Documentary: Monster Camp

Why this film?:
Like Darkon this film is similar to our documentary as it once again focuses on LARPing. Here like Darkon we follow players but unlike the for mentioned film it looks at NERO a LARPing society in Seattle. In this film we learn the rules and how a game is run, which emanates stuff we tried to show however in Monster Camp their able to show the game in action which we failed to do. Why did i pick it over of films? Well monster camp may not be well known as some other documentaries it does have a feel that makes you invested in the game, granted like Darkon it slips into stereotype as one member says “I tend to think about NERO more than I think about my normal life,”  and this is a large negative and they make the cast into stereotypes which is the major issue with the film.


What i will take away from this: 
Like I said with Darkon to make the cast feel like people not jokes or negative cliche which these films tend to do even if its unintentional. A positive i would take away from this film is the show don't tell mentality as Monster Camp shows how the game works and what planning goes into it which i feel is the main takeaway.