Media Analysis: New Immigrants Share Their Stories Student EBook Page 72 AS YOU VIEW The documentary you are about to view includes interviews and video diaries. An interview is a conversation or dialogue in which one person, the interviewer, asks specific questions of another person, the interviewee. A video diary is a video recording that shares a subject's personal views and on-the-spot reactions over a period of time. In these video diaries, the individual featured narrates his or her own diary. SETTING A PURPOSE Through letter writing, video diaries, and interviews, the English learners from Newcomers tell their personal immigration stories with support and encouragement from their St. Luke's "buddies." Together the students hope to change stereotyped ideas about immigrants, highlight their reasons for coming to America, and share their goals and dreams for the future. The documentary New Immigrants Share Their Stories chronicles the students' project. As you view the film, pay attention to the interviews between the immigrant students and their "buddies." Listen to the questions asked and the answers given. Also watch the facial expressions and gestures of the individuals. Think about what you learn about the two groups from these conversations. Write down any questions you have as you view. Analyze Media New Immigrants Share Their Stories is a documentary, a nonfiction film that presents, or documents, information about people or events. A documentary's purpose is the intent for which it is made: to inform, entertain, persuade, or express the feelings or opinions of the documentarian. Documentary filmmakers use visual and sound techniques to present information in a way that meets their purpose and appeals to viewers. These techniques can include: Voice-over - the voice of an unseen commentator or narrator. The • narrator explains or clarifies images or scenes shown on film and provides important new information. New Immigrants Share Their Stories uses several narrators, including an unidentified commentator and the teachers. In the video diaries, the students themselves are the narrators. Stills - images that are motionless, such as illustrations or photographs. • Documentaries are composed mainly of moving images but often include stills. The students' video diaries include photographs from their years growing up in other countries.
Media Analysis: New Immigrants Share Their Stories Student EBook Page 72 AS YOU VIEW The documentary you are about to view includes interviews and video diaries. An interview is a conversation or dialogue in which one person, the interviewer, asks specific questions of another person, the interviewee. A video diary is a video recording that shares a subject's personal views and on-the-spot reactions over a period of time. In these video diaries, the individual featured narrates his or her own diary. SETTING A PURPOSE Through letter writing, video diaries, and interviews, the English learners from Newcomers tell their personal immigration stories with support and encouragement from their St. Luke's "buddies." Together the students hope to change stereotyped ideas about immigrants, highlight their reasons for coming to America, and share their goals and dreams for the future. The documentary New Immigrants Share Their Stories chronicles the students' project. As you view the film, pay attention to the interviews between the immigrant students and their "buddies." Listen to the questions asked and the answers given. Also watch the facial expressions and gestures of the individuals. Think about what you learn about the two groups from these conversations. Write down any questions you have as you view. Analyze Media New Immigrants Share Their Stories is a documentary, a nonfiction film that presents, or documents, information about people or events. A documentary's purpose is the intent for which it is made: to inform, entertain, persuade, or express the feelings or opinions of the documentarian. Documentary filmmakers use visual and sound techniques to present information in a way that meets their purpose and appeals to viewers. These techniques can include: • Voice-over - the voice of an unseen commentator or narrator. The narrator explains or clarifies images or scenes shown on film and provides important new information. New Immigrants Share Their Stories uses several narrators, including an unidentified commentator and the teachers. In the video diaries, the students themselves are the narrators. • Stills - images that are motionless, such as illustrations or photographs. Documentaries are composed mainly of moving images but often include stills. The students' video diaries include photographs from their years growing up in other countries.