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SECTION B – SPECTATORSHIP ISSUES
Exam question Exam question
Exemplar examinations questions
» Introduction - what is a documentary. Revise a definition. What are you going to write about.
» Discuss your answer with reference to at least two documentaries. Include director and year.
» Discuss in depth with reference to scenes, codes and conventions, types, technology.
» Compare and contrast, different historical times, different directors work, same subject matter different times. Consider context.
» Introduction - what is a documentary. Revise a definition. What are you going to write about.
» Discuss your answer with reference to at least two documentaries. Include director and year.
» Discuss in depth with reference to scenes, codes and conventions, types, technology.
» Compare and contrast, different historical times, different directors work, same subject matter different times. Consider context.
The contemporary resurgence of documentary
Why…
» Buena Vista Social club had viewers queuing whilst There’s Something about Mary had 3 people in.
» Filmmakers began to view documentary with cinema in mind!
» Touching the Void & One Day in September both were grand scale films using cinematic devices the latter had Michael Douglas narrating!
» Buena Vista Social club had viewers queuing whilst There’s Something about Mary had 3 people in.
» Filmmakers began to view documentary with cinema in mind!
» Touching the Void & One Day in September both were grand scale films using cinematic devices the latter had Michael Douglas narrating!
Morgan Spurlock and Michael Moore
» Michael Moore mixed styles, had a modern pace, structure and energy that set them apart from their predecessors
» Super Size Me -Its effects were wide reaching - and forced a drop in worldwide profits for MacDonalds
» Subsequently recreated the 30 days doc genre
» Michael Moore mixed styles, had a modern pace, structure and energy that set them apart from their predecessors
» Super Size Me -Its effects were wide reaching - and forced a drop in worldwide profits for MacDonalds
» Subsequently recreated the 30 days doc genre
Technology
» Has had an massive impact on all the documentaries we have watched!
» And in turn the reality they have shown us!
» Worksheet activity
» Has had an massive impact on all the documentaries we have watched!
» And in turn the reality they have shown us!
» Worksheet activity
» Both Moore and Spurlock success have helped bring attention to the documentary exhibition, the internet where countless sites now offer downloadable documentaries
» Made using modern consumer products all can make documentaries - nobody limited to create
» Documentary is now fashionable!
» Both Moore and Spurlock success have helped bring attention to the documentary exhibition, the internet where countless sites now offer downloadable documentaries
» Made using modern consumer products all can make documentaries - nobody limited to create
» Documentary is now fashionable!