Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Audrie and Daisy - two girls same story


Audrie and Daisy is an incredible Netflix Documentary. Not only was the content of what the Documentary was about but the way they presented the story was unique and amazing. Audrie and Daisy is about two girls who were raped. Audrie committed suicide just days after her assault and Daisy was close to. This Documentary dove into their stories and tells what they had to go through. The interviews with the parents, the boys who assaulted them, the officers, the people of the town etc.  were incredible and raw.



In Audrie’s case they wanted to protect the identity of the boys who assaulted her because they are minors. Typically, when you see this the producer will just have the person be lit so  the viewer can’t tell who it is. In this case they brought animation in and animated the boys so you could still see their posture, fidgeting with their clothes, moving around uneasy etc. it added to the documentary in a unique way. In Audries case the boys drew all over her body and when they were at that point in the film as the one boy was talking about it they animation as if someone was drawing on the screen. When they talked with Daisy and were telling her story they brought her drawing to life with animation. Say she was trying trees, they would take that make in animated and then flow it into real life and the road that the boys who assaulted her drove on to take her back home.




 This Documentary is very intriguing and just goes to show how far Documentaries have come in the span of time they've been a thing. They used to just be some smart guy talking and some b-roll, Documentaries really have become more than just facts but intriguing stories brought to life. 






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