Summary

AUDIOVISUAL:

DOCUMENTARY REPORT OR FICTION?

DEFINITIONS:

FRAME: Elements included in a fixed or animated image

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

FICTION: Creation of the imagination

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

FILM ANALYSIS

Document 1- France 3 Aquitaine - 27 January 2005 - 19 hours

Document 2- France 3 Aquitaine - 27 January 2005 - 19 hours

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

Document 4 - France 2 - 27 January 2005 - 20 hours newspaper


Document 1- France 3 Aquitaine - 27 January 19 hours

The presenter says:

" ... the whole 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 the Victor Louis high school do a work of memory that will take them to Auschwitz...

Questions: Observing the above frame without sound,

- Which visual sign announces the next report?

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- Justify your response.

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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 bring?

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- What are the horrible facts in question?

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

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- What does 'work from memory' 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 19 hours

Describe the introductory image. What is the effect sought by the journalist?

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

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According to him, to avoid 'evil' how should one do it?

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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 fiction, a documentary or a report (say why)?

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Document 3 - France 3 national - January 27 19:30

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 theme of the celebration in the summary. Does its place in the newspaper hierarchy matter? Why?

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What does the photograph located 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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Underline 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

Identify religious expressions in the text and images.

TEXT

IMAGES

What is the desired effect of this accumulation?


Document 4 - France 2 - 8 PM News

The voice-over of this film tells us that the Soviet authorities were silent about the fact 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 one to confuse it with a documentary?

However, why is it not a documentary?

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

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Summary