Visual Literacy and Maxed Out

AP Language. Mon, Oct 6th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

Themes: Maxed Out, Movie, WinsomeWiki'd

Today we began watching Maxed Out, a 2006 expository documentary on American debt.  As we watch, take note of how the argument is presented, keeping in mind the various elements that make up the movie:

• Audio
  • Spoken
  • Background
  • Soundtrack
• Video
  • Shot composition
  • Shot
  • Mise en scene
  • Camera placement
  • Framing
  • Subject arrangement
  • Camera angles
• Written
  • Title
  • Labels
  • Subtitles

We will discuss articles tomorrow and finish up the movie on Wednesday.  You will be analyzing the film (as you would an article) on Friday.

[BTW, Rope was filmed in ten shots—not bad for an eighty minute film.]

[Also, there was no mention of a kangaroo in the seven-year-old’s “rampage” at the zoo in Australia…]

[This post was WinsomeWiki’d on 5 Jul. 2009.]

2 Responses to “Visual Literacy and Maxed Out”

1. Gwyn says:

   October 7, 2008 at 9:24 pm

   I was just watching the cnn commentators after the debate and john carville said “lets not go gently into THAT night” =]. thanks to you i actually got the reference.

2. JStallings says:

   October 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm

   Yes!