Catfish

Synopsis: Catfish is a documentary about a filmmaker named Nev Schulman who starts receiving art work from a little girl named Abby, his relationship with the little girl grows over time and his brothers whom are also filmmakers start to document his unique friendship with Abby. Nev spends months talking to Abby and her family and gets to know them well even forming an online relationship with Abbys older sister Megan. The filmmakers decide to see if they can meet up with the family but soon discover that the family has some secrets.

Review: Catfish was at times creepy, uncomfortable and shocking but at the same time extremely entertaining. It was full of twists and turns and as an audience member I was on the edge of my seat with anticipation for what direction the events would take the filmmakers in next. The use of music really helped make some parts of the documentary feel creepy all most like a horror movie, I was half expecting a jump scare at times. It felt real too as the viewer was learning more about the family at the same time that Nev and his brothers were, it was journey that the filmmakers and the audience went on together as the filmmakers did not know what was going to happen next, it had an out come that must have surprised both parties. As Nev and his brothers grew more suspicious of the family the documentary became more and more tense.

Style: It was a journey style documentary as the filmmakers and Nev went on a journey and learnt more about the family as the documentary was going on.

Opening Quote: 'If this is your documentary your doing a bad job' Nev says this to the camera at the start of the documentary as he grows frustrated at the fact that the documentary is not set up and organised how he wants it. He tells his brother behind the camera to set up meetings with him but as the documentary go's on the lack of planning helps make the documentary better because the viewer discovers everything at the same time that Nev and his brothers do making it feel very real and that the viewer is taking the same journey as Nev.