For this week, we were tasked to create a visual essay. We had to pick out of two themes; Transgression and Resistors.

Putting Transgression and Resistors into simpler words,

TRANSGRESSION is essentially crime, and RESISTORS are people standing up for what’s right i.e, politically, socially etc.

As an aspiring wildlife camerawoman, I wanted to focus on wildlife documentary, however, it wouldn’t have fit within these themes. I still wanted to surround my idea around wildlife. Taking into account that RESISTORS are people standing up for what’s right, I decided to focus on the idea of animal cruelty and how people stand up against it.

I decided to use pictures of animals who had fallen victim to animal cruelty, and animal lovers so as to showcase that there are people who fight against this brutal behaviour. I also included a picture of a public speaker to show that people are trying to spread awareness.

Below you can find my 30 Second Visual Essay.

Over Christmas, I was tasked to create a 1-minute documentary film. This could be anything we wanted. As I was traveling back home to Poland, I decided to take the opportunity to document an old Polish tradition. Sleigh Rides.

Sleigh rides are a form of entertainment in Poland. They are organized during the last week of the winter carnival. The winter carnival is a period of winter balls, masquerades, marches, and games. During the carnival, there is a lot of music, singing and bonfire fun.

Find attached the documentary video below.

During the Christmas break, we were asked to complete some tasks in preparation for the Documentary Praxis module. One of the tasks was to watch Sans Soleil by Chris Marker and put my thoughts on my blog.

After watching Sans Soleil, the message I received is that Chris Marker wanted to explore how individuals live across the world. His style of documentary is very observational, as we as viewers are made to sit back and observe.

The documentary was very hard for me to get into and I restarted it many times. I could see his vision for the documentary, which was supported with great visuals however, the narrative did not entice me and was quite hard to comprehend as it cuts back and forth between two different settings, Tokyo and West Africa. In conclusion, it was a well composed documentary however, I believe it is not targeted at the latest generations, as I lost interest, and found it hard to connect with the narrative.