Eng 3UISkills #4, #5: Scripting & Reviewing Films
Eng 3UI Skills #4, #5: Scripting & Reviewing Films
“Girlhood”
Introduction
Documentaries are often said to reveal the truth about an issue, person, or organization, yet many of them are best watched with a critical eye. Girlhood by Liz Gargan follows two teenage girls in a Maryland Detention Center. Both teens have been incarcerated for killing another person.
Purpose:
to watch a non-fiction film and script its content
to make inferences based on two direct quotations
to identify two themes
to critically review the film using several strategies
to write an introduction to an essay that would review the film
to plan one body paragraph, including several sources having used a lateral thinking approach
Background and Cast
Shanae Owens and Megan Jensen are observed for almost three years, starting with their time in the Waxter Juvenile Detention Center, just outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Shanae is 14 and has served two years at Waxter for the murder of her friend, a crime she committed when she as only 12 years old. Megan is 16 and is in Waxter for Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
Shanae Owens Antoinette and Kevin Owens (Parents)
Megan Jensen
Mr. Godsey Miss Massey Dr. Curley (Prison Staff)
Skill #4 Scripting Non-Fiction Films
You need to take scene by scene notes, which denote the character and setting in the left margin, and details, including screen notes, events, visuals, quotations on the right side.
Introduction denote sponsors, production companies; they can reveal purpose , source funding, or even political affiliations
denote the opening scenes-images or statements; they often reveal the theme
Scenes:
Setting/Character: Details -describe what happens
Details -mention significant quotations
Details -mention screen notes
Details-denote editing choices and techniques
Setting/Character: Details
Details
Details
End Credits denotes producers, sponsors, archives, sources and collaborators; these again provide clues about the purpose, political affiliations, limitations
Submit for evaluation
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.