Amy documentary Flashcards
What view is the documentary in?
Observational, all about Amy she is presented as being vitalised. Th audience is in allegiance with Amy. Theres a lot of polysemy perspectives
What type of narrative is it?
‘A rise and fall narrative’
The first half we see a young school gift jazz musucian
second- her album and health problems quickly spiral
Why does kapaldia show mays lyrics on screen?
To foreshadow the meaning of them, her songs match closely to the story told and Kapadia alliterates that Amy only wrote about her experiences and life
Why does kapaldia show mays lyrics on screen?
To foreshadow the meaning of them, her songs match closely to the story told and Kapadia alliterates that Amy only wrote about her experiences and life
Sequence analysis 1 mark monsoon recording back to black
We hear the non-diegetic interview of rosnson and put into perspective of what he hears of Amy and his personal opinion. We directly hear from him that she sings songs about her life and this can be foreshadowed through the Wagner music lyrics put on screen. mays song is diegetic t the start then progresses with medium shots of Amy and non-diegetic sound of the song with masking lyrics which creates a deeper polsemys. We are aligned with Amy and again put into the perspective of a hidden camera; th press. The song shifts to diegetic where we hear her repeat black “sounds depressing at the end” The deliberate use is to foreshadow her life and what us as a passive spectatorship audience know.- empathy
Sequence analysis 2- Amy trying drugs with Blake in flat
The camera is shot by Blake where we may see from a friends perspective of her mental image and the flat image- untidy the audience create Stuart receptions of this. We are at a spectators gaze and see an intra diegetic between the relationship. The focus on Amy with the narration of Blake creates a solar deeper meaning. The den project captures footage of Amy struggling to stay awake again at a paparazzi view and how the audience may feel sympathy towards her. The accentuation of the parpazzi shows her ambivalent nature with fame
Sequence 2 continuation of mays overdose
As the camera fades in with the interviews narration the audience are suddenly an active spectator as the near may be seeking and are in an uncomfortable position. We are in an extra diegetic with horizontal and vertical pictures of Amy. Her interview reins are constantly reporting the story of Blake saying she has overdosed The juxtaposition of Amy overdosing with Blake being presently narrating casts a villain portrayal of him as a ahcaracter. Creates a binary opposite to her at the start
What power has kapadlia got over this documentary?
the way kapadia has never exposed the interviews with showingt their faces creates a very adoselance meaning towards the film. The over dialogue lets them create the whole picture of the story and makes us see what they thought in their eyes as if they were talking to her. This gives a very powerful effect to the audience and creates a biased view of kapadias. The use of never interviewing the father only the mother again creates a villain urge with her father “he presented me in the worst possible light”
What is a quotation that some critics have used?
“its almost a fairytale in reverse”
What happens when Camden is introduced to the narrative?
the turning point, everything starts to decline. Notified by a s soundbrdge of mays friend ““when she moved to camden thing started to change”- of a club
Why is Juliette ashbys voice important?
We are the first met into the film, we trust her voice and her point of view
How is Blake presented in the documentary?
presented as an argumentative, dull character “First placed I learned how to pull a bird”
What do the last 8 minutes of the film show?
Sunset of amys life/ sunrise of Amy wanting a new life
What does amys shot at the end of the film represent?
Looking things up for Amy, more of a natural look
The talking of Andrew morris finding amys body acts to the morbidity of the scene
media is the blame
How is it similar to longintoo??
Uses cinema verite to uncover hidden truths
