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''Tower'' is a 2016 documentary directed and produced by Keith Maitland.
It is about the infamous August 1, 1966 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting University of Texas tower shooting]], in which a deranged man, Charles Whitman, climbed the observation tower at the University of Texas and opened fire with a rifle. Before two policemen and a civilian made their way to the observation platform and killed him, Whitman killed 15 people.[[note]]That includes one unborn child in its 8th month of gestation, and one man who died of his wounds in 2001, but not Whitman's wife and mother, whom Whitman killed before he left the house that morning.[[/note]] 31 people were injured.
Whitman is not shown onscreen and is not even named until the very end. Instead the documentary focuses entirely on the victims of and witnesses to the shooting. Stock footage from news cameras of the actual shooting is combined with a dramatization of events on the ground. Unlike most documentaries which would present dramatizations in live action, this film uses rotoscoped animation. Also included are rotoscoped TalkingHeads animation of the actors, as well as live-action interviews with the actual witnesses themselves.
This film was partially funded by an Website/{{Indiegogo}} campaign in which it received $70,000 in six weeks.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BystanderSyndrome: Both averted and played straight. The first person who sees Claire Wilson and her boyfriend Tom on the sidewalk runs for it as soon as he realizes what is happening. But later, another woman lies down with Claire for the better part of an hour, until two young men rush out, pick Claire up, and carry her away.
* TheDeadHaveNames: Towards the end Claire Wilson reads off the names of every person who Charles Whitman killed, ending with "my baby boy."
* DeathOfAChild: Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she was shot in the abdomen by Whitman.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of the movie is in black and white to having to match up with the black and white archive footage.
* DerangedAnimation: When Claire Wilson is beginning to lose consciousness from blood loss after being shot, her hallucinations are shown as a bizarre deranged animation sequence.
* {{Documentary}}: A documentary of the Texas tower shooting tragedy.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite essentially shooting her boyfriend and causing her baby to die, Claire Wilson still forgives Whitman to this day.
* TheFaceless: Charles Whitman is never seen in person in order to mirror what the people below him where thinking of during the shooting. The only time we see him is a photo of him as a baby.
* ImpairmentShot: The image blurs to demonstrate John Fox's impaired vision, when his glasses slip off his sweaty face as he's helping carry Claire Wilson to safety.
* NothingIsScarier: We never see Charles Whitman in person, nor do we know of his motives. This makes the situation even more haunting.
* {{Retirony}}: Officer Speed, shot and killed by Whitman that day, was planning to quit the police force within a month to go back to school.
* {{Rotoscoping}}: The reenactments are portrayed with rotoscoped animation.
* SplashOfColor: Not all of the film is DeliberatelyMonochrome but the parts that are often have splashes of color within them. In a scene where a barber steps out of his barbershop only to get shot in the arm, his barber pole shows red stripes. When Rita Starpattern comes dashing out to help Claire Wilson, and Claire mentions Rita's red hair, Rita's hair onscreen is colored red.
* SpreeKiller: He's never seen, but there's one at the top of the tower, murdering strangers.
* TalkingHeads:
** ''Simulated'' talking heads of witnesses and survivors, actually voiced by actors, rotoscoped into animation just like the rest of the movie.
** The second half of the film starts to mix the interviews with rotoscoped actors with actual live-action interviews of people such as Claire Wilson (the pregnant woman) and John Fox (one of the two men who rescued her).
* WeInterruptThisProgram:
** How Officer Martinez learns of the shooting. Being off-duty at home, he finds out when his TV show is interrupted by the first news bulletin.
** John Fox and his friend find out about the shooting when their radio program is interrupted by a bulletin.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''When the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.'']]
''Tower'' is a 2016 documentary directed and produced by Keith Maitland.
It is about the infamous August 1, 1966 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting University of Texas tower shooting]], in which a deranged man, Charles Whitman, climbed the observation tower at the University of Texas and opened fire with a rifle. Before two policemen and a civilian made their way to the observation platform and killed him, Whitman killed 15 people.[[note]]That includes one unborn child in its 8th month of gestation, and one man who died of his wounds in 2001, but not Whitman's wife and mother, whom Whitman killed before he left the house that morning.[[/note]] 31 people were injured.
