Evaluation Criteria:
Write a clear, organized, and coherent text of approximately 500-600 words.
Your analysis and interpretation of the film content should show familiarity with the whole film, as well as an ability to engage in detail with a specific part of the film and integrate cinematographic scale (brief explanation).
It is essential that you synthesize in what ways this documentary serves as a vehicle for historical knowledge.
When referring to the film content, you may refer to situations and information learned through the film, but you should also incorporate what you have learned about documentary film.
When referring to aspects of film form, it is important to use the correct terminology, and to offer a very detailed description.
Note taking:
As preparation for writing, you will need to watch the film more than once, and take notes as you watch it. Try to answer these questions:
On first viewing:
-Where does the film take place?
-Who are the people who are given a voice?
-What did you learn through this documentary?
-What are the time frames in which the different events documented occur? -Why is it a documentary and not a narrative film?
On second viewing:
-Select a significant moment or scene in the documentary that engages directly with historically useful information
-Which elements of film form help convey this information in a powerful way?
