3.
noun (plural theories)
a supposition or a system of ideas intended
to explain something, especially one based
on general principles independent of the
thing to be explained:Darwin’s theory of
evolution
a set of principles on which the practice of an
activity is based:a theory of education
Soanes,S. & Steventson, A.(2008) Concise Oxford English Dictionary:
11th ed. Rev. Oxford University Press:USA.
4. e.g..
Why we do this and why do we do that.
When did they first start doing this and that.
How has the process of doing this and that
changed.
Who were the first people to do this and that
and what effect did it have.
Why is this better than that and vice versa.
5.
You need to back up theory with facts.
SHOW EVIDENCE
7. What kind of resources would you use for these objectives in a
theoretical essay?
More people are using YouTube now than 5
years ago.
A TV soundtrack is just as important as the
TV programme.
Product placement is part of television and
movie culture in the 21st century.
8.
While you watch.
What is new about this?
How has it developed the genre.
What traditional aspects have been lost.
What traditional aspect have been retained.
What is the purpose of this documentary?
Does it achieve its purpose?
THE FAMILY
9. After you have watched.
Why was this series so popular?
Hypothesise where the documentary genre is
going.
10.
11.
12.
Think of where you can go to back up your
ideas and theories.
Find two resources/citation/quotes to back
up your ideas for next week and bring with
you to the seminar.
You will present them in a 60 second
presentation.
13.
I've always been interested in how to present
something that relates to our reality - which
is not really... I don't even know if
documentary itself does as good a job. It has
its own problems in trying to get at the reality
of the situation.
Gus Van Sant
14.
I've been encouraging documentary
filmmakers to use more and more humor,
and they're loath to do that because they
think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly
serious - it has to be like medicine that
you're supposed to take. And I think it's what
keeps the mass audience from going to
documentaries.
Michael Moore
15.
Television is an invention that permits you to
be entertained in your living room by people
you wouldn't have in your home.
David Frost
16. In the voyeurism of Reality TV, the viewer's
passivity is kept intact, pampered and massaged
and force-fed Chicken McNuggets of carefully
edited snippets that permit him or her to sit in
easy judgment and feel superior at watching
familiar strangers make fools of themselves.
Reality TV looks in only one direction: down.
James Wolcott
17.
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