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Craft guide / 2 tracks

Creating a documentary style

The Amy team describes assembling archival images and recorded interviews into a documentary. The Marcel the Shell with Shoes On team explains using improvised audio, live action, and stop-motion animation to imitate documentary observation. Compare their choices about image quality, performance, and editing.

Reading order

Read the commentaries in order.

  1. Amy poster

    Part 1 of 2

    Amy (2015)

    Asif Kapadia / James Gay-Rees / Chris King

    Multi-voice / 2h 1m / 297 segments

  2. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On poster

    Part 2 of 2

    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)

    Dean Fleischer Camp / Jenny Slate / Nick Paley

    Multi-voice / 1h 25m / 318 segments