Whitman is not shown onscreen and is not even named until the very end. Instead the documentary focuses entirely on the victims of and witnesses to the shooting. Stock footage from news cameras of the actual shooting is combined with a dramatization of events on the ground. Unlike most documentaries which would present dramatizations in live action, this film uses rotoscoped animation. Also included are rotoscoped TalkingHeads animation of the actors, as well as live-action interviews with the actual witnesses themselves.
This film was partially funded by an Website/{{Indiegogo}} campaign in which it received $70,000 in six weeks.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BystanderSyndrome: Both averted and played straight. The first person who sees Claire Wilson and her boyfriend Tom on the sidewalk runs for it as soon as he realizes what is happening. But later, another woman lies down with Claire for the better part of an hour, until two young men rush out, pick Claire up, and carry her away.
* TheDeadHaveNames: Towards the end Claire Wilson reads off the names of every person who Charles Whitman killed, ending with "my baby boy."
* DeathOfAChild: Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she was shot in the abdomen by Whitman.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of the movie is in black and white to having to match up with the black and white archive footage.
* DerangedAnimation: When Claire Wilson is beginning to lose consciousness from blood loss after being shot, her hallucinations are shown as a bizarre deranged animation sequence.
* {{Documentary}}: A documentary of the Texas tower shooting tragedy.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite essentially shooting her boyfriend and causing her baby to die, Claire Wilson still forgives Whitman to this day.
* TheFaceless: Charles Whitman is never seen in person in order to mirror what the people below him where thinking of during the shooting. The only time we see him is a photo of him as a baby.
* ImpairmentShot: The image blurs to demonstrate John Fox's impaired vision, when his glasses slip off his sweaty face as he's helping carry Claire Wilson to safety.
* NothingIsScarier: We never see Charles Whitman in person, nor do we know of his motives. This makes the situation even more haunting.
* {{Retirony}}: Officer Speed, shot and killed by Whitman that day, was planning to quit the police force within a month to go back to school.
* {{Rotoscoping}}: The reenactments are portrayed with rotoscoped animation.
* SplashOfColor: Not all of the film is DeliberatelyMonochrome but the parts that are often have splashes of color within them. In a scene where a barber steps out of his barbershop only to get shot in the arm, his barber pole shows red stripes. When Rita Starpattern comes dashing out to help Claire Wilson, and Claire mentions Rita's red hair, Rita's hair onscreen is colored red.
* SpreeKiller: He's never seen, but there's one at the top of the tower, murdering strangers.
* TalkingHeads:
** ''Simulated'' talking heads of witnesses and survivors, actually voiced by actors, rotoscoped into animation just like the rest of the movie.
** The second half of the film starts to mix the interviews with rotoscoped actors with actual live-action interviews of people such as Claire Wilson (the pregnant woman) and John Fox (one of the two men who rescued her).
* WeInterruptThisProgram:
** How Officer Martinez learns of the shooting. Being off-duty at home, he finds out when his TV show is interrupted by the first news bulletin.
** John Fox and his friend find out about the shooting when their radio program is interrupted by a bulletin.
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''Tower'' is a 2016 documentary directed and produced by Keith Maitland.
It is about the infamous August 1, 1966 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting University of Texas tower shooting]], in which a deranged man, Charles Whitman, climbed the observation tower at the University of Texas and opened fire with a rifle. Before two policemen and a civilian made their way to the observation platform and killed him, Whitman killed 15 people.[[note]]That includes one unborn child in its 8th month of gestation, and one man who died of his wounds in 2001, but not Whitman's wife and mother, whom Whitman killed before he left the house that morning.[[/note]] 31 people were injured.
Whitman is not shown onscreen and is not even named until the very end. Instead the documentary focuses entirely on the victims of and witnesses to the shooting. Stock footage from news cameras of the actual shooting is combined with a dramatization of events on the ground. Unlike most documentaries which would present dramatizations in live action, this film uses rotoscoped animation. Also included are rotoscoped TalkingHeads animation of the actors, as well as live-action interviews with the actual witnesses themselves.
