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Fame High (2012)
Great Film, with some flaws
The year old documentary, Fame High, follows the life of four students at LACHSA, a performing arts school in Los Angeles through several montages and sometimes shaky, low quality filming with mostly hand-held shots. The director and producer did a nice job portraying the lives of students in the school; I felt a connection with my favorite characters, however the film seemed slightly staged. The teachers seemed like they were acting different in front of the cameras. More editing techniques could have made the movie less boring, too, with the exception of the credits; the facebook-style montage made me more interested in the future of these students. The music in Fame High matched the emotions felt in each scene, which is another good quality about this film. I could feel the intensity in the moments where the music was silenced, and I understood better how the students were feeling when they talked about how important their work was to them and emotional music played in the background. Overall, I would say this documentary was successful with a few flaws. Besides that though, it provided good information and I learned a lot about these students. As a high school student myself, I connected with them in some ways but also differed from them in the hard work they put everyday to become successful in the performing arts industry.