Sunday, March 31, 2013

Reflective 1: Ethnographic


Ethnographic writing is a writing style that focuses on groups of people. This type of writing can be very influential to the people who are studied. The author may want to convey certain points so that the situation is altered. In other words the author can directly affect the people in the study. If the author gives a contorted view on a person, the person may read this and is persuaded to think another way.
The documentary that my group is making is studying the League of Legends club. Our documentary is going to be using ethnographic writing. We will be looking into the club and study how they operate. We will be doing interviews to try and get information. The way we use these interviews will create a certain distinction with the club. Creating the best description of the group is the hardest thing to do. We don't want our audience to get the wrong impression. If we did this the club is going to be distraught. Ethnographic writing has the ability to label groups as one thing when they actually may be another. If you don’t know exactly what you are talking about you may insult others. If we did this the club is going to be distraught. We will try and interview different types of people in the club so we can decipher what their true ideals are. We are going to try and not take any sides so that everyone is pleased. Ethnographic writing is very prevalent in documentaries and either creates a positive or negative response.

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