The Lift

                                                      The Lift 
                                         http://www.4docs.org.uk/films/view/12/The+Lift
                    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410229/

                         Marc Isaacs

Marc Isaacs has made a wide range of creative documentaries for the well known companies BBC and Channel 4. His creative documentaries have won numerous awards such as Grierson, Royal Television society and BAFTA awards. He also won a variety of international film festivals prizes. In 2006  he had retrospective at the prestigious Lussas documentary film festival in France and numerous pieces of his work has been included in documentary books and academic studies. In 2008 at the University of East London , he received an honorary dectorate for his renowned achievements in his profession. Isaac is also a guest to tour at the London Film School but also the National Film and Television school. Additionally his most recent film  called 'All White In Banking' was previously been short listed for a Grierson Award. 

In my opinion I didn't take much to Isaacs documentary, i found that it was usual and quit confusing. It wasn't clear what the documentary was about, when you first watch it you see a man interviewing the people who live in the building in the lift asking them numerous questions and this act continues on. It was clear to me what the point was of the documentary, to me it didn't serve any significant meaning. At first people ignore his in the documentary but as refer to in the review when he becomes more of a fixture in the lift , his blunt questions start to draw information out and also gain trust of the resident. It differs from Bowling with Columbine because that documentary has a clear topic subject, from the start you understand that the documentary is based on fire arms. furthermore Bowling for Columbine uses more conventions such as opinions, interviews and actual footage to support and go deeper into the subject matter. In my opinion I think the second documentary (Bowling for Columbine) was more interesting to watch due to the conventions that were used.