The Institutional Context of Amy

 

Amy took $24 million at the box-office

When making documentaries Kapadia does not have a treatment, logline or script (some of the pre-production materials that are a given for most types of film, including the documentary genre) - instead, he lets the story form from the footage that he has at his disposal...

Kapadia usually shows people versions of the film, including very long versions, to gauge audience response before cutting his films down to their final (considerably shorter) form...