The Archive Evaluation

The Archive Evaluation

I have decided to evaluate The Archive as this documentary is the most similar to the documentary that we are attempting to create. Having seen this documentary it has given me some creative ideas as of what to include in our documentary, Behind The Music Scene.

There are many themes within Sean Dunne's one of those being nostalgia focusing on Paul Mawhinney's record collection. The record collection represents a lifetime of collection for something he is extremely passionate about.

The documentary takes on a contributor approach meaning the story is much more focused on their story creating a much more personal overall feel to the piece. We get a much more in depth look into the personal story of the collection rather than just general facts and figures about it. From this we decided to make our documentary more personal and delve into Record Junkee's past due to it previously being in difficulties. We decided to have the owner as a major contributor but also one or more of the employees.

Dunne uses a mixture of both traditional interviews with voice overs over the cut aways, some still shots and some movement shots using a track and dolly. The mixture of these techniques is effective in creating three dimensional spaces and prevents the documentary from being static. The use of movement makes it much more aesthetically pleasing especially as the shots are smooth due to the use of the dolly.

I enjoyed The Archive as it is successful in creating a connection with the audience. It tells us a personal story and begins to pull at the heart strings due to his life long passion of collecting these records. The use of the different techniques has inspired me and gave me ideas of how to shoot particular scenes during this project and in the future.