For the beginning of this project I have research on a lot of interesting documentaries such as The Act Of Killing (2012), The Imposter (2012) and Marley (2012) but the film that I felt influenced myself the most was Dark Days (2000).
Dark Days is a documentary made my Marc Singer on the homeless population who live permanently in New York in the underground tunnels. I felt this documentary gave me influence as firstly I was intrigued by his approach to the topic of discussion in interviews with the homeless in his film because you never hear him speak as he just lets them do all the talking. He lets them feel comfortable and be themselves throughout their interviews and there is a sense that Marc has not pressed them to discuss only on a certain topic but has just let them talk on their own accord. I liked this sense of freedom the interviewee has in this documentary. I also am fascinated with his choice of shots as these certain parts of the underground tunnels he has captured say just as much as the interviewees. An example of this is the shots of the shacks the squatters have made out of nothing but left over scarp from across New York.
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