Today, after our test on our book, we'll start with a little brainstorming:
If we divide cinema into real and fiction, Documentary is the most realistic film style.
Narrative in film, while attempting to be realistic, usually includes camera shots and angles that are most unnatural. Editing also plays an important role in film, as the pacing, the content, and how the film is presented to us and in what order, can influence or manipulate our emotions as viewers. When this happens, we call this formalistic.
Originally, documentary films started off as just "home movies" or simple scenes of ordinary life (without actors or scripts). They were capturing real life on film for the purpose of sharing reality with its audience.
Here's a famous example of one of the first films: The Arrival of a Train (1897)
Filmmakers today use documentary to "document" important social, political, and popular cultural events. An example:
Survivors by Errol Morris
What sort of topics might you come up with if you were going to make a documentary? Make a list of topics that you can think of that would make a good or interesting documentary.
Take some time to discuss this with your small group. Add ideas to your list.
After our class discussions, we will screen the documentary film: Michael Moore's Bowling For Columbine (2002).
HOMEWORK: On your blog or in your journal, please comment about guns in our society or comment about violence in America. Have you or your family been affected? Remember that your blog is a PUBLIC forum.
- What are some key issues in American culture that you feel are relevant or important?
If we divide cinema into real and fiction, Documentary is the most realistic film style.
Narrative in film, while attempting to be realistic, usually includes camera shots and angles that are most unnatural. Editing also plays an important role in film, as the pacing, the content, and how the film is presented to us and in what order, can influence or manipulate our emotions as viewers. When this happens, we call this formalistic.
Originally, documentary films started off as just "home movies" or simple scenes of ordinary life (without actors or scripts). They were capturing real life on film for the purpose of sharing reality with its audience.
Here's a famous example of one of the first films: The Arrival of a Train (1897)
Filmmakers today use documentary to "document" important social, political, and popular cultural events. An example:
Survivors by Errol Morris
What sort of topics might you come up with if you were going to make a documentary? Make a list of topics that you can think of that would make a good or interesting documentary.
Take some time to discuss this with your small group. Add ideas to your list.
After our class discussions, we will screen the documentary film: Michael Moore's Bowling For Columbine (2002).
HOMEWORK: On your blog or in your journal, please comment about guns in our society or comment about violence in America. Have you or your family been affected? Remember that your blog is a PUBLIC forum.
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