Dogtown: Z Boys

1. I believe that the film is an ethnographic study and a work of entertainment. By filming the interviews and the past skateboarding, viewers are completely outsiders. Even people who were not locals were outsiders. It was a totally different style of skating. It was also entertainment. The music and some of the interviews that were not informal really locked in me as a viewer.
2. The interview subjects were the actual Z Boys. Also Zephyr Team and some of the photographers. They are important because they tell you exactly how it was, and they didn’t care if it was the wrong way of saying it. They do go along with the story. When they talked about surfing is was more of the hardcore surfers then to skateboarding it was the original skaters.
3. Some of the attitudes are they don’t care what people think. They are rebels and that they will skate anywhere they want. Also they are punks; if an outsider came in they would throw stuff at them.
4. The structure of the movie was a documentary. It started from the original days, and moved in chronographic order. It really does help understand the subculture because you can see how it has evolved.
5. I viewed skateboarders as punks and rebels. I believe that if I was back in those days yes my stereotypes would hold true, but I really don’t think as much now.
6. I do trust the filmmaker because he had interviews with some of the actual skateboarders. I really enjoyed the movie and thought that it was really interesting and would like to watch the rest. The piece was constructed as a documentary.