In Class Writing- The Birth of Extreme

This could definitely be considered and ethnography or a documentary.  This piece took an inside look at how the new and free spirits of surfing was transformed into skating.  The interviews played a huge role in the arrangement and credibility of the movie.  They interviews were conducted with the founders of this revolution who knew all about insider language and places.  Each person helped move along the movie with their different takes on why and what was happening.  Most of them had come from broken homes and were looking for a way to escape home-life and had found it in skating.  Most of the early skaters thought it was rough and often didn't let people join unless they were a part of the "in" crowd.  Some of the most early artifacts were pieces of wood and clay roller skate wheels.  It became nearly impossible to find commercial boards so many had to construct their own.  

This movie was structured pretty much chronologically.  It starts off telling about the birth through Venice, and how is was a amusement attraction.  My attitudes still hold true to how I pictured skaters.  A carefree attitude that doesnt care to  much about what others think.  We can totally trust who is telling us the story because these people were there, and watched the revolution unfold in person.  If the movie maker was also one of the skaters I would look at it more skeptically.