13's little secrets to a perfect film.

Recently held was the 2014 TIFF(Toronto International Film Festival) Doc Conference. This Conference goes over several facts regarding distribution, content, artistry, etc. This year, the beginning keynote speech that morning was a wild surprise. Michael Moore, one of the best documentary filmmakers(as he prefers to be called a filmmaker over documentarian) and he decided it's about time someone point out how not to bore people and how to really get them interested in non-fiction films. These 13 points went over the need for comical relief/humor, the type of facts no one knows much about, the fact that if you want it on the big screen you need to be creative, a reminder of how humorous we could be/used to be and how those tactics are out-dated, whom(or what) you should go after, how to make the film seem more personal and relevant, that sometimes we should take a look at "behind the scenes" media, the fact that America truly does love non-fiction(cough dancing with the stars cough or biggest loser cough cough), to get a broader view point(by filming those who don't agree with you), to ask yourself what are you feeling(or your crew members, because you are technically the audience as well), to use less words(dumb it down for those who don't like using their brain), and that what truly carries the story isn't the film, but the sound. (So those who do voice acting should get a raise.) Overall, the passion this man showed in his speech trying to knock sense into those still making documentaries feel like a teacher making a speech to students.

This man has got a mouth on him, that's the first thing that comes to mind. But it isn't in a bad way. I love the way he points out everything, as if it should be common sense. It's the most hysterical article I've read. This article does a great job in hooking the readers in-it made me wish I could be there; with the great and lengthy detail of how these words were being expressed, I was able to imagine the face the speaker must of been making. The crowd also sound very energetic and had gotten excited the more that Moore went on (hey I made a joke! I swear that wasn't intentional.) After his valuable points and suggestions on how to make an epic documentary that won't put people to sleep, I should hope that others will follow his footsteps all the while creating unique twists with each step.
By the way, did you know that the number 13 is my favorite number? It sure can't be considered an unlucky number now, can it?