“Onlyfans: Selling Sexy Critical Documentary Review
How is the story told? Is it told in chronological order?
Consider the camerawork, framings, lighting, and angles. How is it edited? Is added music used?
Is there a narrator? If so, is this person on-screen or off? Are they identified by name? Why might this person have been chosen?
Is there information added through superimposed text?
What do you think is the significance of the movie’s title, and of any titles that are used to break the movie into segments?
If there are interviews, where are people interviewed?
What do you think the main ideas of the movie are?
Are there several main arguments you can identify? How do they provide evidence to back up these arguments?
Does the movie seem objective or at least fair and balanced? Do the filmmakers claim or imply that they are being objective? (In other words, do the filmmakers seem to be taking a side on the issue or taking the side of some people in the movie as opposed to others? Does anything subtle make it seem this way?)
Do they seem to be persuading you to accept a certain conclusion or viewpoint, or would you say they are trying to educate you by presenting multiple viewpoints and asking you to decide for yourself?
In your viewing of the movie, did you feel it was working on your emotions or rational faculties or both?
Think carefully about what (or whose voices) might have been left out? Do you think this information or perspective was left out intentionally or unintentionally? (i.e. manipulatively or due to a blind spot)
Do you think the people that are presented in the film are represented fairly? Equally? Respectfully? Are the experts interviewed diverse? If they are or aren’t, why do you think that is?
Is the movie explicitly or implicitly examining power dynamics based around class, race-ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, abilities, etc.? Analyze how you think it is or isn’t?
Do you think identities and/or privileges of the filmmakers affect the movie in certain ways?
How do you think different audiences would interpret this documentary?
What do you think the effects of this documentary have been or still could be?
