Directions: Use the following passage to answer the questions that follow.
Read this “shooting script” created from the video preview to Hiroshima in order to analyze the media and answer the follow-up questions.
[opening image: color shot of frayed Japanese flag]
[music: simple, soft piano music]
Hiroshima, Japan
[still black-and-white shots of the city]
The last days of World War II
[black and white images of soldiers marching and women holding rifles]
This imperial power refuses to surrender.
[moving photograph of planes in the air]
An American B-29 bomber flies toward this Pacific island with its payload: an atomic bomb.
[a moving bomb drops out of a motionless plane]
The doors open. The bomb drifts down. [image of bomb blast]
A mushroom cloud rises. The island city is destroyed, leaving 80,000 people dead.
[scenes of ruin and destruction]
What remains of Hiroshima after such destruction?
[still image of woman holding child]
What happens to those that survive?
Part A
Which of the following best describes the intended mood and tone of the video preview?
A) exciting and dramatic
B) confused and chaotic
C) suspicion and disbelief
D) somber and tragic
Part B
Which elements of the video support your answer?
A) the piano music
B) the moving photographs of the plane and the bomb dropping
C) the image of the woman with her child and the questions at the end of the narration
D) all of the above
Part C
Using 3-4 sentences, explain why you chose those answers.
Read this “shooting script” created from the video preview to Hiroshima in order to analyze the media and answer the follow-up questions.
[opening image: color shot of frayed Japanese flag]
[music: simple, soft piano music]
Hiroshima, Japan
[still black-and-white shots of the city]
The last days of World War II
[black and white images of soldiers marching and women holding rifles]
This imperial power refuses to surrender.
[moving photograph of planes in the air]
An American B-29 bomber flies toward this Pacific island with its payload: an atomic bomb.
[a moving bomb drops out of a motionless plane]
The doors open. The bomb drifts down. [image of bomb blast]
A mushroom cloud rises. The island city is destroyed, leaving 80,000 people dead.
[scenes of ruin and destruction]
What remains of Hiroshima after such destruction?
[still image of woman holding child]
What happens to those that survive?
Part A
Which of the following best describes the intended mood and tone of the video preview?
A) exciting and dramatic
B) confused and chaotic
C) suspicion and disbelief
D) somber and tragic
Part B
Which elements of the video support your answer?
A) the piano music
B) the moving photographs of the plane and the bomb dropping
C) the image of the woman with her child and the questions at the end of the narration
D) all of the above
Part C
Using 3-4 sentences, explain why you chose those answers.