The document discusses a documentary film that features 3 perspectives: Michael Pollan providing an overview, Frances McDormand representing the plant view, and an apple/marijuana grower. It also references the use of b-roll footage, which is secondary video footage used to supplement the main footage and disguise edits such as zooms or removal of verbal tics.

3. 2 things to watch
3 levels of voiceover/narrator
use of b-roll

4. Michael Pollan – big theory view

5. Michael Pollan – big theory view
Frances McDormand – plant view

6. Michael Pollan – big theory view
Frances McDormand – plant view
apple grower

7. Michael Pollan – big theory view
Frances McDormand – plant view
apple grower marijuana grower

8. Michael Pollan – big theory view
Frances McDormand – plant view
apple grower marijuana grower

9. 2 things to watch
3 levels of voiceover/narrator
use of b-roll

10. b-roll

11. The term b-roll was adopted for the older form
of linear-based editing and the common
naming conventions used by most television
production facilities.
Traditionally, the tape decks in an edit suite
were labelled by letter, with the 'A' deck being
the one containing the main tape upon which
the interview material was shot.
The 'B' deck was used to run tapes that held
additional footage that often supported
comments or descriptions made by the
interview subject.

12. The term “b-roll” is now limited to secondary
footage that adds meaning to a sequence or
disguises the elimination of unwanted content.
This technique of using the cutaway is
common to hide zooms in documentary films:
the visuals may cut away to b-roll footage of
what the person is talking about while the A
camera zooms in, then cut back after the
zoom is complete.
The cutaway to b-roll footage can also be
used to hide verbal or physical tics that the
editor and/or director finds distracting: with the
audio separate from the video, the filmmakers
are free to excise “uh”s, sniffs, coughs, and so
forth.
Similarly, a contextually irrelevant part of a
sentence or anecdote can be removed to
construct a more effective, succinct delivery.