This document claims to be "truth" while still being representational with the feature of the texts. The truth is the actual texts, while the narration is her memory. #hwa5 #160characters

Sound and image play a crucial role in structuring the story alongside narration and on-screen text. It really felt like I lived vicariously through the narrator's life over the past few years. #hwa5 #160characters

The texts are real, but the iPhone scenes are reenactments shot years later, like Tak for Alt in the reading: staged scenes standing in for memory. The truth is in the archive, the rest is how she remembers it. #hwa5 #160characters

Sound = her quiet narration. Image = texts on screen plus iPhone footage recreating where they were sent, like the bus ride home. Effects = text layouts that look hesitant. Story = met, broke up, pregnant, gone. #hwa5 #160characters

the doc makes claims to the truth by showing us the text messages between her and her ex, explaining what happened while being representational bc it’s showing us the events that happened from her perspective through texts from her old nokia #hwa5 #160characters

the story is structured through background videos of what is happening in her life accompanied by text messages between her and her son’s dad to develop the story and show how electronic communication can impact relationships. #hwa5 #160characters

It claims to be true by using actual messages from the relationship, but it is still representational because Mapplebeck chooses which messages, images, and moments to include and omits details from their time together. #hwa5 #160characters

160 Characters is the most well put together doc of the bunch. It structures the story by establishing a timeline through text messages, voiceovers, and personal images rather than traditional interviews. #hwa5 #160characters

#hwa5 #160characters This doc makes claims to truth by showing real footage from Victoria and her son's life whether that be through pictures, videos, and phone evidence. It represents the fact that no matter how hard you try, you can never get someone to full commit to something if they don't WANT

#hwa5 #160characters It takes us through the start of a relationship all the way to motherhood through Victoria's eyes. Through the sound and display of text chains, videos of ultrasounds, videos of the baby, of Victoria's everyday routine, leading all to fact that Jim was never ready to be a dad

#hwa5 #160characters This document does a good job I think. It really tells a story and just allows the audience to view the difference in times and how we communicate in todays tech age. It allows the audience to really make a connection to the past and or an observation from the future

#hwa5 #160characters The images felt similar to the first one about prison poems, they kind of create this gritty, real life, hardcore feel. Like what is was like before the phone, or what its like when we prison talk. It feels very purposeful in that meaning and useage.

For all we know there could be more to the story she left out, more on the fathers side. #hwa5 #160characters (this is a continuation of the post before it)

I think the documentary feels truthful because it uses actual text messages from the relationship. However, the filmmaker still decides which messages to show and how to arrange them. This means the evidence is real, but the story is still being presented from her perspective. #hwa5 #160characters

The documentary uses text messages, phone footage, and limited narration to tell the story of a relationship. I think showing the messages on screen allows viewers to follow how the relationship changes over time, while the pauses between them emphasize the emotions involved. #hwa5 #160characters