Tones of Other Docs

We were assigned to look at other documentaries and see what their tones are. I viewed Man on Wire, Exit through the Gift Shop, and Superheroes. They are three very different documentaries with very different tones.

The tone of Man on Wire is quite suspenseful and at times it is like watching a heist film, like Ocean’s 11 or something. Even though the film is about very terrifying and deadly stunt, it is very light-hearted. The film uses real life interviews and reenactments to tell the story, but the reenactments look real. There were many times where I had to remind myself that it was an actor playing young Philippe.

The tone of Exit through the Gift Shop is like that of a mystery. The whole time you are trying to fit all of the clues together and find out whether the story could possibly be real. However, whether it is a real documentary or no, the film is still enjoyable.

The documentary Superheroes was my favorite; its tone was quite different. The film deals with kind of a ridiculous situation. It is about real/normal people creating and dressing up as original superheroes and fighting real crime. However, in an indirect way, it is very inspiring. You can’t help but think that they are idiots and geeks, but you also can’t deny that they are extremely brave idiots and geeks.