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You will be encouraged to watch multiple short documentaries listed below, but you will only choose ONE of these texts to focus your essay on.
Scholarly Texts:
Laura Bolin Carroll – “Backpacks vs Briefcases: Steps Towards Rhetorical Analysis”
Christine Photinos & Ramie Tateishi – “Rhetorical Analysis of Film – Elements of Film”
Short Documentary Options:
Kelsie Moore – “The Gray Area” (17 minutes)
Scott Farris & Meg Griffiths – “Into the Circle”(17 Minutes)
Daniel Lambroso – “American Scar” (14 minutes)
The Writing Task:
In an organized and focused essay, identify the central argument of a short documentary film and provide an analysis of the rhetorical strategies used by the filmmaker that persuade the audience to consider that argument.
Criteria for Success:
Length: Essay contains four (4) full pages of writing (not including the Works Cited Page).
Format: Use of MLA Formatting and Works Cited Page. (See the MLA Style Guide for more detailed examples/instructions).
Source Usage:
Detailed summaries, descriptions, and/or use of quotations from the documentary film (with proper citations).
Use of direct quotations from Carroll and Photinos & Tateishi to define, contextualize, and support the analysis. You can use additional resources you have found on your own, but these will not count towards the source usage requirements, and you will need to contextualize and cite the sources appropriately.
Focus: While you are being asked to summarize the central idea of the text, the primary focus of this essay should be on analyzing the rhetoric used within the text.
See rubric (on the Essay 1 Submission Page) for more specific grading criteria.
The documentary I choose was into the circle
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