This document discusses how documentaries can manipulate viewers and discusses techniques for analyzing the documentary film Amy. It instructs students to take notes while watching Amy, focusing on film form, meaning and response, context, critical debate around digital technology, and filmmakers' theories. Students will then discuss techniques seen in Amy and their effects in a plenary session.

1. Component
2: Section B
Documentary

2. Starter – Do documentaries tell the
truth?
For Against

3. What might manipulate our response
to a documentary film?
•Techniques/construction
method
•Directors viewpoint
•Our own spectatorship
viewpoint

4. Activity
• During the screening of Amy – do not forget to take
notes on:
• The Core study areas
– Film Form
– Meaning and response
– Context
• Specialist areas
– Critical debate (digital technology)
– Filmmakers theories

5. Plenary
• What techniques have you seen in Amy so far?
• To what effect?