torsdag 30 september 2010

directing the documentary

Is travelling for people of Industry countries only? There is a ongoing joke about japanese with cameras, it's been going on for years and years.
Groups of grown ups travelling together. Youths going all alone or with just one friend, maybe two. Stereotypes.
What is it all about?
How would one catch the different ways of travelling in a documentary? How could one catch the reality, is there only one? How could one obejctively travel around the world with a camera, catching what ever goes on, when there is no objective way of choosing when to turn the camera on or off?

Directing documentaries is a hard thing to do. However one work there is always someone who is left out. Word Travels is giving it a try.
They choose to use music and western stereotypes and perceptions to create videos for television, the reality not shown at all. It is made for tourists, media and is supposed to be enjoyable.

To travel is a way to meet reality. We are all responsible for what is going on in the world, but everyone can't travel. Everyone does not have time, money and possibility. They must rely on televison to show the truth. Is it?

We who travel must remember to see reality for what it is. That is not always beautiful.

Link: http://www.wordtravels.tv/episodes.php

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