliant shot, something you'll rarely seen done today in the age of 19 cameras and 25 frame cuts. I can go on and on, but this concert film was a time capsule not only of an event, but of an entire generation. Truly a remarkable piece of film history.

Mark



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