Amy

Question 1

describe digital technology in amy

Answer 1

In AMY, the majority, if not all of the footage, selected by Kapadia, is digital footage.

Question 2

what had a huge impact of documentary film making

Answer 2

• from the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, the use of digital film for everyday became popular
• As digital cameras were made widely available to the public via the medium of the smartphone, they were favoured over the celluloid cameras,

Question 3

significance the popularity of digital footage of this in AMY

Answer 3

Therefore, a lot of the footage of Amy from her childhood and adolescence would have been captured via the medium of digital footage, by close friends and family.

Question 4

How does the movie starting off with Amy ‘s birthday celebration makes the spectators align with amy (5)

Answer 4

1. when there is home video archival footage of her birthday where we hear her singing.
2. is not edited and private from media; it is from her childhood and it shows her as a child which creates a sense of innocence. This scene shows the spectator
   pact a new side of Amy as in the media she was only known for the drinking and the drugs
3. restores her humanity for the audience and makes them understand that she was just like any other person.
4. Without digital technology, Kapadia wouldn’t be able to show this very personal part of her life and it would be harder to take away the bad reputation she had.

Question 5

Describe the impact of paparazzi phone footage sequence (4)

Answer 5

1. this is introduced by Kapadia in Brits sequence, where the high angle very long shot shows Winehouse engulfed by an enormous crowd, whilst all we hear is the pleonastic flashes
   2.All of their cameras are digital and they played a significant role in the making of this film as rare the sound of their photographs being taken is used as a motif throughout the film to show how negatively they affected Amy’s life. 3.Kapadia uses a lot of archival footage from the paparazzi as well which shows us how damaging it was to Amy.
   4.The impact of the pleonastic †sound of the cameras, which increasingly sound like gunfire, become a digital motif for the relentless attacks by the paparazzi sustained by Winehouse.

Question 6

Describe Moores use of pleonastic motif and link to the AMY

Answer 6

Similarly, Moore’s use of pleonastic sound to emphasise the sound of gunshots highlights Moore’s political view
- in the same way that Kapadia’s use of it amplifies his belief that the paparazzi were in some way responsible for her death.