This film was partially funded by an Website/{{Indiegogo}} campaign in which it received $70,000 in six weeks.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BystanderSyndrome: Both averted and played straight. The first person who sees Claire Wilson and her boyfriend Tom on the sidewalk runs for it as soon as he realizes what is happening. But later, another woman lies down with Claire for the better part of an hour, until two young men rush out, pick Claire up, and carry her away.
* TheDeadHaveNames: Towards the end Claire Wilson reads off the names of every person who Charles Whitman killed, ending with "my baby boy."
* DeathOfAChild: Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she was shot in the abdomen by Whitman.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of the movie is in black and white to having to match up with the black and white archive footage.
* DerangedAnimation: When Claire Wilson is beginning to lose consciousness from blood loss after being shot, her hallucinations are shown as a bizarre deranged animation sequence.
* {{Documentary}}: A documentary of the Texas tower shooting tragedy.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite essentially shooting her boyfriend and causing her baby to die, Claire Wilson still forgives Whitman to this day.
* TheFaceless: Charles Whitman is never seen in person in order to mirror what the people below him where thinking of during the shooting. The only time we see him is a photo of him as a baby.
* ImpairmentShot: The image blurs to demonstrate John Fox's impaired vision, when his glasses slip off his sweaty face as he's helping carry Claire Wilson to safety.
* NothingIsScarier: We never see Charles Whitman in person, nor do we know of his motives. This makes the situation even more haunting.
* {{Retirony}}: Officer Speed, shot and killed by Whitman that day, was planning to quit the police force within a month to go back to school.
* {{Rotoscoping}}: The reenactments are portrayed with rotoscoped animation.
* SplashOfColor: Not all of the film is DeliberatelyMonochrome but the parts that are often have splashes of color within them. In a scene where a barber steps out of his barbershop only to get shot in the arm, his barber pole shows red stripes. When Rita Starpattern comes dashing out to help Claire Wilson, and Claire mentions Rita's red hair, Rita's hair onscreen is colored red.
* SpreeKiller: He's never seen, but there's one at the top of the tower, murdering strangers.
* TalkingHeads:
** ''Simulated'' talking heads of witnesses and survivors, actually voiced by actors, rotoscoped into animation just like the rest of the movie.
** The second half of the film starts to mix the interviews with rotoscoped actors with actual live-action interviews of people such as Claire Wilson (the pregnant woman) and John Fox (one of the two men who rescued her).
* WeInterruptThisProgram:
** How Officer Martinez learns of the shooting. Being off-duty at home, he finds out when his TV show is interrupted by the first news bulletin.
** John Fox and his friend find out about the shooting when their radio program is interrupted by a bulletin.
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* SpreeKiller: He's never seen, but there's one at the top of the tower, murdering strangers.
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It is about the infamous August 1, 1966 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting University of Texas tower shooting]], in which a deranged man, Charles Whitman, climbed the observation tower at the University of Texas and opened fire with a rifle. Before two policemen and a civilian made their way to the observation platform and killed him, Whitman killed 15 people.[[note]]That includes one unborn child in its 8th month of gestation, and one man who died of his wounds in 2001, but not his wife and mother, whom Whitman killed before he left the house that morning.[[/note]] 31 people were injured.
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It is about the infamous August 1, 1966 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting University of Texas tower shooting]], in which a deranged man, Charles Whitman, climbed the observation tower at the University of Texas and opened fire with a rifle. Before two policemen and a civilian made their way to the observation platform and killed him, Whitman killed 15 people.[[note]]That includes one unborn child in its 8th month of gestation, and one man who died of his wounds in 2001, but not his Whitman's wife and mother, whom Whitman killed before he left the house that morning.[[/note]] 31 people were injured.
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''Tower'' is a 2016 documentary directed and produced by Keith Maitland, which discusses the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting.
This documentary is a really interesting one that's hard to describe. Most of the movie is told via flashbacks using actors to portray the people at the incident. The film is practically shot like a fictional movie with interviews spliced in. About 90% of the movie is in with mostly black and white [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscope animation]] (similar to ''Film/AScannerDarkly'' and ''Film/WakingLife''), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
The film started production in 2006 and didn't go anywhere until a successful Website/{{Indiegogo}} campaign where it received $70,000 in six weeks.
