I love this video story. Please watch and answer the questions below. Look for the different storytelling elements. You have a strong central character, a conflict and a resolution in the end. The film uses lots of wide, medium, tight and super-tight shots for visual variety. Notice how the interview with the dad helps define the story and set up the conflict.
Questions to answer (Use Canvas)
What are your impressions of this story?
What were the gold coins in the story ( revealed moments that kept you watching?)
Did you think the filmmaker’s involvement in the resolution hurt or helped the story?
Please do this assignment by Tuesday. Ten points.
Intro to Doc DV Production 237 
Answers and Thoughts on Caine’s Arcade
First off I want to say that this story is a very touchy story from mid-beginning to mid-ending (I guessed that is called the rising action and the falling action) Where it made you feel sympathy for Caine because of him having no customers to all of a sudden he got tons of customers. I had to watch the story again because I forgot to check out the wide, medium, tight, and super tight shots of the video. One of the biggest gold coins that made you want to keep was to see what Caine would think to see people at his arcade waiting on him to open so they can play.
In the beginning part of the story just seeing how clever this kid is was enough to make you think something else was going to happen with him and the IQ that he had. I can tell in some ways that the interviewer use only the parts from the dad’s story telling that he wanted to use so that the dad story didn’t give up the best part of the story. In fact Caine’s dad and his auto shop was the establishing shot or the place of establishment for the story.
I think the film maker brought himself into to the story pretty smooth and easy. He didn’t make a bad entrance by showing how he came across this story. Also I think that it was only fair that he get props and credit for being a part of the resolution.
/Canvas didn’t allow me to submit my work. So below is my answer for these questions/
What are your impressions of this story?
My impression of this story is its structure. The textbook says about three-act structure but I really couldn’t visualize how it should be done in form of a documentary. Now this video may be the first documentary video that constructed in three-act structure I saw. The video has the regular opening. Then the father gradually reveals the tension. Finally, for the haft end, it has resolution. It also has the main character who has an interesting personality.
What were the gold coins in the story ( revealed moments that kept you watching?)
-The phrase: “It’s not a toy.”
-The calculators and how he uses it to generate passcode.
-The “fun pass.”
-He sneaks into the box and put out tickets.
-The whole resolution of the story.
Did you think the filmmaker’s involvement in the resolution hurt or helped the story?
I think the involvement is helpful. The first time I watch this, I don’t see any problem with the story. This video would have been ended at its middle if the filmmaker had not involved. It’s obviously that half of this story was created by the filmmaker; not by the Caine’s play store itself.