Thursday, February 13, 2014

Dirty jobs: Taxidermy

1. How did Mehleena the reporter quickly make it clear she was a participant in the story? 
She walked up to the taxidermist and introduced herself. She said she was going to skin a deer. 
2. Which natural sounds added texture to the story? 
The sound of the skin being peeled off. drilling. hammering. .
3. “That was going to take some pretty gruesome work.” Why was that voiceover used when it was--how did it prepare the viewer? 
It warned us that there was going to be some gruesome images so that squeamish people could look away. 
4. The concept of “reporter-as-surrogate-for-the-viewer” means what? 
That a reporter does something so that the view can experience it without actually having to do it. 
5. Did the story make you appreciate the preservation of animals, or make you wonder why people do this in the first place? Explain.
I think it made me appreciate all of the hard work that goes into preserving these animals. 

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