Touching the void is a feature length documentary about two mountaineers who get stuck while they are mountain climbing and have to fight through a snow storm and get down the mountain. Several disasters happen during the film that make it interesting and you get wrapped into the story as you watch.
The story is told by the two men who the documentary is about while they have a re-enactment of the events playing. They use both voice over’s and talking head shots in order to tell the story.
In these talking head sho
ts we get a real sense for the emotions that the two characters still have about the ordeal. They are shot very close up so that you can see all of the facial details of the characters, this helps us to get to know them and gets the audience more interested in them as they get to know the characters. The background is very plain in these shots, this is used well as it makes sure that the viewer is constantly focused on the person talking.
I chose to talk about this film to demonstrate that a mixture of voice over and talking head shots can work to great advantage in getting the audience more involved in the film. In the previous review I looked at “Life” by Karl Pilkington and I said about how the way in which the documentary only used voice over.
After having watched this I have come to see how this technique of using talking heads give you more of an inclusion where as “Life” was more about just giving the facts and you didn’t feel as involved because of the voice over on its own.
The story is told by the two men who the documentary is about while they have a re-enactment of the events playing. They use both voice over’s and talking head shots in order to tell the story.
In these talking head sho
ts we get a real sense for the emotions that the two characters still have about the ordeal. They are shot very close up so that you can see all of the facial details of the characters, this helps us to get to know them and gets the audience more interested in them as they get to know the characters. The background is very plain in these shots, this is used well as it makes sure that the viewer is constantly focused on the person talking.I chose to talk about this film to demonstrate that a mixture of voice over and talking head shots can work to great advantage in getting the audience more involved in the film. In the previous review I looked at “Life” by Karl Pilkington and I said about how the way in which the documentary only used voice over.
After having watched this I have come to see how this technique of using talking heads give you more of an inclusion where as “Life” was more about just giving the facts and you didn’t feel as involved because of the voice over on its own.
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