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Part 1 – Written analysis and reflection on two documentaries:
Watch the two documentaries below, paying attention to how the filmmakers utilize image, text, and sound, as well as the main points of the story. Complete the following for each documentary
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Analysis (500-1,000 words):
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- Outline each of the documentaries and briefly analyze each plot point (50-100 words for each plot point). Use the outlines below as a guide to help you:
- Exposition/introduction: Include the main characters, the setting (whats the story going to be about, when, and where), and the conflict thats introduced.
- Rising Action: The conflict has propelled the plot forward. Who does the conflict affect and how? Whats at stake?
- Climax: What is the highest point of tension?
- Falling action: How did the conflict get resolved? Whats happened since?
- Denouement: Whats the takeaway? What was it all about?
- In your analysis of the plot points, ensure that you include the following:
- How image, text, and sound are utilized.
- The approximate timestamp where each section ends as you analyze each plot point.
- Outline each of the documentaries and briefly analyze each plot point (50-100 words for each plot point). Use the outlines below as a guide to help you:
- Reflection (150-300 words): Conclude your analysis with a reflection on at least three things you learned from these two films regarding the use of text, image, and sound that you could use in your mini documentary.
Part 2: Presentation on how the film conveys a message:
- Read these two reviews of the documentaries, keeping in mind that they were written for different audiences.
- is for a general audience who would watch the Cash documentary for entertainment,
- Whereas
- appears in the leading journal in musicology and is thus aimed at scholars. Both reviews address image, text, and sound.
- Choose one scene from each film that illustrates a main point from each article, and create a narrated, screencast presentation on two scenes that address how image, text, and sound combine to convey a message in each of those two scenes.
- Your presentation should include a title and conclusion slide.
- You can address each scene separately (i.e., first one then the other), or you can take a comparative approach, whichever works best for you.
- Include screenshots and clips from the two scenes youre discussing.
- Note: You may find some of
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- Your final video submission should be between 3 and 5 minutes in length, and your presentation should be 6-8 slides in length (not including the title slide).
