The video “Born into Coal” is a controversial topic that has been argued back and forth for several years. “Born into Coal”, I think it is both a Standard Narrative and Human Interest Perspective. It is human interest because they are using a couple people’s stories and perspective on coal. It also talks in details about the miner’s life themselves and stories about what they have been through while mining, and there perspectives on what would happen if the coal industry cut all the jobs. The shot I chose really stood out to me because Arianna is standing between two train tracks wearing her dress and her crown from the pageant she just had won. It is a long shot with her standing dead in the center. The shot is a very strong, so simple but it gives off such a hard message that she is not going to change her views on coal mining. During the shot of Arianna, she is doing a voice over, saying she is not just quite ready to move on yet. Now, that I have watched the documentary I can see how small shots like the one above can be so affective and strong, these kinds of shots are what makes documentary’s better and more effective, such as the one my group and I are making. To me, this documentary helped a lot and these shots will cross my mind while we are filming.
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