Content, Rhetoric, Structure From: Fox, Broderick. Documentary Media : History, Theory, Practice, Routledge, 2017. Topic: What is the subject matter and why have you chosen it? • What is the driving question you are seeking to answer? • What other media has been produced on the topic? (In your treatment, • you will have to acknowledge such works and why your project is different or how it builds on or refutes such works.) World and Scope: What is the world of your project (a household, a specific • organization, a neighborhood, a country)? What is the time span covered by your documentary (the duration of an • event, a season, a life)? How big of a window onto this topic do you plan on opening? Do you plan to • profile a single perspective, compare multiple views, capture a cultural moment, tell an expansive history? Story and Theme: Are you using narrative to convey your content? If so, what is your story? • What is your How does your focus • project’s underlying theme? project’s reflect larger social, historical or humanistic questions?
Content, Rhetoric, Structure From: Fox, Broderick. Documentary Media : History, Theory, Practice, Routledge, 2017. Topic: • What is the subject matter and why have you chosen it? • What is the driving question you are seeking to answer? • What other media has been produced on the topic? (In your treatment, you will have to acknowledge such works and why your project is different or how it builds on or refutes such works.) World and Scope: • What is the world of your project (a household, a specific organization, a neighborhood, a country)? • What is the time span covered by your documentary (the duration of an event, a season, a life)? • How big of a window onto this topic do you plan on opening? Do you plan to profile a single perspective, compare multiple views, capture a cultural moment, tell an expansive history? Story and Theme: • Are you using narrative to convey your content? If so, what is your story? • What is your project’s underlying theme? How does your project’s focus reflect larger social, historical or humanistic questions?
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