Nanook of the North 1922

Film Language

For this piece long shots and medium close ups are used,throughout the clip the camera would have been static as it would have been too big to be hand held. For this piece there is more of a variety of shots used where as in the Lumiere Brothers short clip of workers exiting the factory where one shot is used. The editing for this piece is slow as in one minuet there is seven cuts. 

Documentary Techniques

Throughout this film there are no interviews film language was still in early stages and they didn't have the technology to overlay the voice. Instead of a voice over they used text for captions. For this film the documentary-maker is not shown.

Sound

The only sound used in this piece is music. The music used is a happy sounding track to show that the people in the film are happy. The effect of the music makes the audience feel happy and to show that the people in the film are in a happy mood.

 

This documentary is about a family of eskimos that are building an igloo for a house. It shows how they do it and al the fun they have whilst making it. This was made to show people what it was like in different parts of the world because people wouldn't have traveled very much back in those days. The audience for this piece would have been everybody as they would have all wanted to know what it was like in different parts of the world.