![]() The documentary Amy directed by Asif Kapadia totally relied on archive footage which is why looking into this film was so important. I wanted to see how the director had portrayed this film as it is a unique style of documentary - it breaks some of the main codes and conventions but it is effective and it works perfectly (not a dry eye whilst watching it). Kapadia presents Amy as an ambitious woman, someone with strength but she has problems and in the public life that it is hard. He uses techniques with interviews that you never see the person speaking face (unless it is archive footage). This is powerful as one of Amy's friends she said that Amy "was lost and just couldn't stop" (referring to her drug use) whilst on screen there is footage of Amy struggling with drug abuse. This is powerful as we (the viewers) feel empathy for her and look to blame others around her even though it was partly her own fault. This is something to bear in mind when making my documentary is the message Kapadia puts a subjective style view towards it. Codes and Conventions met in the Amy Elements that are in: Archive footage and Stock footage Interviews; use of sound bridge for effect - helps Kapadia give us his message Text introductions to each bit of new footage Use of music -diegetic and non-diegetic Elements that do not feature: No voice of God - only interviews tell the story (extremnely powerful) Its subjective Todorovs Narrative Theory:
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