l14 - l15 - '911' vs. 'super size me
TRANSCRIPT
Entrance Activity
YOU MUST Write down what theories/key terms are associated to the genre that are most effective in presenting “the real”
Homework
Design your own Documentary question and answer it based on ‘Super Size Me’ ONLY! Due: TODAY – Tuesday 10th March
Title:‘9/11’
vs.
‘Super Size Me’
Tuesday 10th March 2015
FM4: Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
Section B Specialist Study 2: Spectatorship Topics – Spectatorship
and Documentary
Why?
Aims & Objectives
• YOU WILL re-cap prior learning.• Develop your understanding of
which modes and/or documentaries (through specific examples) are most effective in presenting “the real”
• Develop your understanding of the issues surrounding this target of presenting “the real”
• Review the learning through Short presentations.
AO1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of film as an audio-visual form of creative expression together and
AO2 Apply knowledge and understanding, including some of the common critical approaches that characterise the subject, when exploring and analysing films.
Dziga Vertov Ideology:
“My mission is the creation of a new perception of the world. Thus I decipher in a new way a World unknown to you”
YOU MUST watch the scene/extract from ‘Super Size Me’ called ‘The Toxic Environment’.
Establish HOW the following is addressed when deconstructing this scene:
•Interviews – WHO are they with? WHAT do they discuss?•Damning facts - WHAT do they establish about the fast food industry?•‘new perception of the world’ (Dziga Vertov) - WHAT IS the perception that Spurlock is trying to create?
Task 1) - 8 minutes
Perception the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted.
FM4 – Section B –
Which documentary techniques are most effective in presenting spectators with ‘the real’? Refer to at least two documentaries you have studied.
techniques • Divide your whiteboard in 2.• List as many techniques as you can
that help present ‘the real’• Extension – YOU COULD apply some
theory from the Section B Page OR refer to the Modes of Documentary.
Task 2) - 5 minutes
techniques
FEEDBACK
Which documentary techniques are most effective in presenting spectators with ‘the real’? Refer to at least two documentaries you have studied.
GROUP TASK
GroupsChrisJoeKeirJordyn
BethConnorJamilla
1. Analyse at least x1 Key Scene from your assigned Documentary.2. Support your argument with Evidence (Sound, Mise-en-scene, Cinematography) from
the text.3. Present your findings – PowerPoint for example – to the rest of the class and ensure
you have evidence to support your analysis4. YOU SHOULD open the Section B Page and establish what Modes/Theories apply to
your argument.
Task 2) - 30 minutes
FEEDBACK
Which documentary techniques are most effective in presenting spectators with ‘the real’? Refer to at least two documentaries you have studied.
What have you learnt?
techniques
What techniques are most effective in presenting ‘the real’ in the other documentary NOT analysed by your group today?