1- Do you think this was a successful documentary? Why or why not?
2- How is David LaChapelle's photographer experience and unique style transferred in his filmmaking capabilities?
3- What similarities do you notice between Rize and Mad Hot Ballroom?
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7 comments:
I think this was a successful documentary because it made me have an interest in the subject matter. I generally do not listen to or like hip hop or rap, but David LaChapelle showed krumping in a way that was fun to watch and interesting. Therefor, the film was a success. David LaChapelle's surreal and sexualized unique style was only apparent in the subject matter. The film was surreal and sexualized because of the dancing, especially in the speed and style of krumping. David LaChapelle's style of using bright colors was seen in some of his clips. Rize and Mad Hot Ballroom are similar because they both feature dancing and a competition at the end.
I think this was a successful documentary because it truley showed what the life was like for those people who dance in the clown and krump gangs. I do not think on my own I would pick out a documentary about people dressed as clowns in Los Angeles dancing but it was such well put together that I enjoyed it. I think David LaCapelle showed his style of photography in the film because he picked a topic that some people may not think is 100% approprite and still went along with it and was very successful with the way that it was made. This was similar to Mad Hot Ballroom because it is about kids who live in the big city and may not come from the best enviorment at home and connected with dancing to hopefully keep them out of gangs or selling weed or something like that.
I think it was a successful documentary because it was well filmed and I enjoyed it very much and I think other people did too. David's unique ablity to capture things on camera are very interesting and that's what this documentary was all about. If other documentary producers would have filmed this it wouldn't have been as good as "Rize", in my opinion. Because David is different, the way he thinks, and the way he takes pictures and films is unlike other producers, just like the dance of krumping. Rize and Mad Hot Ballroom are similar in a way because they both are about dancing, and also they both help people to stay safe and not be gangsters or criminals.
I think it was a very good documentary. I think David LaChapelle did a good job on it the way he want to all of the place was very cool.
I thought that was a very successful documentary because it attracted a lot of kids attention. I really engaged with the movie because i love hip-hop, whether it's in a form of music or dance. David's art form is really unique and special. The similarity between Rize and Mad Hot Ballroom was that they both had dance it was only for Black and Hispanic people.
It was a successful documentary. It managed to convey how hard, and possibly short life is in certain places. While at the same time showed how people try to stay out of gangs by doing other things. The documentary managed to show how live was with out interfering, which is what a good documentary does.David LaChapelle made a film that reminded me of his photographs. Full of bright colors and something one might not expect to see. Personally I was not expecting a documentary on dance groups let alone ones that paint their faces and have dance offs. He also managed to bring a sort of sexuality into the film through the raw emotion of the dance styles, krumping for example.Rize and Mad Hot Ballroom are similar because they both showed all the teams involved in a dance competition in a impartial way. They also both showed how important it is to keep kids and teens out of the streets and doing something which can be helpful through out their lives. In both cases this was dancing.
I think this was a successful documentry because it made the veiwer intrested in this crazy and intresting topic. Not only was it intresting but it was shown in a fun and creative way. This documentry showed what krumping was and did in a cool way. I also thought that the way this film was shot was really cool and unique. These films are similar because they both follow dance teams all the way up to there competition and then end the film after the final dance off or the final competition. Overall I thought LaChapelle's work was really just unique and really out there, much different from any other documentaries I've seen.
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