Born Into Coal

The documentary “Born Into Coal” was a well thought out accumulation of a variety of narrative styles both human interest and standard narrative. The producers used a variety of different shots to create a personal connection with the audience, which makes the viewers intrigued with the lifestyle and hardship that these families endure each and every day.  The way the documentary is portrayed in an emotional rollercoaster that develops human interest while the monotone and storyline lays the road for a typical standard narrative. A shot that stood out to me was when Arianne is swimming in the pool in circles behind a house that looks to be poverty stricken and not so well maintained with the voice over explaining her hopes and aspirations the film almost creates a sense of visual rhetoric. The visual rhetoric is presented with the corroded house in the background with the girl swimming in a pool, which could be thought to be a luxury while she discusses her luxurious hopes and dreams for the future. This shot standout because of the way the shot is so large while Arianne looks so small in the large body of water. Water also symbolizes a lot of metaphorical things like tranquility, and peacefulness, which could also play a factor as to why this shot in the documentary, is so intriguing. Overall the documentary is very emotionally compelling and at the end you feel for the families.