The article discusses the power of who narrates films and could they be a draw to audiences to get them seen. Rob is mentioned in the discussion.
Two of the most famous documentary filmmakers, Michael Moore and Werner Herzog, narrate their own works and have become iconic through such practice. Interestingly, few of even Moore’s fanbase might be interested in hearing his voice over a nature doc, while many of us wish Herzog would narrate most films of any subject. We all likely have other favorites we’d like to hear narrating more. But if thinking in terms of fame and popularity is reason enough for celebrities to be cast as narrators, why aren’t people likeRobert Pattinson (for a doc about the vampire myth?) and the Jersey Shore cast (Pauly D would be perfect for docs about cabs or t-shirts) being cast in order to woo the younger demographics?
I’m not really looking for an answer to that last one. Documentary narration simply shouldn’t have fad-pop figures because they ought to have a more timeless feel to them. But I am still unsure of many elements to celebrity narration in documentary that you can answer. Like why do docs with female voice-overs seem more often randomly cast? Does it help the film if, in the case of Kate Winslet and ‘A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back to Autism,’ the narrator completely aligns with the doc’s cause afterward? And are any of you disappointed that Davis Guggenheim didn’t cast his wife, Elizabeth Shue, as the narrator for ‘Waiting for Superman’ like he did with his 2001 education doc ‘The First Year’?
I’m seriously anxious to hear if anyone’s seen a doc or avoided one strictly because of who’s narrating. Or, if not strictly, has celebrity narration ever influenced your level of interest?
via Spunk-Ransom
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