Documentary film techniques

Video Assignment: “The Merchants of Cool” Assignment What do these quotes mean? The comments from the video “The Merchants of Cool” summarize many of the important ideas expressed in the video. In your answers, include AT LEAST 2 sentences: one sentence that explains the quote and another sentence that expresses your opinion about the concept. 1) "The paradox of ‘cool hunting’ is that it kills what it finds." -Douglas Rushkoff • According to Douglas in the video the…

The film F is for Fake (Orson Welles, 1973) is a masterpiece that creates its own genre as a documentary essay. The films subject of fakery lies in the precincts of art forgery, charlatanism “magicianship”, the idea of authorships, and experts. The opening of the film, which displayed Welles doing a magic trick suitably set the theme of imitation, and if the audience didn’t catch on Welles even introduced the film as one of trickery. F is for Fake was birthed collectively out the many different…

Making a Murderer is a documentary series of a person who was wrongly convicted of a murderer that happed eleven years ago in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The documentary was released by Netflix in the United States on December 18, 2015. The film location is in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Moira Demos are an American filmmaker, editor, and producer (IMDB). Laura Ricciardi was a lawyer before working in the film industry (IMDB). They both rose to fame for their documentary and it took ten years…

In the podcast “Human Spectacle 2015”, This American Life takes their listeners into the lives of two individuals who believe or are unaware that all eyes are on them. The host and executive producer, Ira Glass, incorporates clips of either an interview or television, different voices, and mood music into this episode. Through the use of these elements, Ira Glass creates a setting of disbelief and suspense that invokes an exciting element to a non-fictional piece. The prologue of this podcast…

Armadillo, (Mentz, 2010) is a Danish documentary that follows a platoon of soldiers as they complete a tour of duty in Afghanistan. The filmmaker follows the men and observes each personally as the war progresses. This is done through the use of camera work, graphics, editing and sound. Mentz (2010) structures the story of the documentary chronologically. This is shown by onscreen text. He begins by filming the solders preparing, their final goodbye to loved ones, time at the camp, challenges…

“The Veldt” is a short and twisting story written in 1950 by Ray Bradbury about the Hadley family who lives in a futuristic world that ends up “ruining human relationships and destroying the minds of children” (Hart). The house they live in is no ordinary home, Bradbury was very creative and optimistic when predicting future technology in homes. This house does everything for the residence including tying shoes, making food, and even rocking them to sleep. The favourite room of the children,…

In part one, chapter six of The Stranger, Camus utilizes a multitude of literary devices in hopes of describing and explaining Meursault’s killing of the Arab. Although Camus employs the use of a plethora of literary techniques, some of the most conspicuous include those of foreshadowing, imagery, and intricate diction. In the final chapter of part one, Camus makes use of various literary devices to present the notion that Meursault’s needless murder of the Arab lacks a rational explanation,…

Unfortunate Luck The odds of winning the lottery are about 1 in 176 million. Most people understand the improbable reality of winning, yet there are those who continue to cling to their slim-to-none chances with the hope of being the lucky winner (creative verb: cling). In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” a small village, with a population of 300 people, endures an annual lottery (diverse syntax). The chances of being the lucky winner are highly favorable with the odds being 1 in 300. Despite…

readers looking forward to good prevailing over evil yet never lets them possess their meant ending as most stories do which is what provides this account its challenging draw. In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor works by using literary techniques including conflicts, foreshadowing, images, simile, and irony to make eccentric characters and a twisted plot. In “A Good Is Man Hard to Find” there are a few eccentric characters that will be in continual conflict. The grandmother, as…

In the short stories, Boys and Girls by, Alice Munro and The Birth Mark by Nathaniel Hawthorne, each author has shown similarities of two young women who seem to change their appearance or personality to conform to the desires of strong male figures in their lives. Both authors use their talent in literature to express their societal views and the role women were expected to play in that time period. It was important that authors could use their talent of writing to express their own societal…