Headmaster Stewart Miller talks to all of the students to tell them about their assignment for the annual Gettysburg Address speech the students will do. During this scene the camera angles are unique as you get a shot focused on the school’s headmaster sitting at one end of the circle with everyone looking at him. The headmaster announces that every student who completes the Gettysburg Address gets a Greenwood coin, (holding up the coin) “this is a Greenwood coin … and the only way for students to get this coin is to recite the Gettysburg Address”. (Miller) You have another camera shot looking at the students in the circle with their intense faces so they understand what they have to do. Teachers and other staff members are seen in the background of the shot, as they get ready to help the students. This scene is important because it sets the tone for the documentary and we start to meet and learn about the students at the Greenwood
Headmaster Stewart Miller talks to all of the students to tell them about their assignment for the annual Gettysburg Address speech the students will do. During this scene the camera angles are unique as you get a shot focused on the school’s headmaster sitting at one end of the circle with everyone looking at him. The headmaster announces that every student who completes the Gettysburg Address gets a Greenwood coin, (holding up the coin) “this is a Greenwood coin … and the only way for students to get this coin is to recite the Gettysburg Address”. (Miller) You have another camera shot looking at the students in the circle with their intense faces so they understand what they have to do. Teachers and other staff members are seen in the background of the shot, as they get ready to help the students. This scene is important because it sets the tone for the documentary and we start to meet and learn about the students at the Greenwood