The father-son scenes are clearly staged, but they never pretend to be footage of the real guy. It’s symbolic reality, like the Colosseum example. The truth claim lives in Smith being a real teacher, the poetry is how it gets felt. #hwa5 #beyondthisplace

Sound is Smith’s voice plus his poems read aloud. Image flips between tight close-ups and 16mm flashbacks of a father and son. Talking head = trust, 16mm = emotion. The story goes from his prejudice to empathy and expects us to follow. #hwa5 #beyondthisplace

This documentary makes claims to truth by including real people and stories that actually happened. On the other hand, the production crew chose very specific voices, sounds, and images to show to the viewer. This is done on purpose to shape how we perceive the film. #hwa5 #beyondthisplace

#hwa5 #beyondthisplace They make claims of truth such as the fact that these inmates are sons, brothers, friends, fathers, but is still representational in the sense that someone who is not an inmate is the one who is presenting the struggles that he sees these inmates go through daily.

"Beyond this Place" used extensive footage of prison, cells, barbed wire, but also followed the scope of a little child growing up. The images and music used set the tone very well and helped structure the story. #hwa5 #beyondthisplace

#hwa5 #beyondthisplace This documentary uses sounds such as the writing of chalk, there sound of a subway leaving, the sound of children's laughter all in different moments to give an emotion to the viewers. While the poem was being read, the image of an incarcerated father and his son was showing

the doc makes claims to the truth by using Clint Smith’s experience with teaching prisoners and his poetry to show us from their lens that prisoners are more than just prisoners, showing us reality from a different viewpoint than we are used to. #hwa5 #beyondthisplace

the doc uses sound, image, and special effects to make viewers feel emotion and look at prisoners in a different light than what we were taught to believe. the music combined with the structure of the doc shows us a different side of prisoners that many of us ignore. #hwa5 #beyondthisplace

#hwa5 #BEYONDTHISPLACE #shortdoc This documentary makes claims that these men are producing meaningful content with substance. Almost representing a positive message of the men in prison, while some people may have totally different perspectives or opinions on men in prison.

#hwa5 #shortdocparty The sound and images of the subway give it this deep New York feel. The scenes transition from more of a gloomy state to a very real positive hopeful future. In regards to the poems, they are all personal and very in touch with reality, #BEYONDTHISPLACE

The documentary shows real issues through Clint Smith's experiences and ideas. Although his perspective helps us understand these problems, the filmmaker still chooses parts of his story to emphasize. This shows how documentaries can be truthful and not show every perspective. #hwa5 #beyondthisplace

I think the documentary uses Clint Smith's words and storytelling to guide the audience through its message, and music to create a sad feeling. By focusing on his perspective, the filmmaker makes larger social issues feel more personal rather than just presenting information. #hwa5 #beyondthisplace