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Capturing the Friedmans is about Arnold Friedman, a man that was accused for child rape and molestation. The documentary fallows the Friedman family and the arrest of Jessie and Arnold. Arnold was a school teacher who also taught classes out of his basement Jessie was his son that helped teach some of these classes with hi. The cops found a child pornography magazine in the mail and that’s how the whole case started. At first Jessie was not involved but as the case went on he was accused as well. The documentary represents many different types of modes, two stand out the most, expository and observatory. The film represents an expository mode by talking about the issue of the charges on Jessi and Arnold. David, one of the sons, has a video camera and show how life is with the family through an observatory mode. David who is one of the son just recently got a video camera when the scandal went down. He decided to film what was going in the family behind closed doors. The media was outside documenting everything that went on but no knew what was going on inside. According to Nichols observatory mode “emphasizes a direct engagement with the everyday life of subjects as observed by an unobtrusive camera”. The footage that is shown is unedited and shows what the family is …show more content…

Different interviews show different point of views of the case. One interview is of a boy that said he was raped and molested my Arnold. His interview talking about things that happened in the class, and thing that Arnold did to him. On the other hand the interview from Arnolds sons say that there is no way that their father could have done it. Having different types of interviews it shows that there is an argument going on. Expository mode “emphasizes verbal commentary and an argumentative logic.” The film is arguing whether or not that Arnold did what he was charged

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