Fly On The Wall Scene In Soldier Girls

The documentary, Soldier Girls, provides content about some of the first women to enlist in the army. The documentary provides examples of “observational film” and “performance acting” of the people in the film. A good example of a observational “fly on the wall” scene in film, is the scene where the cameraman is filming the female soldiers in the barracks. In this scene, the viewers are observing the living arrangement of the soldiers as they chat with each other and their rifles. Soon, the sergeant comes into the barracks and yell at the woman for not having a cleaned living area. The camera is filming the entire situation as if the sergeant and soldiers don’t know there is a camera recording them. The camera is observing the lives of these