Element #1: Take a look at the two examples and see if you can identify the purpose behind each story. What is the point of view in each? Whose voice do you hear?
The purpose behind the first video is to inform the audience on how to make salt. The point of view is from the person making the salt. The voice you hear are of children. The purpose behind the second video is to inform the audience on how to turn solar power into electricity. Music is heard the majority of the video, but a man's voice can be heard at some points. The scrolling text provides the majority of the information.
Element #2: See if you can find a dramatic question in the examples for this section. Is the question resolved in each movie or are you left without a resolution?
The dramatic question in the first video is "Why are we making Guam ugly?" There is no resolution. The dramatic question in the second video is "The Hawaiians were taught to never waste their food." The solution is a salt water pool.
Element #3: See if you can identify the emotional paradigms behind these stories.
The emotional paradigm in the first video is teen depression. The second video is dealing with the loss of grandparents. The third video is about the abduction of a child, and how not all strangers look like monsters.
Element #4: What impact that the voice plays on the overall effect of the story.
The woman in the first video is answering a questions. You can tell from the tone of her voice and her expressions that she is excited and interested about what she is talking about. In the second video you hear a group of children singing, and a child narrating in a foreign language. Even though I don't know what they are saying, it sounds emotional.
Element #5: What impact does the music have on the emotional content or purpose of the story?
You can hear chanting throughout the video. It adds emotion to the photos.
Element #6: Look at the examples in this section and consider the decisions the authors made about length of clips, types of transitions and sequence of events. Are you able (as a viewer) to fill in the missing pieces? Give an example?
The first video is short. I was able to fill in the missing pieces that Maria got her own room based on the illustration of her in her own bed. The second video is more detailed. We find out that the family turned the basement into a bedroom for Maria. The third video was too long and a little confusing. The story did not flow. They were trying to do too much in one story.
Element #2: See if you can find a dramatic question in the examples for this section. Is the question resolved in each movie or are you left without a resolution?
The dramatic question in the first video is "Why are we making Guam ugly?" There is no resolution. The dramatic question in the second video is "The Hawaiians were taught to never waste their food." The solution is a salt water pool.
Element #3: See if you can identify the emotional paradigms behind these stories.
The emotional paradigm in the first video is teen depression. The second video is dealing with the loss of grandparents. The third video is about the abduction of a child, and how not all strangers look like monsters.
Element #4: What impact that the voice plays on the overall effect of the story.
The woman in the first video is answering a questions. You can tell from the tone of her voice and her expressions that she is excited and interested about what she is talking about. In the second video you hear a group of children singing, and a child narrating in a foreign language. Even though I don't know what they are saying, it sounds emotional.
Element #5: What impact does the music have on the emotional content or purpose of the story?
You can hear chanting throughout the video. It adds emotion to the photos.
Element #6: Look at the examples in this section and consider the decisions the authors made about length of clips, types of transitions and sequence of events. Are you able (as a viewer) to fill in the missing pieces? Give an example?
The first video is short. I was able to fill in the missing pieces that Maria got her own room based on the illustration of her in her own bed. The second video is more detailed. We find out that the family turned the basement into a bedroom for Maria. The third video was too long and a little confusing. The story did not flow. They were trying to do too much in one story.
Element #7: How does the narrator use their voice to pace the story? Give a specific example.
In the first video the pacing is too fast. I had trouble keeping up, and if I were listening for specific information I would have had to watch it again. The pacing of the second video was too slow. I found it boring and it would not be one I would watch again.
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