Although they are all considered documentaries, “The
Archive”, “Anxiety” and “Korean Netiquette” have very different styles. One of
the main things that makes “Korean Netiquette” so different is that the
interviewer was in the camera shots and apart of the documentary. While in “The
Archive” and “Anxiety” the interviewers were off camera and nowhere to be seen.
“The Archive” seemed more staged and serious, and there was fixed cameras. While
“Anxiety” would follow Royce around and it was just filming as things happened
that night, you could feel more of the camera was a part of the documentary. “Korea Netiquette” seemed kind of like a news
report and less of a documentary. The interviewer would just walk along side of
the lady and just ask her questions, which made it seem less formal. In the
other two documentaries they would have the interviewees seated with a camera
positioned and the interviewer asking questions out of sight. Some things that
all of the documentaries had in common, were some of the camera angles that
were used. The camera would zoom in on the people’s faces, and then have some
wider shots of the whole room. Music, or
other sound, wise, all of the documentaries were different. “Anxiety” had loud
heartbeat and breathing sounds. “The Archive” just used music, and “Korean
Netiquette” uses the voice of the children singing. While all of these are
considered documentaries, they all have very different parts and stylistic
choices that the director used to make them up.
