WISE Notes 3/1/11

       So today we watched a documentary (Barnsong) about a former wise student and his journey to make a barn. The documentary was actually made by another Wise student as his project. I really liked the idea of building a barn and using all of his own lumber and everything. I think that the process itself must have been so hard and time consuming! I like the documentary a lot as well. I think it portrayed the efforts and hardships of of raising a barn very well. However I thought the music was at times too loud and overwhelmed Austin talking. Some of the shots were a little shaky but I think that that added to the character of it. I really liked the original score that accompanied the film. One thing that I didn't was that it didn't seem like a full portrait of the experience. When I think of a documentary I think of a film that shows an experience from all sides. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I thought there was too much editing for what I think of as a documentary. I do Understand however that filming a documentary is a huge undertaking and to get almost a full film done in a semester is an accomplishment.