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Question 1

Discuss how two documentary techniques are used to explore a key issue

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Question 2

How far are digital technologies important for capturing and manipulating reality?

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Question 3

Explore how filmmakers use specific techniques to create an emotional impact

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Question 4

Discuss how the film you have studied supports and/or challenges filmmaker’s theories

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Explore how the representation of a key character contributes to the meaning of the documentary you have studied.

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Question 6

How important is the creative use of digital technology in the documentary you have studied?

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Question 7

How is the documentary you have studied made more thought-provoking by specific creative choices made by the filmmakers?

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Question 8

How far does your chosen documentary demonstrate elements of one or more filmmaker’s theories you have studied?

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Question 9

Explore how two documentary techniques are used in presenting the subject of your chosen film. Refer to one film-maker’s theory you have studied.

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Question 10

‘Digital technologies have expanded our sense of what a documentary can be.’ How far is this true in relation to your chosen film?

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