Rubric Words
Finish this sentence from the rubric:
In this common module, students deepen their understanding of how text represent individual and ______________ ________ ____________.
What is the name of the land fill?
Jardim Gramacho
What do the pickers collect?
Recyclable Materials
What is B-Roll Footage?
Compilation of clips and cuts that show additional details (setting, people, events) that support A-Roll Footage.
List 3 NESA verbs used in the rubric
Examine, Analyse, Interpret, Evaluate
Who saw a baby's dead body in the trash?
Suelem
How many catadore subjects are there?
7 (Tiao, Zumbi, Suelem, Isis, Irma, Valter, Magna)
Describe the difference between diegetic and non-diegetic sounds
Diegetic - The sounds within the moment/scene of the subject
Non-digetic - Added after with editing to add emotions, tension, meaning etc.
What are the different modes of media do we study in this module?
Who directed Waste Land?
Lucy Walker
Who says "It's bad to be rich at the height of
fame with your morals a dirty shame."?
Valter
Describe the different types of interviews.
Direct - Interviewer talking to a subject with explicit questions about a topic
Indirect - Interviewer asks questions that the subject is not prepared for
Fill in the gaps:
"Students explore how texts may give insight into _______, ________ and __________ in human behaviour and motivations."
anomalies, paradoxes, inconsistencies
Who says "99 is not 100"?
Valter
Describe the bus experience Magna shares in her interview.
Someone gave her a 'stink eye' and she challenged their assumptions of her - "It's because I was working there in the dump. It's better than turning tricks in Copacabana. I find it more interesting and more honest."
What 3 key film techniques/documentary features used in this scene?
(11:28-12:55)
Film techniques - Bird's eye angle/panning establishing shot, Non-diegetic music, Montage, Cross-cutting, Indirect interview, B-roll footage
Provide 2 examples of how Waste Land invites the responder to...
"see the world differently, to challenge assumptions, ignite new ideas or reflect personally."
See the world differently = Reveal the human factor of areas in the world that would typically be unacknowledged by a wider audience.
Challenge assumptions = Expose the strengths of working in a landfill that are usually overshadowed by judgement or prejudice.
Ignite new ideas or reflect personally = Reflect the values of humanity that are overlooked, dismissed or ignorant to.
What's their group called?
ACAMJG (Associação dos Catadores do Aterro Metropolitano de Jardim Gramacho; The association of the pickers of Jardim Gramacho).
What does the 'ant' motif mean in the documentary?
Vik says that when he is flying over Gramacho, the people look like “just little ants, doing what they do every day”; then Isis talks about the ant that she saw crawling over her dead son’s face; finally we see Vik playing with an ant with his paintbrush in the studio. That play of being so far away that people are just ants, with no “human factor” is the opposite experience of being so deeply connected to your son that you will never forget “not the tiniest detail, not a single single detail,” not even an ant on his face in a single moment.
(From the Director's Statement)
Analyse how the B-Roll Footage reflects the readers' perceptions of the catadores.
(31:41-33:30)