Summary

AUDIOVISUAL:

DOCUMENTARY REPORT OR FICTION?

DEFINITIONS:

FRAME: Elements included in a still or animated image

DOCUMENTARY: Elaborated program developing information on a given subject belonging to the real.

FICTION: Creation of imagination

REPORTAGE: Article, or set of articles, in which a journalist vividly recounts what he has seen and heard.

FILM ANALYSIS

Document 1- France 3 Aquitaine - 27 January 2005 - 7 p.m.

Document 2- France 3 Aquitaine - 27 January 2005 - 7 p.m.

Document 3 - France 3 nationale - 27 January 2005 - 7.30 p.m.

Document 4 - France 2 - 27 January 2005 - 8 p.m. journal


Document 1- France 3 Aquitaine - 27 January 7 p.m.

The presenter says:

" ... the entire day of ceremonies took place all over France. Sixty years after the horror, the Shoah is still as present in people’s minds. In Talence, the students of Victor Louis high school do a work of memory that will take them to Auschwitz..."

Questions: Looking at the above frame without sound,

- What visual sign announces the next report?

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- Justify your answer.

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- What does the image embedded at the top left of the frame represent for you?

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- According to the journalist, what is the main fact of the day in France?

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- What proof does he provide?

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- What are the horrible facts in question?

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- What expression does he use to refer to the scale of these events?

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- What does "memory work" mean?

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- Does the journalist explain why it is necessary to do a "work of memory"?

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Document 2- France 3 Aquitaine - 27 January 7 p.m.

Describe the introductory image. What effect is the journalist seeking?

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What is Mr. Slitinsky’s goal that day in Talence?

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In his opinion, to avoid "evil" how should it be done?

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According to him, what is evil?

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Does such a threat exist today? If so, describe what represents the threat:

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Is this film a fiction, a documentary or a report (say why)?

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Document 3 - France 3 national - 27 January 7:30 pm

When presenting the journal summary, write the two HEADLINES that correspond to the theme of the work:

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What is the place and duration of the celebration’s theme in the table of contents? Does its place in the newspaper’s hierarchy matter? Why?

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What does the photograph at the top left of the screen represent?

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What is the word used at the bottom of the photograph:

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Highlight the purpose of the ceremony according to the President of the Republic.

This film: is it a fiction, a documentary or a report (say why)?

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FUNCTION

MESSAGE or ROLE

(Why his presence)

Simone Veil

Monsignor Lustiger

Vladimir Putin

Moshe Katsav

Note the religious expressions in the text and images.

TEXT

IMAGES

What is the intended effect of this accumulation?


Document 4 - France 2 - 8 p.m.

The voice-over of this film tells us that the Soviet authorities did not mention that 90% of the victims of the camps were Jews. Do you know why they hid it?

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In France or in the United States, did we act differently?

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Although this film takes the form of a documentary, it is a report.

What are the elements that allow us to confuse it with a documentary?

However, why isn’t it a documentary?

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In your opinion, why do we use the "documentary" style?

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Summary