The film was critically acclaimed, winning some awards such as the SXSW Grand Jury Award.
This documentary is a really interesting one that's hard to describe. Most of the movie is told via flashbacks using actors to portray the people at the incident. The film is practically shot like a fictional movie with interviews spliced in. About 90% of the movie is in with mostly black and white [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscope animation]] (similar to ''Film/AScannerDarkly'' and ''Film/WakingLife''), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
The film started production in 2006 and didn't go anywhere until a successful Website/{{Indiegogo}} campaign where it received $70,000 in six weeks.
The film was critically acclaimed, winning some awards such as the SXSW Grand Jury Award.
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''Tower'' is a 2016 documentary directed and produced by Keith Maitland, which discusses Maitland.
It is about the infamous August 1, 1966 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting University of Texas towershooting.
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This filmalso shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
The film started production in 2006 and didn't go anywhere until a successfulwas partially funded by an Website/{{Indiegogo}} campaign where in which it received $70,000 in six weeks.
The film was critically acclaimed, winning some awards such as the SXSW Grand Jury Award.weeks.
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* BystanderSyndrome: Averted. A few of the students sees a pregnant woman having just been shot by Charles Whitman and risk their lives to save her.
* DeathOfAChild: Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she was sniped in the abdomen by Whitman.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of the movie is in black and white due to having to match up with the black and white archive footage.
* DeathOfAChild: Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she was sniped in the abdomen by Whitman.
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* BystanderSyndrome: Averted. A few of the students Both averted and played straight. The first person who sees a pregnant Claire Wilson and her boyfriend Tom on the sidewalk runs for it as soon as he realizes what is happening. But later, another woman having just been shot by Charles Whitman lies down with Claire for the better part of an hour, until two young men rush out, pick Claire up, and risk their lives to save her.
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* DeathOfAChild: Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she wassniped shot in the abdomen by Whitman.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of the movie is in black and whitedue to having to match up with the black and white archive footage.
* DeathOfAChild: Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she was
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* TheGhost: Charles Whitman is never seen in person in order to mirror what the people below him where thinking of during the shooting. The only time we see him is a photo of him as a baby.
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* {{Retirony}}: Officer Speed, shot and killed by Whitman that day, was planning to quit the police force and go back to school in a month.
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* SplashOfColor: Not all of the film is DeliberatelyMonochrome but the parts that are often have splashes of color within them. In a scene where a barber steps out of his barbershop only to get shot in the arm, his barber pole shows red stripes.
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* SplashOfColor: Not all of the film is DeliberatelyMonochrome but the parts that are often have splashes of color within them. In a scene where a barber steps out of his barbershop only to get shot in the arm, his barber pole shows red stripes. When Rita Starpattern comes dashing out to help Claire Wilson, and Clair mentions Rita's red hair, Rita's hair onscreen is colored red.
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The film was critically acclaimed, winning some awards such as the SXSW Grand Jury Award. It had a 100% approval rating on Website/RottenTomatoes until October 3, 2018 when Scott Marks of the ''San Diego Reader'' gave the film its first negative review; it currently stands at 99% based on 99 reviews (Marks' review remaining the only "rotten" review).
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The film was critically acclaimed, winning some awards such as the SXSW Grand Jury Award. It had a 100% approval rating on Website/RottenTomatoes until October 3, 2018 when Scott Marks of the ''San Diego Reader'' gave the film its first negative review; it currently stands at 99% based on 99 reviews (Marks' review remaining the only "rotten" review).
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* DeathOfAChild: Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she was sniped in the abdomen by Whitman.
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This documentary is a really interesting one that's hard to describe. Most of the movie is told via flashbacks using actors to portray the people at the incident. The film is practically shot like a fictional movie with interviews spliced in. About 90% of the movie is in with black and white rotoscope animation (similar to ''Film/AScannerDarkly'' and ''Film/WakingLife''), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
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This documentary is a really interesting one that's hard to describe. Most of the movie is told via flashbacks using actors to portray the people at the incident. The film is practically shot like a fictional movie with interviews spliced in. About 90% of the movie is in with mostly black and white [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscope animation animation]] (similar to ''Film/AScannerDarkly'' and ''Film/WakingLife''), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
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The film started production in 2006 and didn't go anywhere until a successful Indiegogo Website/{{Indiegogo}} campaign where it received $70,000 in six weeks.
