The Apology Line

The Apology Line is a unique take on documentary film making, as it takes a sort of experimental approach. In this short film we hear several different people's personal stories which has been anonymously sent in by contributors over a phone line. This film uses non sync sound to portray the individuals stories, while the images on screen have links to what is being said by the contributors. Non sync sound has been used as a way of protecting the contributors identity. I also believe these confessions have been re-recorded by actors, a further precaution in protecting individuals identity. Non of the confessions have a link, therefore it could be argued this film has no narrative as each confession is unique and completely different to the last. I really enjoyed this documentary as I enjoyed the simplicity of the film. They stories range from being deep and rather uncomfortable to listen to, to being light hearted and laughable. For my own documentary I will take inspiration from this film, as we would like to focus more on peoples personal stories, rather than what is going on screen. Therefore I think we will use non-sync sound and images which relate to what each contributors saying but do not take away from what is being said.