As a documentarian working on a history documentary, I found this piece to be interesting, though I found that it wasn't long enough to delve into the subject enough. McDonough makes one point and uses an audio clip from her documentary. She makes a second point and describes a shot (she's basing this on a film documentary). Then the piece ends. Also, she sounds very scripted, which put me off at first, though I stopped being bothered by it when she got into her examples. I can imagine this on the radio played before or after a history documentary, or as part of a "behind the scenes" type of show. But ultimately, it doesn't spend enough time to get into real depth.
Review of McDonough on Historical Documentaries
Sarah Elzas
Posted on August 17, 2004 at 03:34 PM
As a documentarian working on a history documentary, I found this piece to be interesting, though I found that it wasn't long enough to delve into the subject enough. McDonough makes one point and uses an audio clip from her documentary. She makes a second point and describes a shot (she's basing this on a film documentary). Then the piece ends. Also, she sounds very scripted, which put me off at first, though I stopped being bothered by it when she got into her examples. I can imagine this on the radio played before or after a history documentary, or as part of a "behind the scenes" type of show. But ultimately, it doesn't spend enough time to get into real depth.