In my view, the clip we have just seen is clear demonstration of the formalist potential of documentary filmmaking. The basic narrative of Rain in my Heart (2006) is centered on four alcoholics as they delve in and out of hospital in the vicious grip of alcohol abuse. As we follow these four subjects Watson uses the techniques which we see in the above scene to build a narrative that weaves four individual stories to stunning effect. The use of image and sound montage here has a crucial relationship to the narrative. It serves as a dialectic not only between the subjects and their alcohol problems but between the very nature of the process of filmmaking itself and its relation to the external world. In a sense, it comments on itself, bringing in to question how documentary narratives are constructed by laying out the formal devices used in the construction process for all to see. Sound and image thus, alter our perception of the reality created in the fabula and challenges us to find meaning and draw comparisons between what we hear and what we see. An example of this can be found when the female (Vanda), speaking about how she gave in to drink once again, remarks “whos it gona hurt”, the screen then cuts to a still image of the male laying in hospital bed. This challenges the viewer to associate conflicting sounds and images, to consider what the filmmaker is communicating to his audience. Sound bites bounce off one another, collide with each other and are strategically repeated to deliberately pose questions to its audience. This is just one example of many in this scene where sound, image and story are in direct conversation with one another. This can be seen to reinforce Eisensteins theories that a films form exists as an interrelating system of formal attributes whereby each component is in direct dialogue with the other creating a systematic perception of reality. Further, this highlights how a narrative made up of four separate stories can be interlaced using a complex interaction of formal properties unique to the medium. In Rain in my Heart (2006) Watson displays an absolute mastery over form, style and narrative assimilation to, from my perspective, create a distinctive formative approach.