Director: Asif Kapadia
Year of Release: 2010
Based in 1978, Monaco archive footage and interviews are used to create effect of the real life of Ayrton Senna. The racing life of Senna started in 1984 and ended in 1994. Talking heads and full shots are both used in the interviews and subtitles are played throughout the documentary.
Music: Background and sports commentators speaking; sounds of racing cars are used to show the speed at which the racing cars are going.
No silence is shown at the point in which Senna is racing. This gives us the feeling of there not being time to hesitate but only to make quick, rational decisions.
Background noise gets muted when Ayrton goes for important interviews to show the importance and meaning of his career and his feelings in his voice. Soft, subtle music is also played at certain times in the documentary to bring emotions to the viewer.
Beginning: Ayrton is shown competing and being interviewed by a number of different people. He is shown talking but also his family and his coach are shown talking about their views on his racing career and their opinions on how good he is. Close up shots of the frustration on Sennas face when the racing gets stressful.Middle: Confrontation and stress is shown in the middle of the documentary/ conflict. Interviews are shown between Senna and interviewees to show Sennas career
in the past few months.
End: Ayrton Senna is close to retiring in 1994 from racing. Long Shots and talking head shots are used at the end to show Sennas face expressions and feelings towards his retirement.
29th Apil 1994: Feelings of Agitation, Annoyance and Frustration are also shown being felt by Senna.
1st May 1994: Belogna, Italy Ayrton dies in a car crash aged 34.
Sad music is played to shown the feeling of the peoples reaction to his death. Gives us our own feeling towards his death. Visuals are also shown of people crying as he arrives in the Coffin.
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