COMPARE AND CONTRAST NO DIRECTION HOME AND BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE.
Both documentaries consisted of interview clips and also clips that the film maker did not shoot themselves. In No Direction Home, Bob Dylan is being interviewed as the opening scene. For Bowling for Columbine the opening scene consisted of the actual film maker Michael Moore, sort of interviewing and consulting a bank department.
However, the difference was that there was some manipulated footage in only one of the documentaries and not in the other. In No Direction Home, the interview was very natural and the angles and framing were not manipulated in any way. For Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore may have entered the bank with only one camera. Although interview and meeting at the bank seemed very natural, there were a lot of shot-reverse-shots. This meant that the staff and Michael Moore would keep having to repeat what they would say. This wouldn't really be natural as the camera is sort of interacting with the characters in the scene. Michael Moore may have wanted it to be a little more realistic, this still calls as manipulated footage.
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