I decided to go to vimeo.com to look for a short film to watch. My cousin introduced me to it awhile back because it is the site he posts all his videos to. This documentary that I watched is called "Nothin' but a Grind" by Richard Cameron White. It's about a football program called 360 Football Academy. They take the top high school football players through 360 days of academics and tough training from the best of the best.
Other than the whole point of the documentary, being inspiring and all, it was different to watch it from a filmmakers perspective (or pretend to). The different angles that are taken from each point of view (coaches, players and spectators), give the viewer a little insight to what each part of the program was like. The many shots that are taken of each aspect of the camp as well like the classroom, training and playing really puts together the feeling and understanding that the football academy is there to train each part of the athlete. Having played a college sport (obviously not DI) could relate in knowing that training your body for your sport is just as important as training your brain in the academics because that, above anything will take you places.
Back to the film. Each part of the film that Richard created was done well in a way that the point is gotten across and in an interesting way. White combined the use of different angles, words, and audio to accurately portray what he was filming.
This will take you to the video if you're interested.
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