Senna
Synopsis: A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
Dir. Asif Kapadia
Release Date: 2011
Review -
I have such a lack of interest and patience for F1 Racing and it's whole franchise, being forced to watch it round at my Grandparents house at a young age, every Sunday that i'd go for dinner really didn't help the cause either. However, a fan or not a fan, I believe that people with even the most disinterest for the event could sit down and genuinely come out of the viewing with a passionate engrossment an compassion for the sport. I don't think I've actually went away from a film/documentary so quickly and researched so heavily in my life. It was the way in which it broke itself down, more into an intimate, delicate and emotional story than one about the sport, following one man (Ayrton Senna) through his stunning career/life on and off the race tracks, portraying him as the man of the people for Brazil. He was adored in his home country and too right, he was a 'Robin Hood' figure for many as his generosity was so vast and greatly important.
My perspective on why I was so engrossed within minutes of this documentary is for its use of archive footage, flash backs and montages of real life interviews with the main protagonist we're following (Ayrton Senna). It not only gives you a sense of the time and era, but a general sense of the human too that we're focusing on, and it evokes certain specific responses which is purposeful as the documentary definitely is trying to pay its respect to a hugely significant and welly respected man.
+
It's usage of archive footage and having a clear yet complex structured narrative.
+
Following the span of the protagonists life and his career thoroughly an so beautifully.
In conclusion, what I have taken into consideration in terms of applying it to our own documentary, is that if there is a viable part of a sequence in which we're able to possibly use archive footage, then we will do so. I believe it adds to the authenticity, relatability and generally making for a greater visual experience.
Release Date: 2011
Review -
I have such a lack of interest and patience for F1 Racing and it's whole franchise, being forced to watch it round at my Grandparents house at a young age, every Sunday that i'd go for dinner really didn't help the cause either. However, a fan or not a fan, I believe that people with even the most disinterest for the event could sit down and genuinely come out of the viewing with a passionate engrossment an compassion for the sport. I don't think I've actually went away from a film/documentary so quickly and researched so heavily in my life. It was the way in which it broke itself down, more into an intimate, delicate and emotional story than one about the sport, following one man (Ayrton Senna) through his stunning career/life on and off the race tracks, portraying him as the man of the people for Brazil. He was adored in his home country and too right, he was a 'Robin Hood' figure for many as his generosity was so vast and greatly important.
(Release Date: 2011)
My perspective on why I was so engrossed within minutes of this documentary is for its use of archive footage, flash backs and montages of real life interviews with the main protagonist we're following (Ayrton Senna). It not only gives you a sense of the time and era, but a general sense of the human too that we're focusing on, and it evokes certain specific responses which is purposeful as the documentary definitely is trying to pay its respect to a hugely significant and welly respected man.
+
It's usage of archive footage and having a clear yet complex structured narrative.
+
Following the span of the protagonists life and his career thoroughly an so beautifully.
In conclusion, what I have taken into consideration in terms of applying it to our own documentary, is that if there is a viable part of a sequence in which we're able to possibly use archive footage, then we will do so. I believe it adds to the authenticity, relatability and generally making for a greater visual experience.
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