Write a short (5-6 pages, double spaced) essay on a National Film Board Film from theonline collection located at : http://www.nfb.ca.Instructions: Choose a short documentary or animated film or experimental film fromthe following series. Try to choose one where you can raise substantive questions aboutthe evolution of documentary form or film form in general. These are suggestions of themost prominent films and the ones that may have something written about them.You are expected to do additional research which might include some of the essayslisted in the Recommended Reading section of your course outline. Use, at minimum,three different sources, employing proper citations (ie Chicago or MLA style listing theauthor and date in the body of the essay). (Mitchell, 2004, p.4 ) and then include the fullcitation in your complete bibliography.The aim is to write a critical essay, one that successfully integrates a theoretical orconceptual question with detailed analysis of the formal and thematic properties of thefilm. Your theoretical or conceptual question should derive from your careful reading ofselect secondary sources.For example: In Projecting Canada, Zoe Druick argues that many NFB films might be readin relation to the concept of governmentality as each, in many different ways, embodieda mission that would train, discipline and educate the Canadian citizen so as to fulfillvarious governmental objectives. XXX perfectly embodies Druicks assertion because or XXX might be seen as a strong exception to Druicks assertion becauseAnother conceptual frame might include the debates around Challenge for Changewhere some writers (Marchessault and MacKenzie) argue that the avowed rationale forthe serieshanding over the means of representation to the peoplewas never as fullyrealized as the myths around the series would have us believe.Rationale for Choosing the Film: Why did you choose this film, what appeals toyou about this particular film or set of films?Production Context: Begin with a discussion of the production context, whatperiod, what studio, any information you can garner on the director. How is this filmsignificant in the evolution of war or post war Studio practices at the NFB ? How is thefilms approach influenced by the historic concerns of its time of production (war versuspost war). How does the film fulfill (or subvert) the Griersonian mandate ofinterpreting Canada to Canadians?Formal Treatment and Style: Describe the overall structure, story, and formalapproach of the film. Elements you might consider here are the use (or not) of voiceover narration, talking head interviews, synch sound versus narration, colour versusblack and white, poetic versus propaganda, impressionistic versus rhetorical. Does thefilm have a political or social intent, how does it communicate that intent?How does theformal treatment repeat or depart from the propaganda films of the 1940s?Close Sequence Analysis: Conduct a close sequence analysis that supports yourargument. Choose one or two sequences and provide a close reading of these, linkingyour reading to the films intent and overall formal and aesthetic approaches.Evolving Mandate: How does the film fit into the evolving mandate of the NFB?How does it differ from other films produced at the NFB, eg. the war propaganda films.
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