Bigfoot

This documentary was on Bigfoot and the search to uncover if he/she is real or not. That was also the main question the film asks, "is he real or not?" They focus mainly on the one piece of "evidence" that they have, and it is the photograph taken in Northern California many years ago. I think this type of doc falls under the Exploration and Discovery genre. I believe the role of the filmmaker for Bigfoot actually wore several hats, explorer, advocate, observer, and even guerrilla. The visual imagery is footage that is played over and over for dramatic effect. The filmmaker is trying to illustrate that this is shocking footage and we are on the verge of finding a new species which is very exciting or very scary or both. The theme is the search for truth. Whether you believe in Bigfoot or not, you have to admit that there are still some very compelling stories with pictures and eye witnesses. For me I think the stakes were in the title, "Bigfoot". To try and tackle a subject like this takes guts to some extent. Bigfoot is not a scientific reality. Yet many people all over the world believe in him, and in the spirit of science and the search for the unknown, we have to accept the fact that there could be a Bigfoot. The editing style for this doc was a little bland and boring. They showed the same frames over and over as if they ran out of footage. Despite the subject and some other minor flaws I actually liked the film.