Documentary+Review

In this video they ask a lot of people, probably 50 like the title suggests one question. The filmer goes around asking "Where would you wish to wake up tommorrow?" Most people at the start give an average responce, like "Where I woke up this morning.", and as the video goes on they become more imaginative. Some things that I liked about the documentary were that it featured regular people, they were interviewing people mostly with answers we could relate to. The question was to see if they were happy with their lives, or not. I noticed/liked that the question was never said so it wasn't traditional question-answer interview format with someone holding a microphone up to their faces. It was like they were just casually talking to a friend, or the camera as it looked like. It was interesting to see the diversity of the people, and their various answers. i liked that there was soft repetitive music, connecting all the ideas, the music got louder at the end, when the people were walking away, more happy, and there was some jovial singing as well. I liked the way the sound did that at the ending so that you know that it is ending. The camera didn't really seem like a camera, it was more like a person, it was nice how they faded it in between people, and didn't have interview after interview in block format. Not very much changed with the filming at all, but sometimes i noticed it was slightly tilted. Overall it was a good film, simple, understandable, and interesting.
 * 50 People 1 Question:**

Last minutes with Oden is a nice film, it is about a man and his family like love for his dog, and having to put it down. It is a sweet film, it talks about how the man was troubled, and the dog was like a best friend to him, there for everything. How the dog was caring, intelligent, and loved unconditionally. The dog didn't care about what you looked like, your history, where you come from, you social status, it loved everybody. The man has to later put the dog down, due to cancer which is very hard for him to do. I thought the camera effects were nice, like the camera following them around like it was someone seeing the story, the blurring, and sharpening, panning, etc. The effects, and things were done at just the right time, like it zoomed and sharpened on the dog for example. It had nice atmosphere too, the story mood was sad, you associate sad with dismal weather, like rain which they had the man peddling on his bike through. I thought that was a nice touch. They also had sad repetitive, and tension building music, they added the tension when the dog was being put down. I liked how there was a story and information behind the dog, and the man, so the video watching could sympathize with them. However, I found it hard to feel sorry for the man, because he caused his own fate... He did a bunch of stupid things without thinking, giving him a criminal record. If he had time to commit such stupid acts, that usually means that he was not raised properly, or did not try hard in school, and go to university. Even if he was poor, he could have gotten a job, worked hard, and got a scolarship to go to university. Then with his criminal record, he probably couldn't find a decent job. I also noticed that he has tattoos, and smokes, which means he never really tried hard to fix his mistakes ethier, he just resorted to living with it. I myself have also never had a dog, and I agree that it would be emotional, and sad, but I find it harder to relate to since I have never had a pet. I am not saying the film is bad, just that it is a little hard to relate to for me, but that is just my opinion. Overall i think it was good. Another note I have about it is that I liked that it was faster paced transitions, it wasn't the same thing over and over.
 * Last minutes with ODEN:**