I have been watching this but I haven't seen the last three episodes yet as I was hosting my sister. I had intended to do a similar write-up once I had finished but I guess I'll just give a comment now.
This review seems really neutral, I would've been a bit more critical. I like the production value, this series was basically flawless on that account. Everything is shot and edited well. But, aside from minor issues with the specific topics, the whole series suffers from some very serious drawbacks which lead me to doubt its use as a documentary.
There is no narration at all, we only see clips from the furs being interviewed. There is a certain charm to that but a narrator would've been able to add direction and take us on a journey. In many of the videos, I got the sense that we were just wandering blindly for the duration with no real purpose or goal. With no direction, no take away message there is no way to really order the information in importance.
Secondly, and again something which would be solved with narration, I wonder how representative anything that is presented actually is. We hear from several people which is standard for a documentary but The Fandom never bothers to put anything in context. Interviewee comments are not followed up or compared with any external source of data. It's nice to know hear what someone's experience is but is that relevant to the majority of the fandom?
It looks great but, as the episodes progressed, it felt more and more empty. The problems are not insolvable but, at present, I doubt its value as a documentary. Perhaps the second version will improve on those aspects but given the emphasis the Kickstarter project seems to be placing on who is interviewed, I'm not sure that will be the case. I liked the idea but there are far better sources of information out there.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I have been watching this but I haven't seen the last three episodes yet as I was hosting my sister. I had intended to do a similar write-up once I had finished but I guess I'll just give a comment now.
This review seems really neutral, I would've been a bit more critical. I like the production value, this series was basically flawless on that account. Everything is shot and edited well. But, aside from minor issues with the specific topics, the whole series suffers from some very serious drawbacks which lead me to doubt its use as a documentary.
There is no narration at all, we only see clips from the furs being interviewed. There is a certain charm to that but a narrator would've been able to add direction and take us on a journey. In many of the videos, I got the sense that we were just wandering blindly for the duration with no real purpose or goal. With no direction, no take away message there is no way to really order the information in importance.
Secondly, and again something which would be solved with narration, I wonder how representative anything that is presented actually is. We hear from several people which is standard for a documentary but The Fandom never bothers to put anything in context. Interviewee comments are not followed up or compared with any external source of data. It's nice to know hear what someone's experience is but is that relevant to the majority of the fandom?
It looks great but, as the episodes progressed, it felt more and more empty. The problems are not insolvable but, at present, I doubt its value as a documentary. Perhaps the second version will improve on those aspects but given the emphasis the Kickstarter project seems to be placing on who is interviewed, I'm not sure that will be the case. I liked the idea but there are far better sources of information out there.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~