In this documentary, we witness the whole process of the traditional Kyrgyzstan proposal. The presenter and cameraman in this documentary film the whole event to show a young groom planning on kidnapping his friend whom he wished to marry.
The presenter poses and offers his services as a wedding photographer in order to film the whole event. He comes across as a quite laid back and respectful person in the show but shows professional. After 'the grab', he seemed to look quite lost and awkward (15:31) but that was most likely because so much was happening during that time and he didn't know what to do. He also doesn't really look directly into the camera, mostly at his surroundings and at the cameraman.
The music in this documentary is quiet and steady throughout the documentary which builds up during intense scenes i.e just before the groom and men kidnapped her (12:11-12:32) and also when she was crying (14.02-14.36). It expresses the atmosphere and the person's emotions. The voice over in this doc is consitent as the presenter explains before hand what is about to happen to add intensity to it.
The intro in this documentary starts off with a game of polo which is played with a dead goat (0:00-0:46) and then the presenter of the show is shown on a horse explaining what is happening and how it is a tradition. The outro of the show is quite cliche but professional as it shows the two families together posing for pictures with the presenter giving his final opinion on the kidnapping tradition. (32:31-32:42)
There was more of the original footage then there was of any archive footage. The original footage was consistent, making the documentary where as only section of archive footage was shown at different times of a film made in Kyrgyzstan about a bride being kidnapped. This then led to an interview because the producer of the documentary and the producer of the film (5:15-6:24). I believe the bride kidnapping movie left a big impact on the families in Kyrgyzstan because the kidnappee's name in the film was almost forbidden to use in hoping their daughters with the same name wouldn't be targetted to be taken.
We are shown several interviews in this documentary, mostly between families and friends of the kidnapper &his bride and also the bride &groom themselves. Their role in this, in my opinion, is quite bias because overall, they agree with the tradition and do not speak ill of it because they have to follow it themselves.
It keeps us interested because we get to see mostly everything. We were shown the kidnap (9:06-16:05) and wedding ceremony (27:11-27:50)) take place, indicating that it isn't fake or improvised. We are also shown the emotions and feelings of the persons involved like the bride themselves who seem distraught. Also, hearing how the groom felt about the whole tradition made this documentary unbiased because we were left to judge and side with whomever we wanted to after seeing it from two different perspectives.
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