Amy - Kapaedia Flashcards
Kim Longinotto aspects
- sense of realism
- voice of god
- unbiased
- observational
- cinema verite (truthful cinema)
- authentic
Kim Longinotoo key quote
Guardian - ‘I want you to feel like you’re there, standing where I am and going through the emotional experience’
how is Longinotto different from K+M
- always absent from screen
- forgoes observational doc techniques
- voice over is minimal
- avoids captions/ interviews
Kim - sisters in law
- long takes, lack of cutting/editing enhancing the authenticity of her takes
- Subject matter: issues with treatment of women
Amy brit awards freeze frame
Freeze frame/ still image of Amy as her award is being announced. the sound of cameras (paparazzi) flashing is distinct. it is overpowering of Joe Whiley’s voice over and almost foreshadows the medias negative toll on Amy’s mental health. It is symbolic of her fate
Amy brit awards the power of the tracking shot
across the Brit Awards guests shows the grand amount of people here and people who are celebrating Amy’s success. We barely see Amy in the distance, struggling to make her way to the front and the difficulty of it. This was also layered with an interview of Amy speaking about her rise to fame and how ‘it’s scary’ and ‘frightening’. Kapaedia includes graphics/subtitles to make sure the viewer is aware of her vulnerability towards her fame and the publicity surrounding her.
Amy brit awards the inclusion of
The inclusion of layering her interview exposes the viewers to Amy’s inner thoughts and the feelings of nervousness she would have been experiencing during this time.
Amy brit awards by slowing down
By slowing down the archival footage of Amy making her way through the crowd at the Brit Awards intensifies our focus on every movement and facial expression she shows. Near the end you see her uncomfortably getting pass someone in a hostile way - Kapaedia slowed down the clip to make sure we as the viewer capture how she was truly feeling in the very moment.
Amy brit awards there’s then a harsh cut
to paparazzi hounding her as she’s escaping into a car. the harsh sound of cameras make a return and this time, they’re just as distinct and become repetitive. the cameras sound effect is quick and impactful, coupled with the extreme high-key lighting it creates. This together repetitively makes it hard for the viewer to focus on Amy, highlighting just how hard it must’ve been for her experiencing this in real life, continuously. Kapaedia does this to implicitly expose the negative impact and how invasive paparazzi can be.
Amy brit awards it then moves into a ken burns effect
this is all about how the editing is used to make it seem as if the still images are moving (a sequence of photos). The Ken Burns effect is of Amy coming out of a place into a exposure of bright high-key lighting off the cameras. As she comes down, Blake slowly comes from the background (during this the light is focusing on Amy but once he comes into the light, the camera remains on the still image and slowly pans up, making Blake the central focus of this shot and the heavy piano music adds a dramatic effect to his return).
Amy brit awards the return of Blake
is explicitly made known by Kapaedia through editorial techniques. It also makes the viewer question if Amy is still with her previous boyfriend ‘Alex Clare’ which we were made known of through the graphics in the Brit Awards scene. Blake’s return is solidified when the first dialogue we hear is ‘This is Blake, my fiancé’
Amy brit awards there is then a shot of the city
possibly New York where there’s non-diegetic sound of Amy on the radio. As she is starting to be mentioned, the camera pans wide out and up, highlighting that her music has become a global domination. There is also signs of sirens that could allude to the idea that her rise to fame was fast and unexpected but could also allude to the idea of danger and the negative impact her fame will later have on her
Amy brit awards the end of the sequence
has cyclical relations to the beginning; the beginning is Amy winning an award whilst admitting fame is ‘scary’ and ‘frightening’ to the end where she has now become a global domination / worldwide known musician
