The Documentary

The Presidents: The lives and legacies of the 43 Leaders of the United States is a 364 minutes documentary featuring the insights of lives of the great men that have ruled our country. I got this documentary from John and Judy Gay Public Library, Mckinney. I watched the DVD on my laptop. Due to the course of this class i would be describing this documentary from Rutherford B. Hayes to Clinton. The DVD had 3 discs.Disc 1 has Washington to Monroe,, John Q. Adams to Polk, Taylor to Lincoln, Disc 2…

This documentary "Dreamworlds- Desire, Sex, and Power in music Videos" tries to explain how the popular culture influences contemporary music video and how this is affecting today’s culture. “Dreamworlds” insists that these narratives and cultural attitudes have shaped these music videos into sexualizing women, and filtering the identities of both men and women into “myths” about sexuality and gender. The subject group in these music videos tended to be mostly about women and how they are…

easy for someone to get but hard for someone else. A lot of documentaries attempt to create an impression of and explain a subject that most people are interested in. One of the documentaries I watched that talk about and explain happiness…

encourage, support and promote behaviors of health. The most effective way this documentary did that is by telling the stories of five women who have had different experiences with contracting the HPV virus. The documentary encouraged getting the HPV shot by having the women highlight the negatives that come with getting the vaccine; like how it affects their confidence and their sexual life with men. Furthermore, the documentary shows how HPV effects your loved one. For example,…

The documentary sets the scene by using a narrator and an actress which portrays some of Amys good and tough times. An example of this is when showing Amy in the recording studio they use another actress so the audience feel like she is acting in it. This makes the viewers connect with the documentary as it feels as if Amy was actually in the biography. The sense of frustration throughout this whole biography is evident by the way her closed ones talk about her and the struggles she has faced.…

Undefeated Documentary As we watched this documentary, it made me think about something. Have you ever heard the saying,”If you keep doing good things, good things will come back to you.” Do you believe this quote. I think this is true. My first reason is if you help someone somewhere in the future, someone might help you as well. What I mean is you will need help someday, and if you are nice and helpful to people, they will be helpful to you. This isn’t to just the the mean or ugly people in…

“The Hunger Games” depicts world in which adults serve as game makers pitting teenagers against each other to fight for their survival and Frontline documentary “Generation Like” suggests that the world of social media operates in a similar manner. The Hunger Games story line, shows a super-fan of “The Hunger Games” franchise. This girl explains that she participates in all sorts of Hunger Games related competitions and challenges for “badges” on a hunger games fan website. She is obsessed with…

The purpose of this documentary is to illustrate the severity of racial discrimination against people from Asia in Australia. The main message is to heighten awareness (recognition) to the public about the racism society held towards Asian and hopefully abate prejudice since no media work has been produced on this subject. The intended audience range for this documentary is teenagers and the general public in Western countries, especially, Australia where 10% of the population are from Asia,…

Hartzog: Documentary Pitch 1. This documentary will be about the lives of commuter students and working students at UNO. Commuting to school on a daily basis can be a challenge for some students, especially if they are working at the same time. I will interview a few different students who commute and get their opinions on the matter. We will discuss how long it takes to get to class, if they have ever had a problem getting to class on time, and if the amount they spend on gas is worth it. I…

The documentary ‘Blackfish’ is produced by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and stars Tilikum the orca. It is based around two water parks in the United States of America – Seaworld and Sealand. ‘Blackfish’ is a documentary that tells the true story about an orca’s life in captivity. Several pieces of emotional footages give examples of how the whales are cruelly treated and kept in poor conditions. It asks the question ‘should whales be kept in captivity?’. ‘Blackfish’ works effectively to persuade…