Man On Wire Film Analysis
Man on Wire
Man on Wire is a very interesting nonfiction documentary film of one man’s story. Through reenactment footage and original footage the director of this film, James Marsh uses many strong aesthetics that helps to get Philippe Petit's story across. As well give the audience the truth and reality of the world. Even if it was illegal and daring, Philippe Petit was determined to tightrope walk between the New York City’s World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. Jf hgjk fh irgk jfh uhg uhu juf mfn fd g hg hg r
H a l e y m a r i e d a v i s h a l e y m c p h e e m a r i e m c p h e e h m d j a c k d a v i s jgj jrr ugf kd Philippe Petit was a French wire walker, whose story all started one day sitting at a dentist office, and saw the …show more content…
While making the film feel very real with real people and their point of views. Making us believe the intended experience Philippe Petit had while doing all he did. While showing his everyday life, and how walking across a wire was part of his everyday life. John Grierson was the father of documentary films and thought it should be for social purpose “the creative treatment of actuality”. Truth claim is the idea Philippe Petit believe his whole life, his purpose. Aesthetics of Realism is broken down into parts. The study of how we want to look at the world either true or precise. Secondly, the danger one might get into with having the idea he or she has on it. Thirdly the study of desire for the beauty in the …show more content…
Therefore they were fully connected to the story, the audience could really believe them and understand their point of view of the whole idea. They were also able to give full details of and everything aspect of the story. For example Philippe Petit told little details of making an eye hole in a canvas to see the cops. For a little comical relief David Forman says “it was likely I was up there smoking pot, likely I was smoking pot, I smoked pot every day for thirty-five years, and there is no reason to think I did not that that day”. For the drama Reconstruction James Marsh relatively picked similar looking characters to portray each character as how they were: Philippe Petit was played by Paul McGill, Jean François Heckel by Aaron Haskell, Jean-Louis Blondeau by Davis Demato, Annie Allix by Ardis Campbell, and David Forman was played by Shawn Dempewolff-Barrett. Hf gd hs lk hg jh mn vb gd ty oul mk nm bn bv vc xv wt xs fd kl ol uj
Man on Wire is a very interesting nonfiction documentary film of one man’s story. Through reenactment footage and original footage the director of this film, James Marsh uses many strong aesthetics that helps to get Philippe Petit's story across. As well give the audience the truth and reality of the world. Even if it was illegal and daring, Philippe Petit was determined to tightrope walk between the New York City’s World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. Jf hgjk fh irgk jfh uhg uhu juf mfn fd g hg hg r
H a l e y m a r i e d a v i s h a l e y m c p h e e m a r i e m c p h e e h m d j a c k d a v i s jgj jrr ugf kd Philippe Petit was a French wire walker, whose story all started one day sitting at a dentist office, and saw the …show more content…
While making the film feel very real with real people and their point of views. Making us believe the intended experience Philippe Petit had while doing all he did. While showing his everyday life, and how walking across a wire was part of his everyday life. John Grierson was the father of documentary films and thought it should be for social purpose “the creative treatment of actuality”. Truth claim is the idea Philippe Petit believe his whole life, his purpose. Aesthetics of Realism is broken down into parts. The study of how we want to look at the world either true or precise. Secondly, the danger one might get into with having the idea he or she has on it. Thirdly the study of desire for the beauty in the …show more content…
Therefore they were fully connected to the story, the audience could really believe them and understand their point of view of the whole idea. They were also able to give full details of and everything aspect of the story. For example Philippe Petit told little details of making an eye hole in a canvas to see the cops. For a little comical relief David Forman says “it was likely I was up there smoking pot, likely I was smoking pot, I smoked pot every day for thirty-five years, and there is no reason to think I did not that that day”. For the drama Reconstruction James Marsh relatively picked similar looking characters to portray each character as how they were: Philippe Petit was played by Paul McGill, Jean François Heckel by Aaron Haskell, Jean-Louis Blondeau by Davis Demato, Annie Allix by Ardis Campbell, and David Forman was played by Shawn Dempewolff-Barrett. Hf gd hs lk hg jh mn vb gd ty oul mk nm bn bv vc xv wt xs fd kl ol uj