The Documentary

Reaction Paper-The Line The Line is a documentary about poverty in America. I really enjoyed The Line because it touched on many of the reasons people live in poverty on a personal level. Each person interviewed came from different socio-economic backgrounds, had different levels of education and lived in both rural and urban areas. When poverty is talked about we tend to focus on people of color and specific urban areas in America. We ignore the fact that mostly white rural areas have…

Choosing Death Often times documentaries are made in a slow pace and give information away too quickly. At the mere mention of the word documentary many people change the channel and fall into a pit of boredom. Eyes gloss over and documentaries fail to properly entertain an audience long enough to deliver any message. However this documentary How to Die in Oregon does a good job of making the slow pace enhance the story rather than hinder it. The documentary also more accurately depicts what…

connect on a mental aspect to build and grow. And the LEGO Brickumentary strongly stresses that LEGO bricks are not just something for children, but for anyone across the board. The LEGO documentary uses ethos, logos, and pathos to tie in the importance of LEGOs in our community across the world. First, the documentary uses ethos to show that LEGO has been a source that has drawn communities together. LEGO has always been a company that accepts everyone, no matter…

With documentaries, there are usually 100% true to the audience. But if you think about it, it’s not really true. If you think about any other genre that is in the film industry, why would you accept them to be genuine? There is always a dilemma when it comes down to documentaries to be considered not truthful or not due to parts from documentaries to be actual documentaries. This is why now a day that Nanook of the North has a lot of criticism that can be harsh. Sometimes we believe that…

Air force one documentary First of all, I picked a documentary call “Air force one”. Air force one is named of a planes, and this aircraft is only served one person that is the president of the United States. Other than commercial airline, Air force one have to get ready all the time to take the president anywhere around the world that he wants to go. Sometimes Air force one have to facing many problems, such as bad weather and dangers air space. The main points of the documentary were showed…

Documentaries are well-known for appealing to the audience’s emotions. In the 2014 Frontline documentary of the Ebola outbreak, awareness of the devastation and severity of the Ebola virus are brought to the surface. The disease has ravaged the country of Sierra Leone and surrounding territories like Guinea. Community helpers, volunteers, and organizations such as Doctors without Borders came together to service those in need of aid. Unfortunately, the efforts of the doctors and helpers seem…

'Among Us' is an Australian documentary developed in 2013 featuring Indigenous Australians that experienced being apart of 'The Stolen Generation'. Documentaries like 'Among Us' empower Indigenous Australians when they are identified as a respected and valuable race. The 2013 'Among Us' documentary portrays the Australian Indigenous race positively by highlighting their resilience, perseverance and mercy. The documentary 'Among Us' portrays the Australian Indigenous people as undeniably…

I watched the Founding Fathers documentary, episode 3. The subject of this film is the founding fathers such as, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, and John Adams and how they all became ‘founding fathers’ of the United States. The film begins by discussing Thomas Jefferson and how much he cared about dependence, how he contributed to getting independence, his actions, and his more personal ways of life. The documentary eventually transitions into discussing…

Watching this love life documentary that was made on campus featuring real students was very emotional and could easily put you in your feelings. The use of pathos helped the viewers understand the documentary easily and guide you towards feeling what they feel. Interviewing a couple on campus was very helpful as a viewer because they told us a little about their relationship. All relationships are different and this document showed that. The mood of this video was deep and you could…

Documentaries make us think I believe that documentaries make you think a specific way about a certain topic, for instance. Bowling for Columbine draws your eye to one specific topic throughout the 2 hour documentary which is the gun control in America, how easy it is to get your hands on a gun and the Columbine High school massacre in 1999. Documentaries allow you to reflect on an issue within your society and engage with the world. Documentaries help you to see the bigger picture on an issue.…