This vice documentary is about a man, Issei Sagawa, who murdered an innocent woman and spent three days eating her flesh. It's an interview of Sagawa and has the main role of talking to the camera, with no presenter or interviewer asking the questions. There are moments where he looks directly at the camera, e.g. 1:23, which makes viewers feel as if they're the ones being spoken to which makes it more interesting. The camera and editing involve some graphics to portray his actions as he describes them over the top of the pictures, e.g. 5:20, this opens up more to viewers, giving them more detail in a less horrifying way. The music at 5:16 starts to build up while he voice overs the graphics. It ends on a climax of imagery of body parts at 5:25 and continuously builds up more and more as it goes through more pictures. Viewers get to feel the tension in that particular part as the music adds the dramatic effect making it more engaging for the viewers. At 0:16, there is a picture of himself as a baby with a voice over describing himself as 'not normal'. The picture is zoomed in, but pans out to the full baby picture to finally show the viewers that he resulted in not being normal. The intro is a warning post explaining the extreme context and then moves onto a close up picture of him as a baby - panning out as he explains his life. The outro has pictures of him growing up and voice over explains how he can't figure out what this is all about and how he doesn't know ho he is. He has the urge to killed and explaining his death and his reactions. Ending it on a picture of the girl he murdered. This makes the viewers feel sympathetic. At 2:01, there's archive footage of the French news broadcasting the event of what Sagawa did which changes the mood to something quite serious that the viewers will reflect upon. Original footage is the whole interview of Sagawa, sitting and talking with ease like you would in a normal conversation. The exposition is given in subtitles as he speaks Japanese. This makes it easier for English audiences and benefits them to know what's going on in the footage. We are engaged throughout because of the way its been set up and the effects of the graphics, music and images keep us gripped on to know the full detail on what happened and how people reacted around the situation.
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrygzstan
In rural Kyrgyzstan men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife. There is a presenter that interviews the men that are going to kidnap the girl and follows them around to see how and what they do in preparation and during the marriage. At 16:32, the presenter looks directly at the camera. The camera technique from 12:26 to all the way through the car journey, it's very shaky and unstable which reflects the actions happening which makes viewers feel on ease. From the preparation of the kidnapping at 12:16, the pace of the music is rapid to help build up tension which makes viewers feel nervous and wanting keep watching. The clip enters with a Kyrygzstan tradition of playing polo with a dead goat... this opens up an intro into what the country is like and to be familiar of their ways as it goes into more of the clip. The outro is of family wedding pictures being taken and the presenter shaking hands and congratulating the groom. We are given subtitles in English to help on what's going on more.
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