Treadwell.

I found it intersting in looking at Tim Treadwell as a photographic subject. As a result of filming himself he was naturally aware that he was being filmed and as Barthes argues; he could not help but to contrive a pose. Treadwell aims assure that the image captured in the photo coincides with his "self" or the "self" he wants to portray to the audience. While Treadwell believes his focus is on the grizzlies and nature; the audience comes to the conclusion that the indirect focus is on Treadwell. In his work Treadwell was not the individual but rather the filmmaker Treadwell. This posing as the filmmaker was complimented by Werner Herzog's inclusion of the outtakes, re-shoots, and rants that could all be deemed "real" and not posed. I feel as though there is a necessity on Treadwell's part to keep his filming about the bears and away from the bears relationship to his life personally. Treadwell makes a concious effort to maintain what Barthes describes as our "air (110)". However the brillance in the film is when he breaks his concious shapping of his character and is "raw". While it is still on flim he does not believe he will include the segments in his actual production. The moments where he steps out of his Treadwell filmmaker role are the most interesting and the best indicators of who this complex character really was.