What is the main justificationof the documentary filmmaker?

The public’s “right to know”

Why might a film fail to influence an audience to make change?

May not embody the audiences values and attitudes, May not have an appropriate distribution platform to reach their audience, May not have a clearly defined audience

What is a documentary?

A presentation of facts about a subject using real events persons or places

Rhetoric is the practice of using language to persuade or influence others

What is meant by “Discourse”?

The defined framework for talking about something

What is mis-en-scene?

Things that are “put into the shot”

What is a “treatment”

A document that provides a roadmap for filming

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1
What do documentaries use as evidence in their rhetoric, or argument?
Rules, laws and regulations
Camera shots and angles
Human beings
Good intentions
2
Which of these is nota type of technical documentary rhetoric
Re-enactment
Selection and Omission
Theme
Juxtaposition
3
What is the main justificationof the documentary filmmaker?
A creative outlet in which to make money
A way to further a specific political agenda
The public’s “right to know”
A way to change legislation that the filmmaker doesn’t agree with
4
Why might a film fail to influence an audience to make change?
May not embody the audiences values and attitudes
May not have an appropriate distribution platform to reach their audience
May not have a clearly defined audience
May not have a celebrity on board to support their position
5
What is a documentary?
A document that outlines constitutional rights
A presentation of facts about a subject using real events persons or places
A construction of characters within a scripted scene
A story that resolves neatly at the end
6
What is rhetoric?
A way of viewing the world, pioneered by the Greeks
A framework of thinking about social issues
Rhetoric is the practice of using language to persuade or influence others
A question that doesn’t need an answer
7
With regards to documentary, what is the “exposition” ?
A scene that is shot outside
The introduction of a text
line of argument
The behind the scenes crew
8
What is meant by “Discourse”?
A way of existing in the world
A conversation between two or more people
The defined framework for talking about something
Disappointing subjects selected at university
9
What is mis-en-scene?
A modern style of editing
A technical term for the film crew
Broad type of camera angles
Things that are “put into the shot”
10
What is a “treatment”
A document that provides a roadmap for filming
A place where sewerage is processed
A script created after filming is completed
Something assigned to an illness or injury
11
Scripting a documentary usually happens before filming has begun
True
False
12
Documentary genre borrows some of its characteristics from the narrative genre
True
False

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