Initially‚ when beginning research on the Canadian Documentary as a national trend one may focus on the characteristics and themes that set this trend apart from others. As that information is very valuable in this deeper analysis of a film trend‚ it is important to take a step back and acknowledge that this trend must have had to start somewhere and that somewhere is someone‚ named John Grierson. His importance to the creation of Canadian documentary film proves to be extremely critical and essential
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Name: Ossama El Garhy ID: 900113710 Section: 19 Date: 1/11/2011 “The Art of Jihad” Documentaries have a huge impact on one’s thoughts and beliefs. The Art of Jihad is one of the most interesting documentaries I have ever seen. It is about three American artists discussing the stereotypes about Islam especially in USA‚ and how they try to reveal the actual meaning of Islam through their works. Non-Muslim people‚ especially non-Arabs‚ do not know the real meaning of Islam. These people always
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Do UK Reality TV Documentaries have any Anthropological Credentials? Introduction Nanook of the North (1922) by Robert J Flaherty portrays the life of an Inuit family living in the Canadian Arctic and is widely regarded as the first of the then new genre‚ documentary cinema. At the time the piece was praised for its innovative yet entertaining value and set a new president for non fiction cinema. As one journalist then expressed ‘Here was drama‚ rendered far more vital than any trumpedup drama could ever be by the fact that it was all
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The film Catfish‚ directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost‚ changes our understanding of the truth about the media. After watching the film Catfish‚ the audience questions if the composers are controlling the truth about the media or showing what really happened. It is questionable that the directors would be able to record scenes that were significant enough to use in the documentary. Lastly‚ the responders are considered if the composers include and exclude different scenes in the media. The
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Night and Fog/Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1945 “Humanity Lost” Night and Fog (by Alain Resnais) and Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1945 (by Erik Barnouw) are two very different documentaries with two very similar messages. Though the task of viewing these films was quite difficult‚ both films conveyed a very strong message‚ the aftermath of human destruction. Resnais and Barnouw showed us the horrible capabilities of human beings at their worst and the result when humanity and morality is no longer
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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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Documentary Film Analysis Worksheet History 221 – African American History Before 1877 Instructions: You will find the list of films you can choose from in the Assignment tab. Go to the list and pick your film. You must view the entire film. If you can’t access films because of deployment‚ geographic location‚ or other reasons‚ please let your instructor know so they can give you an alternate assignment. Please type you answers into this sheet. You must submit the worksheet by uploading the
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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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things better than us‚ through juvenalian satire‚ card stacking‚ and pathos. Michael Moore through his movie creates a satirical tone as many aspects of the movie are meant to point out the faults in America through European superiority. The documentary starts out with Moore being summoned to the Pentagon because every branch of the military “doesn’t know what the f--- we are doing…” This makes the movie more effective because the audience is liberal millennials and most of them have grown up in
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events‚ a film is bound to display the unique moments captured by the camera. To miss out on certain occurrences‚ due to technical issues linked with the use of a camera‚ reduces the possibility of being objective through film‚ as all aspects of social reality may not be presented. In order to address this problem‚ certain producers have distorted reality‚ thus not creating a simple account of fieldwork experience. Particularly‚ Nanook of the North‚ now considered as the first staged documentary‚ is not
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