What dominant ideologies, and cultural narratives are at play?

Objective

To reflect on the different strategies of performance in Vigil
To develop personal research skills through the affect-analysis-reflection-connection process
To engage in a close analysis of different strategies at work within the performance
To write persuasively, evocatively, and with clarity
Instructions
For this reflection response paper, analyze the short clip from The Vigil below, using the language of performance to articulate your affective response to the clip and connect it to the dominant ideologies at play within the performance as a whole.

this is performance module, please use movements and voice analysis that i add. also I add an example paper 1, please use this as a guide. thanks..

i have a file for the video. i need to send it to you. somehow, I can’t add this file to here…

You can take up themes such as the Canadas Truth and Reconciliation Committee, murdered and missing Indigenous women, social attitudes towards poverty and drug addiction, Colonialism, or you can, instead (or as well), draw on ways this film connects to your positionality if they are more pressing.

You should focus on the artistic strategies of performance in your analysis: the use of the body, objects, audience, and space. Whenever you see “artistic strategies” in the rubric below this week it means performance strategies. Use the language and terminology of performance taught in this weeks modules.

This response should be 300-350 words in length. no more than 350 words please

Preparation Process

Think through the following components when watching the assigned clips. This personal research is an important step in formulating your thoughts on the film and its techniques.

Affect: Watch the assigned video clip first and let it just wash over you. How did it make you feel? What images or sounds caught your attention? Do your feelings change part way through? Who are you feeling for? What are you feeling about?
Analysis: Watch it again and observe the strategies the artists are using in telling their story. Then watch it again focusing on the weeks particular design or performance element. Identify the specific strategies.
Reflection: Think about the strategies of the artists and your emotional response. Do you think you felt what they wanted you to feel? Was there something in your own perspective that resisted what they were doing? Did their strategies make you feel things you didnt necessarily want to feel?
Connection (2 related levels): How does this moment in the play, performance, or film relate to the play, performance, or film, as a whole? What is the play, performance, or film about? How does the play, performance, or film relate to its cultural context and to your cultural context? What dominant ideologies, and cultural narratives are at play?

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