When comparing the two documentaries on O.J. Simpson‚ there was not much similarity. Each documentary focused on the basic evidence of the Simpson case‚ and that is where most of the similarity ends. The parts of the ESPN documentary watched‚ were heavily focused on the trial of the Simpson case. ESPN framed the documentary to be about race and whether or not O.J. Simpson was framed of murder. The ESPN documentary was heavily narrated by friends‚ colleagues‚ lawyers or writers‚ during the time that
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Period________ Documentary Film Analysis Worksheet Step 1. Pre-viewing Title of Film: Date Released Principle filmmaker(s) Why did you select this particular film for this assignment? What do you think you will see in this motion picture? List three concepts or ideas that you might expect to see based on the title of the film or what you already know about this film. Concepts/Ideas 1. 2. 3. Step 2. Viewing Type of documentary (check
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RELATED FILM To further strength this study the researchers reviewed some films having relation to the present and these are as follows. “Harana” a documentary film directed by Benito Bautista. Featuring‚ Florante Aguilar‚ Celestino Aniel‚ Romeo Bergunio and Felipe Alonzo. Florante‚ a classically trained guitarist return to the Philippines after 12 years of absence. During his stay he rediscover the music of harana. A long forgotten tradition of Filipino serenading a woman their love. In
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American Story: Tent City USA is a documentary about the homeless in Lakewood New Jersey. The purpose of this documentary is to help make people aware of the conditions some Americans live in due to the unbalanced system. The intended audience is anyone who might not know of how hard it is to survive in the United States. It brought to light that anyone can be affected and forced to be homeless such as artists‚ veterans‚ and ministers. Anyone and everyone is accepted into their community with one
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Documentaries are a powerful way of informing an audience about a particular person‚ place or issue within society. This film style is very popular with filmmakers for when they want to tell a person or place’s story like in The OASIS and the work of Captain Paul Moulds; a volunteer for The Salvation Army and manager of Sydney’s OASIS refuge. The Australian film is a full length documentary filmed over two years that provides a realistic observation of Paul’s efforts and the challenging lives of
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Nanook of the North‚ is considered the first feature-length documentary film‚ but there are many constructed/re-enactments through out it. The movie informed the viewers on how the Eskimos lived during the 1920’s. Robert Flaherty‚ the director‚ followed a family in Northern Canada and documented their daily activities. However many scenes seem to have been retaken in order to get a different shot of the subject. Flaherty could have been unsatisfied with his first shot and so he would have the
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Hannah Cristofano Period 2 CIHS Rhetoric 2/26/15 Generation Like Documentary The documentary entitled Generation Like tries to convince the audience that all teenagers are obsessed with social media and are sucked in to the depths of multiple forms of social media. Throughout the documentary the narrator‚ Douglas Rushkoff explores the many kinds of social media and how they influence the lives of teens all around the country. He portrays kids to be obsessed with social media and almost makes
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Documentary Film Techniques Ambient Sound This is sound that is present‚ or available‚ in the context of the scene being filmed. It may consist of the background sounds such as traffic‚ birds‚ wind‚ children playing‚ machines working etc. Archival footage Use of direct cinema or other documentary footage or photographs from the past in order to review events that took place in the past or provide some perspective on events from the past. Bird’s eye view A shot in which the camera photographs a
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The story in the documentary “The Cove” had a very strong and heartfelt story. It touches on how there are more dolphin’s killed during dolphin hunting season than there are whales killed in the Antarctic. The dolphins are lured into a cove in the National Park at Taiji‚ Wakayama and killed by dolphin hunters by spears over the side of their boats and nets. This documentary fell under the category of a social documentary in my eyes. The anti-dolphin hunters are trying to make the people of Japan
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Assimilation is not as conspicuous throughout the documentary‚ but power conflict is very distinct. Historians discuss the gruesome time in a way that shows precisely how power conflict is transpired. Power conflict theory is defined as the racial and ethnic theories that accent persistent and great inequalities and conflicts over the power and resources distribution associated with racial and ethnic subordination in a society (Feagin‚ Feagin 2011). In this documentary‚ it is discussed as such: whites had all
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