“Documentary film pra_____ is an a____a in which things c______” (N______ – 20__)

Entrance Activity

YOU MUST fill in the gaps and THEN explain WHERE the defining example is presented to the spectator.

Extension – YOU COULD talk about what Firefighter James Hanlon described the documentary to be.

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Entrance Activity

List as many conventions OR features in this Documentary that would constitute HOW the documentary could be perceived to be Fiction and NOT Non-Ficiton.

Entrance Activity

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Title:

9/11 – Overview and Review

Monday 23rd February 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.• YOU WILL develop your

understanding of the Observational Mode of Documentary and the issues surrounding this mode.

• Investigate HOW some of the key scenes interact with the spectator and provide them with some challenges that are commonly associated to the genre.

• Review the learning.

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.

FM4 – Section BEXAM BOARD EXPECTATIONS

FM4 – Section B

‘9/11’ (2002 – Jules & Gedeon Naudet)• “The accidental documentary”• 2 French Brothers filming a ‘Probie’ (Rookie) firefighter Tony Benetatos• September 11th 2001 – The shift in the focus of the documentary changed.

"They always say there is always a witness for history. I guess that day, we were chosen to be the witness."

- Jules Naudet

Observational Mode of Documentary

YOU MUST list as many features as possible associated to this mode of documentary.

“We were chosen to be that witness” “Didn't’t mean to make a

documentary about 9/11”

Task 1) – 6 minutes

YOU MUST write a paragraph (PEA) about YOUR experience(s) of interacting with this documentary.

YOU SHOULD refer to your A3 Analysis sheet and hand-out for further guidance.

FEEDBACK

Task 2) – 10 minutes

Using the handout provided, YOU MUST analyse x2 scenes of your choice from the text and establish HOW they interact with the spectator – for example:

•A scene with a Voice of God commentary.•A scene where one of the social actors addresses the viewer directly•A scene where there is a strong, emotional engagement with the subject matter.

• Investigate HOW some of the key scenes interact with the spectator and provide them with some challenges that are commonly associated to the genre.

FEEDBACK

John Grierson defined documentary as the ‘creative treatment of actuality’.

WHAT are some of the key issues raised by this definition for spectators of this documentary?

YOU MUST write a PEA Paragraph For or Against this statement.YOU SHOULD use the resources you have been given and refer to the resources on the Blog Page to help develop your argument.

Task 3) – 6 minutes

FEEDBACK

What have you learnt?

•Observational Mode of Documentary and the issues surrounding this mode.

In 60 seconds, summarise some of the issues surrounding the Observational mode of documentary filmmaking.

HomeworkAO4

Observational Mode – the recording of events as they happen through an unobtrusive camera.

Find x2 examples from the documentary – ONE FOR – ONE AGAINST – This Observational Mode convention

Due: Next Lesson – Tuesday 24th February