238 Moving Images: Making Movies, Understanding MediaD. Documentarian Stance- From your answer to the question about “what
pr ovides information” (A2), what are the perspectives
off ered about the topic during the fi lm? Is there any
way to determine the goals of the fi lmmaker from the
presentation of information? Explain. - From the following descriptive terms (from Erik
Barnouw’s book Documentary), what one would you
select for the person (or people) responsible for this
documentary: reporter; prosecutor; promoter; observer;
poet. Explain your choice with examples from the movie.
If you think that two terms are necessary or if you want to
use a similar noun not on this list, do so, but explain your
choice. - From our discussion of the ethical issues oft en faced in
documentary fi lmmaking, do you see evidence of proper
or improper methods or approaches in the fi lmmaking?
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