Nick Broomfield was born 30 January 1948, and is an English documentary filmmaker. He films with a minimum of crew just himself or on or two cameramen which gives his documentaries a distinctive style.
He has 8 awards and 10 nominations for his films. Broomfield has an idiosyncratic approach to observational documentary makes his film stands out. Nick Broomfield has explored topics such as urban blight, marriage counselling, unconventional sexual practices and the changing world of South Africa.
The selling of a serial killer by Nick Broomfield
- insert clips from old news reports
- shots of newspaper headlines
- police footage of her confessing
- interview with lawyer, lawyer doesn't talk to camera
- digetic music turns into non digetic
- Nick Broomfield is seen in the shot holding a microphone
- a lot of travelling shots from in car
- aim is to expose a shocking story
Nick Broomfield is an inspirational filmmaker and from this research i have studied the aim for a documentary, being able to capture an interesting or shocking topic but showing opposing views through interviews
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