F06 :: Feminist Film Studies

Anaylsis is My Sport
by Scratch
The narrator of this vlog is also the creator and the subject. We start by viewing a blurry close up a woman, and hear the first of about ten questions. The questions are from some sort of checklist you could find about depression. Do you feel tired? Have you observed weight gain? Have you experienced a loss or increase in appetite?...the questions go on in this manner. By the second question a pattern of cutting between two different shots is created. The first shot is an extreme close up of the narrator’s cheek and mouth. The next shot is of the same woman, this time playing the subject whom the questions are directed to. She is shot through a camera lens turned around, so that she is in the middle of a circular frame that bends at the edges (like a fisheye). In this shot the woman is eating a big slice of watermelon.
So what did I get from watching this vlog? I think the camera work is very clever, (however poorly I described it may be a distraction!) I liked the subject matter; depression. I like the way that subject is presented; almost non-shalant. No, it’s not sad because depression isn't really sad. It’s more like you just don't care or feel much. As I viewed this entry I was brought into a moment of this woman's life, and a little bit in the way she thinks about the world. Analysis truly is her sport; she's having fun with it!

I got this vlog off a site called scratch video. I watched a lot of the vlogs and found many to be well done and entertaining. In Scratch’s bio she stated that she makes documentary films by day and vlogs by night. I learned a lot about vlogs; to me they’re a glimpse into how other people view the world. The trick is finding people who are interesting; there’s a lot of junk out there!