This past week in class we have focused on our documentaries that we individually chose to watch. I have written many summaries before, but I did learn a couple new things in class while revising my own.
I think majority of what we read today in magazines, online articles, and newspapers are summaries. I think this is because most people would rather read a 3 page paper, then a 10 page paper with every possible detail. If the specific summary is well-written, the summary suffices because it portrays the story or tells the story to the reader. It is essential to be able to compose a summary on various things because almost everyone will one day need to write one.
I think a summary assignment as our first assignment was a good idea, as it ties into our class idea of "Slacktivism". After writing my first draft of my summary, I knew it wasn't to the best of my ability and needed some revision. Class on Wednesday was helpful because I had the chance to see my own flaws in my summary, and know what I needed to fix. I knew the summary was not my opinion on the documentary, but instead telling the reader what the summary was about. I am struggling a little bit on my own summary even with the corrections made from my first draft since my documentary, After Innocence, portrayed the lives of seven men exonerated for crimes they did not commit. I don't want to discuss each and every man because that is not a summary of the documentary, but I feel my summary is too short and vague. My goal this week is too add more detail in to make my summary stronger, without adding unnecessary events in the story.
For the changes I have made already are mostly grammar and punctation, I did leave out a couple things mentioned in class. For example, the year the documentary was released, the use of past/present tense verbs, and using the word "viewers" or "readers".
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