Analysing the Images, Media and Industry
Nick Bloomfield is an English documentary film maker. His work is often participatory as he becomes a character in his own films and becomes part of the action. He is also known to use minimal crew and often only one or two cameras. He also records the sound himself; he is often seen in his films with a boom pole and a shoulder mounted camera. His early style was quite often cinema verite.
Robert Flaherty: Proclaimed one of the founding fathers of documentary film. His first film, Nanook of the North has been regarded as one of the best films of the silent era documentaries. Whilst he went to visit the sub-Arctic eastern coast of Hudson Bay his idea was to make a film in collaboration with the local communities. This could have fallen into the participatory mode but also the expository mode.
The image to the right is one of photojournalist Robert Cappa’s most famous images. This demonstrated to society the truth of war and depicted a brutal side that people would often try and ignore. The image has the man in the “middle ground” meaning, that he has just been shot but is still alive. He is shown falling and we know that he is going to day but the image shows the in-between. This photo is a perfect example of decisive moment, however there have been questions about whether it was staged or not. |  |
Martin Parr is a British photojournalist. He is best known for his photographic projects taking a critical look at modern life, particularly suburban life in England. His photos are often seen as exaggerated in colour, as seen in the photo on the right. |  |
