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“Batang Hamog”. This is what children who sleep on the streets are called. No shelter, not enough food, and no proper education. By trading the body, they live and by stealing they have daily sustenance. The Batang Hamog documentary is a documentary about the extraordinary state of the street child. It reflects the impact of the family on children in society.
The documentary takes place In the streets of Taguig City in the morning and night. The setting, props, costumes, lighting, and characters, these elements help me to determine the genre of this documentary which is Reality film. This document is an unscripted real-life situation starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. The acting of the children and other characters is on point, they connect to the narrative with the audience through their emotions, sufferings, and poverty issues they are currently suffering. The color of the film is black and white. This changes the movie thematically, providing atmosphere, and tone, and visually giving a stark contrast and dreamlike view of the world, Black signifies grief and fear.
There are different camera shots and angles in this film, there are close-up shots, long shots, mid to long shots, mid-close-up, extreme close-up, eye level, canted, low, and extreme long shots. This angle in films adds a sense of forwarding momentum and adds pace and energy overall mood of the film. The form of editing of this film is rhythmic, it establishes the feel and mood of the film. It catches my attention every time it is moving to another scene in the film. This film’s sound is a diegetic sound, the sound originates from within the film or the actor’s world. The lighting of this film is very effective because it helps me, as an audience better understand what they are feeling and also the overall atmosphere and visual mood of the film.
The film used spoken and print codes as it use dialogues, design, layout, and typography on the film. It helps the audience to understand what they are saying and they use words or phrases that show what they really feel. This story is about the point of view of children who are in poverty and currently experiencing hunger, thirst, abuse by their parents, and lack of education. This film’s genre is a reality film, as it shows the real situations of children in society. This film explains that money is not enough, to provide housing and education to each child so that he can stay at home and grow up well. As an individual, everyone needs the protection of a family and not all the protection of a family comes from blood relatives. Sometimes, it is the people around us who give us importance and security that no matter where, at any time, we will not be left behind and will be considered an important part of their lives.
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