Good Morning and Welcome Back! Today we are going to officially start (one way or another) our video unit. This video unit is all about documentary film making. That raises the question, what is a documentary film? We will have a number of discussions around this but ultimately documentary films are made by people who are passionate about the issues they cover, who love the idea of expressing opinions as well as facts about their topic, who make films to try to persuade people to take a particular position on an issue or to inspire people to a particular action, who want to tell a story about a unique person or event, and/or who want to use film as an art form to explore a particular subject, issue, person, or event.
Today we are going to take a moment to preview a series of short commercials that represent a documentary style of film making. As you watch these, think about who is the subject of the film, who is telling the story, how the story is told, whether there an attempt to persuade you and whether factual claims were made in the video.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ztKqzrwp4 – Whale Rescue
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvfj1WwFNH8 – dog recue
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYvQd4Fo7KY – misc
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRtPDHtlf_A – hockey
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7nFz44bIGg – woman crossing street
After looking at and discussing this we are going to actually take a moment to write up a short story of our own following the theme of #bestmedicine. What I am looking for is for you to discuss what you feel like the best medicine is for you to de-stress, relax, be happy, etc. If you want to check out some ideas ... check out https://hellohumankindness.org/ or even a specific article like this one: https://hellohumankindness.org/story/the-power-of-time-off-why-vacations-are-essential/ which is a perfect example of a solid foundation for a documentary video.
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