Pockets from Pilgrim Films on Vimeo.
The main theme of this documentary is 'What do the contents of your pockets say about you?', its purpose is to discover what random strangers of all ages have in their pockets ranging from a little redhead girl, a crack addict, evil spirits believer, a rasta jesus preacher, musicians, to a mexican thug and a few others. A quirky, amusing and dream-like vibe which I adore, a social exploration of people of all nationalities, they all unify in the documentary because they have an object in their pockets. James Lees intended it to have a spontaneous effect of what he filmed and each shot is framed similarly with their hands presenting the object in their pockets.
This documentary doesn't use any symbolic or metaphorical footage, it is as it is physically, what you see is what you get. The literal information is available from the images and the effect is just to associate people's personalities with the objects they have in their pockets. The cinematographer recorded spontaneous dialogue between each individual, these people have different lives from each other, there are no experts or witnesses to validate if those objects were actually in their pockets but we just assume it's true (it's believable). Maybe not the crack addict scene where a drug addict is filmed and she would possibly get arrested if the authorities saw the documentary (or not). The music is upbeat, feel-good and pleasant to hear, along with people's life stories put together, it's fascinating and paints a picture of a group of confident individuals that are happy with their lives. Lees uses particular brightness within the cinematography with no depth of field, most likely shot on a DSLR.
Overall, I think the documentary was really effective with showing the enthusiasm of people with different lives, motives and perspectives, it stands out from conventional documentaries and it's my favourite out of the documentary materials shown to us.
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