Gods and Generals

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Gods and Generals

• Genre Theme
• Emilee Spokus

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Background of the Movie

• Civil War
• Structured around three main battle
• Manassas (Bull Run)
• Fredericksburg
• Chancelolorsville
• Audience is able to witness the lives of the
  leaders of the war

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War Film Genre

• War films broke out after WWI
• Displays excitement, suspense, and turmoil of
  warfare
• Films are produced to be used as propaganda to
  get a country to support their entrance into a
  war or to tell their side of the story

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Three Requirements

• Situational- understand the concept and what is
  expected of the film from the audience
• Substantive and Stylistic- content
• Organizing Principle- how it is organized,
  umbrella label

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Situational

• Helps to depict what the audience is expecting
  and what they already know about the film and
  its story either from the previews or in this
  case about the civil war
• Rhetor is expected to express his opinion and
  feels about the war
• An explanation to why the situation was called
  into act, which the rhetor states is because both
  sides are fighting over slavery and whether it is
  right or wrong

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Substantive and Stylistic

• Costumes and props- All authentic because the
  extras were re-enactors who obtained their own
  gear that is from the civil war era
• Music- bass instruments which are used to bring
  patriotic feeling to the viewing audience and
  helps the audience feel courageous, sad, or
  frightened depending on the scene
• Context- States how the rhetor feels about the
  war and how he believes that an army is used to
  coerce others and has existed since the Book and
  Genesis so we believe it is right

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Organizing Principle