Hi ladies and gents. The following are points that you need to consider when discussing documentaries, or other non-fiction visual texts.
1. Discuss what the documentary was about.
2. Describe your prior knowledge of this subject – did the documentary teach you something new, or show you a different way of thinking about a topic that you already had some background with?
3. Does the documentary present fact and/or opinion? Provide evidence to support your ideas.
4.Does the documentary present a version of reality? Whose point of view does it present?
5.What conventions does the documentary rely on to promote its version of reality?
6.What values are being presented, supported or challenged and why?
7.What facts are selected? What facts are omitted? Is this selection of detail important?
8. What is your response to this documentary? Why do you think you have responded in this way?
