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Street Smart (2016) directed by Leigh Minarapa

Street Smart (Minarapa 2016) follows Regina Tito as she looks back on her experience living on the streets of Wellington over a decade ago. The film portrays the ongoing issue surrounding homelessness in Wellington. Regina Tito argues that to acknowledge the existence of the homeless in Wellington, you must also acknowledge all the other contributing factors that have led to the growing number of people living on the streets in New Zealand.  She asks the audience to view the homeless as human beings.

Street Smart is Leigh Minarapa’s first short-documentary as a director. Having studied Film and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, she has worked in numerous projects ranging from feature films to music videos (Loading Docs). Minarapa was driven to make Street Smart after retuning to Wellington after being overseas for a year and seeing the massive increase in homelessness in the region.

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Loading Docs. Web. 07 May. 2018 < http://loadingdocs.net/>

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Grocery shopping with a group of grandparents; Chinese immigrants who bond over bus rides and finding bargains in Auckland's eastern suburbs.⠀ Photographed for @paperboyakl for a cover story written by @indiahendriix with interpreter Xiaoting Liu.⠀ The supermarket trips inspired filmmaker (and Fang Ruzhen's granddaughter) to create a short documentary East Meets East, available to view now on @loadingdocs – click through to the link to view the video.⠀ 1 photograph from a set of 9.⠀ Pictured: ⠀ For these Chinese grandparents, group outings to the supermarket are a way to connect to a home country they left long ago.⠀ ©Adrian Malloch, all rights reserved.⠀ #loadingdocs, #chinese #grandparents #shopping #documentary #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #filmmaking #canonnz #canon #canon6d (at Pakuranga, New Zealand)

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Inside Wilbur Force

As I put together other artists documentary pieces and look inside the techniques behind them, the wider my understanding of the artist processes. 

When thinking about the production of this documentary, what I find really interesting is the level of drama conveniently delivered to the viewer as if each scenario was just fall in place perfectly. For example, the scene where Will get’s emotionally worked-up then J jumps on his back to soften the situation and consequently get’s thrown off, heightens the impact the absence of wrestling has had on Will’s life and also shows the side of him emerging. It’s all very convenient for the viewer to watch Will charge at J who embodies his weaknesses in the next scene that has been progressing throughout the short doco. 

I’ve analysed the shots, techniques, settings etc. to my best knowledge which will help guide me in developing my own scoreboard. 

Click to view Inside Wilbur Force

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Water is the driving force of all nature.

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Pet Telepaths and Fantasy Caves are some of the 2015 Generation Loading Docs in the making. What could possibly be the "connection" there? We are all the wiser after the official meet up/ bootcamp last weekend. 

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