This 2017 documentary directed by Chris Smith focuses on Jim Carry's method acting as Andy Kaufman in the film"Man on the Moon". The film works with over a hundred hours of footage that was taken on the set of the film as well as Jim Carrey's personality and upbringing. The reason I wish to discuss this film is because of it's focus on a character as well as the film form and industry. There is a particular sequence in the film where we flicked through some images and footage from Jim's childhood, this moment is sentimental and manages to gain a sense of emotion and awareness. After watching this documentary I felt as though I knew Carrey, and left with opinions and emotions towards not only the documentary but the film in which it focused on. I believe this documentary was able to tackle many themes were not losing sight of the storyteller (Jim) and the film itself. The way in which Carrey discusses film and is passionate about it evokes emotions within those who hold film close to the hearts. The documentaries blend of nostalgic childhood imagery with images of savage Hollywood life and the beauty of film allows us see many aspects of what goes on behind the screen and in front of it. 
I believe this documentary can help us to balance our themes and build the narrative, It is also helped me to see how the mixture of film textures can be used together, As the film uses photos, old videos, documentary footage, interview footage and some footage from films. This documentary uses the main interview to guild the narrative and is not affraid to stay with other footage for a while before returning to the interview through voice over or visuals. I think this will help us to edit our own documentary and shows us our cutaway footage can be used as a larger element of the work.
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