A.  

1. This documentary is about a journalist that got captured and accused of trying to assassinate Tony Blair.
2. Legal documents show authenticity, they use voice overs and text to paint a picture of who this man was before he got captured. Sound effects and animation were used to reenact how he got abused while being held prisoner.
3. The beginning of the trailer tells the viewer that the man that got captured was a regular guy, that loves his family and seems overall normal. This is important because it makes a connection to what kind  of person he is. The Animation of him getting beat was important because after having set an emotional connection with this man, images and scenes of him getting beat make it much more personal and envelops a lot of feelings within the viewer. The legal document scene is important because it really shows that this was an official occurrence. This solidifies the importance of what was happening to this seemingly innocent man, and the government was supporting every bit of it.

A2.

1. This is a documentary about corporations and how they reign supreme in the US, even though they’re often corrupt and you see it more and more every day.
2. The intro with all the biggest company logos flashing across the screen was nice because right off the bat it tells the viewer what exactly this documentary will be about. The Music used throughout the trailer was intimidating, and overall further emphasized the serious undertone that this trailer has. The sniper scope edits that were used at the end were impactful because it showed me that the large corporation owners were the enemies, and they’re the ones that need to be brought down.
3. The usage of the Bad apple metaphor was well executed because it summarized the entire plot of the documentary by just using a few simple lines to convey the message the documentary is trying to send. Also, the Arguing back and forth about allegations inside a courtroom were short scenes that gave a lot of context and meaning to what the documentary was going to cover, that being white collar corporate level scandales.

B.

1. The Introduction explains to the viewer how corporations became such a pivotal part of society in such a short amount of time. The second part is about the impact that large industry has on human health, economy, and different cultures specifically in third world countries. The third part is about how the corporations are able to get away with this kind of environmentally reckless behavior.
2. The transitions usually were the explanations of what was happening during the documentary. I could tell that the film was moving along to the next part because there would be a person explaining a new idea to the viewer to think about during the progressing section of the film.
3. The Corporation is a double narrative documentary as it uses video clips of real life events and people to explain and prove the allegations they make against corporation, and they use voice over at some points to explain what is happening as well.

C

1. The Corporation uses a wide array of cinematographic structures. They are going from interviews with a medium-wide shot, to pans of companies lined down streets as far as the eye can see. There is a smart use of light and color throughout the film too. There is an overall dark theme to the documentary, when the corporations are being talked about in the interviews there is an all black background and when there are shots of corporations in the background of a narrator talking about them, they are usually very dark themed. But when the light is shed on people being interviewed in the street, there is suddenly more uplifting music playing, and the dreariness of the business practice that the documentary is focusing on is lifted away in those few moments.

2. The editing goes at a medium to long pace, most shots are more than 10 seconds, and many of them are either interviews, or old footage of what is being explained in the narrative.

3. There is a very straight forward progression of shots throughout the documentary. It goes from a synopsis of what is being talked about, to interviews, to clips of what is being talked about being put into play using real life events.

D

1. The perspective that the documentary follows is very one sided. The corporations are very much the “bad apples” in this film because of the types of things that are focused on and they way they are represented.

2. I would give this documentary the role of prosecutor. The information given about these corporations is all focused on the dark underbelly of what these companies don’t want us to know. The fact that this documentary is so hard pressed on just the bad issues means that they are overall trying to accuse corporations of neglecting the environment, and human lives.

3. I don’t think there are any improper uses of documentaries here. There is bias against corporations and their operations being unethical. But byass is not a bad thing if everything said in the documentary is true, which it was.

• Saved: 2-Documentary, A2