History - Primary Scource Analysis

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Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet

B. What do you think you will see in this motion picture? List Three concepts or ideas that you might expect to see based on the title of the film. List some people you might expect to see based on the title of the film.

Title of Film:

Record Group Source:

A. Type of motion picture (check where applicable):

Step 1. Pre-viewing

Step 2. Viewing

B.

C.

A.

Physical qualities of the motion picture (check where applicable):

Music

Narration

Special effects

Color

Live action

Step 3. Post-viewing (or repeated viewing)

B.

C.

Concepts/Ideas People

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2.

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3. 3. 2.

Animated Cartoon

Documentary Film

Newsreel

Propaganda Film

Theatrical short subject

Training film

Combat film

Other

Background noise

Animation

Dramatizations

Note how camera angles, lighting, music, narration, and/or editing contribute to creating an atmosphere in this film. What is the mood or tone of the film?

Circle the things that you listed in the previewing activity that were validated by your viewing of the motion picture.

What is the central message(s) of this motion picture?

Consider the effectiveness of the film in communicating its message. As a tool of communication, what are its strengths and weaknesses?

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Washington, DC 20408

D.

E.

F.

How do you think the filmmakers wanted the audience to respond?

Does this film appeal to the viewer's reason or emotion? How does it make you feel?

Write a question to the filmmaker that is left unanswered by the motion picture.

What information do you gain about this event that would not be conveyed by a written source? Be specific.

G.

H.

1.

List two things this motion picture tells you about life in the United States at the time it was made:

2.

A.

Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet

B.

What do you think you will see in this motion picture? List Three concepts or ideas that you might expect to see based on the title of the film. List some people you might expect to see based on the title of the film.

 

A.

Type of motion picture (check where applicable):

Step 1. Pre-viewing

Step 2. Viewing

B.

C.

A.

Physical qualities of the motion picture (check where applicable):

Step 3. Post-viewing (or repeated viewing)

B.

C.

Concepts/Ideas

People

Designed and developed by the

Education Staff, National Archives and Records Administration,

Washington, DC 20408

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

List two things this motion picture tells you about life in the United States at the time it was made:

Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet