Documentary: Culminating Task

The National Film Board of Canada is working to get its entire collection digitized and available from their website. They currently have over 500 titles online.

There are documentaries about a bear-proof suit, the rise of the Nazis, Toronto's Regent Park, the oversexualization of culture, obesity, waste in our sewer systems, the Great Lakes, Boxing, University Protests, the Internet, and many more.

Your assignment and culminating task for the Documentary Unit is to visit the National Film Board of Canada website , choose a documentary(click "Explore All Films" and search documentary genre) and complete the following tasks:

Part A: Analyzing the film. Answer each of the following in a short paragraph. Give detailed insight into each question.

1) In two or more sentences explain the subject of your chosen film. (4 marks)

2) What documentary devices are used in this film? Which do you believe are essential to the film? Which could have been improved upon or removed entirely? Explain. (6 marks)

3) What notable moments stand out to you in your chosen film? Why? (4 marks)

4) What issues does your documentary explore? Do you relate to these issues? (4 marks)

5) What did you think of the film overall? Would you recommend that others watch it? What were your favorite/least favorite parts? How could the film have been improved? (6 marks)

6) What is the target demographic of the documentary that you have chosen? Explain your rationale. (4 marks)

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Part B: Beyond the Film: This part asks you to look beyond the film and into the issues that it explores.

1) Find five websites that relate to an issue brought up in your film. How do they explore the issue? Do you think that they do a good job in dealing with the issue at hand? How could they improve their website? (8 marks)

2) Google news search a topic from your documentary. Choose an interesting article. Summarize its content (with details of title, source, date, etc.) and explain how it relates to your film. (8 marks)

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Total Marks /44

This assignment is due on Thursday October 29th