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April 09, 2014
Senna (2010, Asif Kapadia)
How is the story told?
How similar to a fiction film?
Are you manipulated?
SCREENING NOTES
Filming techniques
Narrative Structure
Spectator Responses
Important Scenes
What was used when?
Who tells the story?
How are we supposed to feel?
Influential moments?
April 09, 2014
Asif Kapadia talks about making the film.
How is Senna similar to a fiction film?
1. Protagonist versus Antagonist
2. Scenes of drama and action
3. Identification with a character
4. Non-diegetic music to create atmosphere
April 09, 2014
KEY QUESTIONS1) What is the relationship between the spectator and the screen during the film?
2) There is a clear POV in Senna, does this affect our reading of the film?
- What does this depend on?- Does this change?
3) Discuss the type of footage used and how it is used.
- Domestic footage- Publicity footage- Races- Drivers' meetings
4) How do you feel as we move towards the inevitable end?
- How is this built up?- How does the film maker handle the end of the film?
5) Discuss the use of sound in the documentary as powerful storytelling device.
Individual questions:
1. Provide speci6ic examples of what you felt when and why.
2. Which scenes provoke emotional responses and why?
3. Respond to this: this is a very boas and romanticised view of Senna
4. What impact does including an antagonist have on the narrative?
5. What are your feelings towards the protagonist and how is this shaped by the 6ilmmaking?
6. Do we need to be interested in the subject matter? Why? Why not?
7. If this 6ilm was constructed in a different way, how could this effect the spectator?
8. What is the impact of including only archive footage?
9. How are spectators responses manipulated? Give examples
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