Analyzing Documentaries Film Response Questions
Give a brief summary of the content of the documentaries you watched this week.
Identify the TYPE of documentary represented by “Nanook of the North” and “The Anthropologist” (they may be different). Provide specific evidence from the films that supports your choices.
Focus on Nanook of the North and also refer to the textbook biographical section on Robert Flaherty (he made Nanook of the North) in answering this question on documentary FORM. Aufderheide argues that “the choice of a realistic mode–creating, as it were, the illusion of seen and felt reality through editing, camera angle, and pacing–gave the viewers a vivid impression of having virtually experienced something something genuine” (Page 28). Describe two specific scenes that you believe showed this style of film-making most effectively.
