In this blog post, I will summarize the plot and provide a formal and narrative analysis of the documentary film ‘Project Nim’. Documentary Introduction Title: Project Nim / PROJET NIM Director: James Marsh Year of Production: 2011 (Released August 9, 2012) Synopsis: In 1973, a chimpanzee named “Nim” is born at a research institute in Oklahoma. Forced to be separated from his...
In this blog post, I will discuss the reasons for selecting the KBS-produced documentary “That Day 10 Years Ago: The Second Battle of Yeonpyeong,” as well as its structure, reenactment style, and my impressions of the work. Reasons for Choosing This Work June 29, 2002. A North Korean patrol boat violated the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea and launched a preemptive attack. I was...
In this blog post, I will explore how director Im Heung-soon’s documentary ‘Comfort Factory’ captures the history of the Guro Industrial Complex and the ongoing suffering of female workers through sequence analysis and personal reflections. ‘Factory Complex’ and Me It was pure coincidence that I ended up watching ‘Factory Complex.’ I saw a post on social media—a platform I frequent—from...
In this blog post, I will analyze the process through which I became interested in documentary film, triggered by the documentary ‘Repatriation’, as well as the violence of the re-education campaigns revealed in the film and the human side of the long-term prisoners. Background on the Selection of the Film When I first became interested in documentaries, I started by watching...
In this blog post, I will discuss why I chose Michael Moore’s documentary ‘Roger & Me’, as well as analyze its sequences, formal characteristics, and my personal impressions. Reasons for Choosing the Film During my teenage years, I was so absorbed in daydreaming rather than studying that I once ranked last in the entire school. At the time, I believed the problem lay not...
In this blog post, I will naturally explore the plot, my impressions, and the core meaning of ‘My Love, Don’t Cross That River’. Why did I analyze this film? This film isn’t about other people’s stories; it’s the reality of my own family. While others may appear to lead vastly different lives on the surface, deep down, we are all living the same life. This film is filled with the...
In this blog post, I’d like to discuss the boundary between movies and documentaries and the trend toward their blurring. Same Clothes, Different Feel: The Starting Point Even if it’s the same outfit, it gives a completely different impression depending on who wears it and what accessories are paired with it. The relationship between film and documentary is similar. Even when dealing with...
In this blog post, I’ll explore the objective viewpoint and the sense of distance from the audience as I experienced them while watching the film ‘The Wind Will Carry Us’. Early Direction and the Objective Viewpoint Unlike typical narrative films, this movie shows the surrounding scenery and spatial information before the characters. Although the characters’ voices can be...
In this blog post, I will summarize the reasons for selecting the film “Silent Gaze,” its plot, analysis by genre and sequence, and my concluding thoughts. Reasons for Selection In April 2014, while I was serving in the military as a riot police officer with the 3rd Mobile Brigade, the Sewol Ferry disaster occurred. The state has a duty to protect its citizens, but it was only natural that...
In this blog post, I will examine how the psychology of the perpetrators and social memory intertwine through the reenactment scenes and the testimonies of the participants in ‘The Act of Killing’. Film Information and Reasons for Selection ‘The Act of Killing’ is a 2013 documentary co-produced by Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom, which was released in South...