Documentary, “Knuckle” Irish Bare Fist Fighting
This documentary was chosen to be reviewed before we specialized our documentary subject to Tattoos.
Observational model, follows conventions very strongly,
hiding behind camera, merely watching. Looks amateurish footage and no
influence on proceeding actions.
Camera angles, not too far behind.
Theorists, Rayner applies to this documentary greatly, given
its type which is a reflexive. So, through this media we are seeing the real
world for what it is, there is no embellishment at all or anything altered.
Perkins, applies too. The “stereotypes are not simple”
applies because these people are not a stereotype. They have parts in a number
of them, but aren’t solely one. For example, they have parts in the irish
citizen stereotype, of having strong accents and being up for fights. They also
have stakes in the “gypsy traveller” stereotype, being that they have numerous
family members and have a strong clan/family pride.
O’Sullivan doesn’t apply here, because this isn’t a selected
view of reality. The director ecompases the backstory to this documentary as
well as the surrounding culture of the two families: the sport of bare fist
fighting and why the two families have this feud. So, this director has no
selected view of this reality.
Strauss doesn’t apply, because there is no good or evil in
this documentary. There is only the world and the events in this documentary
that take place. No binary opposition whatsoever. There is perhaps a perception of good and
evil, given that the documentary takes place from the point-of-view of one of
the feuding clans, and not the other. This could be portraying the second
family, the un-followed one as “evil”.
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