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GEM 2005/ HY2243
FILM AND HISTORY
Feedback on Project 1
Double Tick - You’re a John Lennon (outstanding)
You displayed both Breadth and Depth in understanding the issues involved (just like Anthology and Backbeat did)
Your comparisons of the two films was very well done.
Tick Plus - You’re a Stu Sutcliffe (Special in his/her own way)
You dealt with the issue of the subjectivity of Truth.
You displayed knowledge and
understanding of the different film genres; documentary and drama, and the
techniques used to convince the audience
Tick - You’re a Paul McCartney (Arguably the most popular Beatle )
You went a step further than a tick minus by explaining the significance of the use of dramatization. For example, you argued that the emotions of the Beatles could not be conveyed by, or were omitted from, Anthology.
Some comparisons were made
Tick Minus - You’re a Pete Best
Descriptive : Anthology is a documentary with video clips, interviews, b/w footages etc.
Backbeat is a dramatic film, a love story.
Little comparison made between films.
General Comments
Answer the Question
Take a stand
Define your terms. For Example: Real, “Live” footage as opposed to “reel” Life actors etc.
Define “truthful” –historically accurate?
Just because a film is a documentary does not mean it is truthful. Reread Rosenstone to see if you can understand what he has to say about documentaries.
Save your word count, no need to footnote.
There seemed to be some answers that pointed to Backbeat as the more truthful, but more so because it was merely counter-intuitive, the less obvious answer. The reasons given for this were not well argued, citing length of film, the time period the movie covered, etc. This is not a trick question, you just need to give better reasons for why you thought what you thought.
Many went to their dictionaries to find out the meanings of words such as "truth" and "documentary" (among others), which is great. However, some seemed to rely on these definitions and go with the first one they found in the dictionary. The point of this project is precisely to make you question the definitions and implied meanings of words like "truth," and "documentary."
Many cited reasons for their choice based on their assumptions of what they think was important to the Beatles' before 1962 vs. what they think was not important, by default arguing that some things are clearly more/less important. However, those assumptions seemed rarely questioned; can we see that it is those very assumptions that could be the basis of different "truth's"?
nüü 12 (2.6%) grade = 80%