Lift-Marc Isaacs

Lift is a 24 minute documentary, filmed and directed by Marc Isaacs. This personal project revolves around Isaacs and his one-on-one daily interactions with the residents of a tower block in London. Isaacs duty was to simply stand for ten hours in the elevator with his camera and wait for that perfect moment of footage. At the beginning of the documentary, it seemed to be that the residents were not very fond of a camera being in their elevator for most of the day; it was more of a constraint and obstacle to their personal lives. However, as the documentary progresses, we are shown how Isaacs relationship with the residents exponentially grows as well. At the start, there was a guy who prevented Isaacs from entering the elevator, however, later in the documentary he begins speaking to Isaacs and interacting with him in a friendly manner. As time passed by, Marc managed to build a solid relationship with all the residents of the tower block, he simply asked questions and they replied. His questions began with basic ones such as, "What was your last nights dream?", but later on they became much more specific and personal. Hence, the residents were sharing private matters with Isaacs camera and that was only possible due to a shared circle of trust between both sides. What made this documentary unique was the fact that it included residents from different nationalities, religions and ethnic groups, this made it a diverse piece of work which showed different peoples perspectives in life.