Visual Review #9: Sixty Second Documentary

This sixty-second documentary is about a chef named Morton Kryger Wulff in Copenhagen, Denmark who runs a business as a bicycle chef. Wulff built an entire kitchen on his bike and takes a group of usually 12 people out on a bike ride through the city where he cooks for them and serves them a delicious meal. In the video, Wulff takes us on a ride with a group of guests and shows us the food he cooks, how he serves it, what the bicycle kitchen looks like, and why he does what he does.

The video is composed of A-roll and B-roll footage, with much more B-roll footage than the former. The A-roll footage involves Wulff in a general interview-type setting where he speaks to the camera and interviewer and tells his story. The B-roll footage contains much more entertaining and attention-grabbing elements. Wulff rides his bicycle kitchen through the cobbled streets of Copenhagen. He rides with guests and converses with them. He also cooks for them and shows the camera around the kitchen, demonstrating all the parts and how everything works and has multiple uses. Wulff also serves his guests his food and the camera shows the excited faces of the guests that get to taste his creations. Over the B-roll footage is the audio and narration from the A-roll. Wulff tells us why he decided to build and run a bicycle kitchen, demonstrating that he wants people to see it's possible to live with less.

In the A-roll footage, Wulff is often looking at the camera and talking with his hands as it is an interview. The B-roll footage also focuses on Wulff’s hands as he goes about making the food. The camera uses a variety of angles and movements, especially high angles, panning, dolly ins, and pedestals. These movements help to make the video even more interesting and lively. The high-angle shots are also incredibly classic and beautiful in the sense that the video does focus largely on food. This angle allows the camera to capture a sense of how simple yet beautiful Wulff’s food is. Wulff also looks directly at the camera a lot in the B-roll footage, helping to make the video more personal and inviting. Even in the B-roll footage, Wulff is still speaking to and engaging with the audience.

Overall, the B-roll footage with the overlapping narrative is the main focus of the video and shows the audience what Wulff means by a bicycle kitchen and the true meaning behind it.

There is also very subtle music played behind the narration during both the A and B-roll footage which adds to the overall atmosphere of the video. The main focus of this video is to show how Wulff shows his guests that living simply and with less is not a bad way to live and can actually be quirky and beautiful. The music that is played in this video is light and upbeat, which helps to brighten the mood and bring a positive vibe to the entire film.