Film Analysis – Activity
Student Handout
GENERIC FILM ANALYSIS of a Documentary
HARVEST OF DESPAIR (DVD) OR GENOCIDE REVEALED
After viewing the documentary answer the following questions.
- Name of film/video
- Date of production
- Producer
- The period or epoch presented in the film
- The main idea presented in the documentary
- Sources of information
- The central figures in the film
- Additional aids used by the film director to put his main idea across
- If you were the director, what would you add to the film to emphasize the main idea?
- Was this a fair presentation of the main idea? Explain, giving 3 specific reasons/examples for your argument.
- Make a drawing that expresses one main idea that came across as you viewed the film.