RHETORICAL ANALYSIS (DOCUMENTARY FILM) DUE 1/11/19

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS (DOCUMENTARY FILM)
Documentary films use images, words, and sounds in order to present an argument. View a documentary film and then analyze the rhetorical strategies employed by the filmmaker in the construction of the film’s argument in a 400-600 word essay. The essay is due 1/11/19.
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·   The essay should not be a summary of the film.
·   The essay should not be a review of the film.

Your essay should do all of the following:

1. Identify the filmmaker’s purpose and analyze the rhetorical strategies used in order to develop the film’s thesis.

2. Examine the ways in which the thesis and / or aim of the film’s argument is supported through the particular style and manner of the composition’s construction, that is, through rhetorical strategies. Choose a selection of strategies and techniques to analyze; do not attempt to discuss everything about the film. Choose specific scenes or moments from the film which illustrate these techniques, and analyze how the filmmaker uses them to present the film’s argument.

3. Interpret or explain why you think that the filmmakers made the particular rhetorical choices they did in an effort to forward their main argument or achieve their purpose. These choices are not random. Interpret why the filmmakers makes these certain choices. Again, support all claims with specific examples from the film.