The film was criticallyacclaimed and won acclaimed, winning some awards such as the SXSW Grand Jury Award.Award and garnering a 100% approval rating (based on 79 reviews) on Website/RottenTomatoes.
The film was critically
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* InfantImmortality: Tragically {{averted|Trope}}; Claire Wilson's unborn baby boy was killed when she was sniped in the abdomen by Whitman.
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This documentary is a really interesting one. About 90% is done via black and white rotoscope animation (similar to Film/AScannerDarkly and Film/WakingLife), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
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This documentary is a really interesting one. one that's hard to describe. Most of the movie is told via flashbacks using actors to portray the people at the incident. The film is practically shot like a fictional movie with interviews spliced in. About 90% of the movie is done via in with black and white rotoscope animation (similar to Film/AScannerDarkly ''Film/AScannerDarkly'' and Film/WakingLife), ''Film/WakingLife''), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
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This documentary is a really interesting one. About 90% is done via rotoscope animation (similar to Film/AScannerDarkly and Film/WakingLife), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
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This documentary is a really interesting one. About 90% is done via black and white rotoscope animation (similar to Film/AScannerDarkly and Film/WakingLife), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
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*BystanderSyndrome: Averted. A few of the students sees a pregnant woman having just been shot by Charles Whitman and risk their lives to save her.
*DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of the movie is in black and white due to having to match up with the black and white archive footage.
*DerangedAnimation: When Claire Wilson is dying from blood loss after being shot, her dying fantasies are this.
*EasilyForgiven: Despite essentially shooting her boyfriend and causing her baby to die, Claire Wilson still forgives Whitman to this day.
*TheGhost: Charles Whitman is never seen in person in order to mirror what the people below him where thinking of during the shooting. The only time we see him is a photo of him as a baby.
*NothingIsScarier: We never see Charles Whitman in person, nor do we know of his motives. This makes the situation even more haunting.
*SplashOfColor: Rita Starpattern's orange hair, though it shifts into grey depending on the tone.
*BystanderSyndrome: Averted. A few of the students sees a pregnant woman having just been shot by Charles Whitman and risk their lives to save her.
*DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of the movie is in black and white due to having to match up with the black and white archive footage.
*DerangedAnimation: When Claire Wilson is dying from blood loss after being shot, her dying fantasies are this.
*EasilyForgiven: Despite essentially shooting her boyfriend and causing her baby to die, Claire Wilson still forgives Whitman to this day.
*TheGhost: Charles Whitman is never seen in person in order to mirror what the people below him where thinking of during the shooting. The only time we see him is a photo of him as a baby.
*NothingIsScarier: We never see Charles Whitman in person, nor do we know of his motives. This makes the situation even more haunting.
*SplashOfColor: Rita Starpattern's orange hair, though it shifts into grey depending on the tone.
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''Tower'' is a 2016 documentary directed by Keith Maitland, which discusses the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting.
This documentary is a really interesting one. About 90% is done via rotoscope animation (similar to Film/AScannerDarkly and Film/WakingLife), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
The film started production in 2006 and didn't go anywhere until a successful Indiegogo campaign where it received $70,000 in six weeks.
The film was critically acclaimed and won some awards such as the SXSW Grand Jury Award.
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This documentary is a really interesting one. About 90% is done via rotoscope animation (similar to Film/AScannerDarkly and Film/WakingLife), with the other 10% being archive footage shot during the shooting. The film also shows the people at the incident and what they were thinking of. The documentary explores themes such as bystander syndrome, fear of dying, sacrifices, bravery, and acceptance.
The film started production in 2006 and didn't go anywhere until a successful Indiegogo campaign where it received $70,000 in six weeks.
The film was critically acclaimed and won some awards such as the SXSW Grand Jury Award.
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