Reactionary Paper on The story of India- episode 2
Link to the video that has to be reviewed for reactionary paper:- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6kyb1f Following are the guidlines: How to Write a Reaction Paper to a Documentary-Individual work • For you to deliver a good and compelling documentary review, it is important that you know how to write a reaction paper to a documentary. • It requires you to properly understand the given material and present and argument showing how it fits into the course work. • Documentaries can be both informative and entertaining, hence, making it quite enjoyable writing response papers based on them. • The paper should focus on the ideas expressed in the documentary, including those that you agree and disagree with. • There are various approaches – You can either decide to support the arguments or ideas in the film, or focus on disputing them. • Besides, your reaction can also make a general address to the entire documentary without picking parts. [unique_solution]• Depending on the approach that you may wish to pursue, there are certain considerations on how to write a reaction paper to a documentary that you should make. Points to consider: The following guidelines will assist you in planning how to write a reaction paper to a documentary. • Watch the documentary and take notes • You can only be able to write a review or response to a documentary when you understand all its elements, contents and message. Therefore, it is always advisable that you watch the documentary more than once in order to properly digest it and know what it is all about. • While watching the documentary, it is advisable to treat it more like a story or a letter. Note down some of the striking features of the film, like characters, scenes, messages and how they are relayed. • As you take notes, try to formulate arguments, make comparisons between the elements to be able to properly get the context. • Identify the focus of your review • The basis of a reaction paper is to present your opinion or thoughts about the documentary. However, these should be backed by examples or evidence from the film. Academic papers require that you identify a particular angle to pursue in writing, which will be the basis of the paper. • You need to come up with an idea based on how the documentary touched you. In case you felt it was good, give a reason with evidence to support that claim. The same should also be applied to when you are in disagreement with the material. • When identifying the focus of your paper do not simply look at the documentary, instead, compare it with your general knowledge, other films on the same subject and even comments from experts in that field. You can also relate the documentary to your personal experiences. • A good response paper should be focused on a unique perspective that is outstanding from the documentary. • Determine the elements to discuss • After identifying the direction to pursue in responding to the documentary, you should move into collecting points and evidence to support it. Based on the aspect that you intend to discuss in the review, gather sufficient points that are striking from the film to use in proving your reaction. • For every key point that you identify, also acquire examples or evidence from the documentary to use in proving it. All the elements that you pick should connect back to the focus of the paper and effectively evaluate your response and purpose of writing. • Create an outline- An outline is a simple plan showing how you intend to present the review. It should briefly highlight the introduction, body and conclusion of the paper. The purpose of the outline is to provide you with a ‘blueprint’ of the paper and easy reference when writing