WHY DOCUMENTARIES ARE SO IMPORTANT Documentaries are important in many ways. One of the main reasons is that they educate you A week ago‚ I watched the documentary "Super Size Me" and I thought that it showed very well how dangerous it is to eat fast-food on regular basis. It affects your body and I don’t think many people know that. How could they know it if they aren’t going to read studies on how dangerous it is. Not many people have the time‚ or want to make time‚ to read a study. It is
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What is a documentary? A documentary is a broad term to describe a movie that in some way “documents” or captures reality. Documentaries are often used to reveal a usual‚ interesting or unknown angle. Purpose of documentary: - Documentaries concentrate upon actual evidence. - Documentaries film real people‚ real life events and also explain historical events and scientific discoveries. - The documentary presenter often acts as a representative for the public. - The documentary puts forward
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How to Write a Documentary Film Analysis Documentaries are useful as research sources. They are also used quite frequently as supplemental learning tools in the classroom. A common writing assignment is a critical review or analysis of films. A good review will explain how the film has enhanced the learning experience‚ but it should also provide an account of your personal response. There are several standard components of a review: Step 1 Give details of the documentary • Title of the film
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Documentary Analysis - The World before Her The documentary movie by Nisha Pahuja takes the audience into the two distinct yet familiar lives of two young girls‚ Ruhi and Prachi‚ they are struggling in the modern world and both are fighting for their equality as Indian women. Ruhi seeks fame and freedom by entering a beauty contest‚ where Prachi supports her religion and tradition by attending a Hindu extremist camp. The intention of this film is to bring awareness of
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Matthew Foster Intro to Documentary Film Midterm Paper What Is Documentary Film? I once heard a quote from an unknown man who said‚ "Words are only words until you invest some meaning into them." I didn ’t fully comprehend what he meant by this statement. Surely every word has its own definition‚ giving it some type of meaning. So why would they being meaningless without me? Not until I entered this class and focused on documentary film did I re evaluate this statement. What the man meant
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the sport. For example‚ documentaries and short films such as Jump Britain and Jump London‚ as well as My Playground have been released to give the public a new insight into the world of parkour. Reality series like Ultimate Parkour Challenge and Jump City: Seattle‚ display varieties of movements involved in freerunning‚ allowing the public to see parkour as an art form as well. However‚ parkour has not gained the recognition it deserves as a sport. The few documentaries and short films on freerunning
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Documentary is the creative interpretation of reality according to British film maker John Grierson. Reality in its natural form is too complex to be re-created and therefore documentaries offer a particular version of reality. The creators own personal values‚ attitudes and judgments influence this reconstructed form of reality and use symbolic‚ written‚ technical and audio codes to help persuade it’s audience to accept their version. This occurred in the documentary Born into Brothels’ directed
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The documentary genre has changed over time. Changes in society have had an impact on the change. There are large commercialist pressures for documentary to become more entertaining and engaging to capture a wider cinema going audience. Documentary has become increasingly popular. Documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore have been given numerous awards and were widely popular at the box office. The Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts
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coverage regarding genders. The person conducting the interview plays into how the interviewee speaks. Research shows how the certain questions and verbal manors of the interviewer can effect the person being interviewed. In Miss Representation‚ a documentary directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom‚ the difference in interview questions and media coverage between men and woman are shown to be demising toward woman. Men are questioned more on their career and accomplishments‚ while woman are questioned on
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BIS 313B Documentary Forms Sp13 4/12/13 HANDOUT II (20 pts) NAME_________________________________________________________ 1. How does Aufderheide define a documentary? 2. What are some early terms used to describe non-fiction documentary films? 3. Why does Aufderheide think documentaries matter? 4. Why do we care about truth and the Public? 5. What is the role of documentaries in our democracy? 6. What does Aufderheide mean when she says there is a “tension between
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