Short Documentary Blog:"Art Works"

The short documentary called "Art Works" by Natalie Hon and Emily Munoz
from Freestyle Academy won first place the SI DocFest 2010. These two people earned 10,000 dollars, and I say they deserved it. They made this documentary to explain the non profit organization The Image Bus Project. This documentary showed how kids love doing art, and it relieves them from school, and makes them express their feelings. I believe the theme of this documentary is that art is full of color and a world without color makes everything dull. This organization helps many kids be creative everyday, and the kids love doing art work. I thought that the narrative was well showed because we didn't see the same people talk and talk, we saw a variety of people. We saw the kids talk about what they think about art, a parent, and the organizers of this organization. I also thought the camera work was interesting because I saw different perspectives on everything, like the kids playing with the clay and the teachers talking.
I also liked the first shot of the documentary because it showed the school as dull and an  unhappy environment, but when they showed the kids drawing or playing with clay, the shots were filled with color and the environment was happy.

The sound wasn't that interesting, I mean it wasn't unique, I feel like I was familiar with the type of music they were paling, but it didn't affect the narrative of the film. The sound was fine, but what made me like the film was the use of different perspectives. I just liked how they should different opinions about the organization from its members to the parents and to the students.