In Burtynsky’s documentary, it becomes quite evident that there’s a favorable cinematic technique used to effectively convey the impact of industrialization, this technique being long and slow panning shots. For example, as the audience presses play, the documentary displays a single extended clip of employees working in a factory, seemingly constructing pieces of different household items, which plays out for about five minutes and thirty seconds before introducing any dialogue. Why is this the case? From an outside perspective, this may be perceived as mundane and un-exciting, however, filming long shots, especially in this context, captures the true vastness and extent of industrial
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