The documentary film I watched was about skateboarding
http://www.fuel.tv/firsthand and it explored the world of skaters; challenges, projects, and their life style. The narrative of the story is the protagonist and while he talks the audience actually sees what he's talking about, it is shown. Sometimes the images talk for themselves and express feelings that the audience is able to feel easily, there's no need for words. Everything is based on a true story and the theme would be do what you love with passion and never give up because all that effort is worth it; you make the difference. The way the story develops is classical, stars with a beginning, middle and an end, the climax is when he gets injure, but he recovers (a happy ending).
The camera work is very precise and clean, the style is realism and when cuts are made it's because they're needed. Throughout the editing the story is fluent and contributes to the development of the story. Long shots are almost not use and close ups are frequently use because they are needed. Overall the camera work was very good and it made it look real, there are no errors and every shots has good quality. The lighting is perfect which makes the shot clear and smooth. The combination of these elements gave a good result that reflects on the video.
The editing is well done and it helps the audience to understand the story better. There are no transitions or effects, except for the presentation which is animation. This is because the story is non-fiction and it needs to be believable and make the audience forget they're watching a video. The audio is very clear and almost always the sounds are obtain from the actual footage, there's no need for fake sounds. Again all these is to make it real. The time is perfect in order to develop a documentary film, it tells the story as brief as possible and with the images shown it makes the story go faster. When the narrator is telling the story they included his pauses and they cut off what wasn't needed. They had background music playing with no lyrics, but according to the mood of the protagonist. This documentary film came up very well and the camera work along with the editing made the result a good and precise piece.
Well, this film Baraka which means breath has such title because they entire movie is about nature and the world we live in, the air we breath. I think the purpose was to let the audience know what the movie is about and how we are affecting it. Also this film is critiquing the world we live in today, it's very different from what it should be, we as human beings have changed the world in a negative way. There no alternative vision represented. The message it's clear; think about what you do every day and how it's affecting or helping the world? The film shows mostly the negative effect of our actions and how innocent people suffer the consequences.
The fact that there was no audio made it quite different. We understood what the purpose and message was, but if it would have audio I think the film would have being better. Also there was no text therefore; the audience didn't know what countries were shown. We kind of get the idea, but we are not quite sure and that creates confusion. In my opinion I think text was need it in order to be clear. Most of the images are about nature, for example natural regions and beautiful areas. Other images such as the monk on the street and a cigarette factory along with city street suggest a change for good. Possibly throughout religion or spiritually the society could achieve this change and improve the quality the world we live in. 
Also this film highlights the difference between social classes, but it focuses in the low social class. They are the consequence of our acts and the places they live in are poor areas with unhealthy conditions; not only because of the don't have money, but because of the contamination in the natural environment. To obtain this feeling along with other emotions the music was essential, especially when the music was sad/solemn it created bigger and stronger emotions. I think that the reason we watched this movie was to understand that images are more powerful than words, and also to make conscience of our actions. Personally I feel that the films was more solemn and I doesn't make me want to travel, but to just be aware of what we do today is reflect it in the future and in any place of the world.
The acting was really good, I think that the audience forgot it was a movie and they felt like they were living it. Also the location were well chosen and contribuated to the good result of the film. The story about nature was well represented by the images and the theme along with the plot helped each other to not create confusion. The lighting and the cinematography was excellent. All the shots had the necessary light and show during what time of the day the events were happening. Additionally, the cinematography was great too and the close ups made the difference, they created all the emotions. The editing techniques were basic techmiques, but essencial for all the good work. And the sound had good quality as well, the audience had no trouble with the audio.
