How does a fashion editor and an immigrant girl connect to each other? That is what I will discuss throughout this paper as I break down these two different story. Even though these two stories may have similarities, I will also analysis what makes them stand on their own. What makes them different? I also will state the advantages and disadvantages of using a film versus a print when it comes to narrative storytelling. When comparing and contrasting the two stories, Anna Wintour and Cynthia’s story share common structures and character development, however, Anna Wintour’s documentary is more credible.
Similarly, Cynthia and Anna Wintour’s character development took similar stages. From the beginning of both stories, two perspectives are shown
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We see both Cynthia and Anna’s passion for what they want. In Cynthia’s case, she is eager to learn the American way and to be educated. She does not want to relieve her tragedies. Anna’s passion is fashion and to finish the September Issue. My favorite line that she said was when she had to stop herself from working when she became too angry, because we tend to lose our selves in our work. We also see them with staining from saying too much about themselves. We learn about them from different sources. We learn a lot about Cynthia’s experience from Sue Colussy, Grace, or the Mizell family. In the documentary, we learn about Anna through her employees and friends, such as Grace, Tom, and Andre. In addition, there was also some form of humor throughout their stories, but it was shown in two different ways. In Cynthia’s narrative, the humor was shown through the confusion of Cynthia understanding Robert. The situation was funny. On the other hand, the humor in the documentary was shown through Anna when she occasionally laughed and made jokes with her peers and other designers. Again, their silence is one …show more content…
First, Anna’s documentary may not require the audience to be actively involved as much as print. It is less demanding, and require less energy. Documentary also give the viewers visual effects which means that we, as viewer, do not have to assume or guess the emotions or actions that are taken place. To add to the advantages, films, especially if they are documentaries, happen at a slower pace. It can take years to create a film and therefore, more information can be gathered. However some disadvantages is manipulation. Content can be edited, erased, or contrived. It could be a gate keep and only show what it wants the audience to see. When using print, we, as readers, have to be active. We are forced to analysis the story and look in-between the lines. We want to understand the story and identify the resolution, and with that, we have to be interested in the topic. I also think that not having video or film with print is an advantage because it is fun trying to imagine the images. We can create our own perspective of the situation instead of relying on someone else’s perception. Sadly, this can also be a disadvantage because, as viewers, we create our own perception, but it could be the wrong perception. Another disadvantage of print is the pace. New is faster is most of the time have a deadline. I am pretty sure Paige, who wrote Cynthia’ story, had a limited amount of
She has been traveling to these places since the late 90’s and early 2000’s. She has written multiple articles and filmed a great number of short films from an assorted amount of perspectives to fully grasp the essence of the turmoil in these areas. In this particular article and film, Murphy documents the personal aspects of a young girl and her troublesome life. Being a privileged, educated woman from Connecticut could cause emotions and bias to run rapped through Beth Murphy. She sees a more difficult and different situation than she has ever experienced, let alone imagine, and it creates thoughts and feelings because the situation is hard to comprehend. She spent days and hours with Pashtana and her family, how could she not develop an attachment to them and their story. Watching a young girl show so much passion for something we all dread is special and unique and Murphy was mesmerized by this intensity. Beth’s bias and investment in Pashtana and her family is what made the article and documentary all the more emotional and powerful. Murphy uses strong adjectives and and personal opinion to make the reader feel as though you spent as much time with Pashtana and that you know Pashtana as well as she did. Beth Murphy uses her bias and connection to this story to only enthrall the reader more and further make a point about
Ayiti, by Roxane Gay, is a collection of fifteen short narratives about Haiti and its people, which gives the readers insights into the complex Haitian diaspora experience. The novel seeks to offer a deeper view into Haitian society and covers an array of themes such as the politics of survival, resiliency, and feminist culture in Haiti. Throughout the novel, Gay is highly critical of mainstream media because of how they depict and silo Haiti as a poor and helpless country. Haiti’s historical stance on censorship is well documented, and as a Haitian writer living in America, Gay is successful in giving agency to the voiceless by chronicling the stories of the Haitian diaspora. Ayiti explores stories that explain what it is like to be a Haitian
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Orenstein, Peggy. “What’s Wrong with Cinderella?” The New York Times Magazine. 4 Dec. 2006. Rpt. in Writing Communities and Identities. Ed. Cynthia Debes et al. 6th ed. Plymouth, MI: Hayden-McNeil Publishing, 2009. 50-54.
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