“A Worn Path” YouTube Dramatization

Critical Review

English 3 IBName ______Per ____

  1. How effective is the background music played throughout the video? Are there variations to the style of music? Explain.
  2. How effective is the opening scene?
  3. How are the video credits handled? Is this effective? Why or why not?
  4. Review the’ crossing the log’ scene in both the book and the video. How are they handled differently? Similarly? Which is most effective? Why?
  5. Review the day dream scene of the ‘little boy and slice of cake’. What do you notice different about this scene in the video?
  6. Review the ‘alligator’ scene in both the text and the video. Note the differences and similarities.
  7. Review the ‘scarecrow’ scene in both the text and the video. Note the differences and similarities.
  8. What did you think of the ‘nickel’ scene?
  9. What is the symbolism behind the ‘black dog”?
  10. What did you think of the ‘shot gun’ scene and the director’s choice of a close-up here?
  11. How is the ‘Natchez town’ scene different in the video than in the text?
  12. Which media is more effective in handling the journey of Phoenix? Why?
  13. What do you notice about the toy store window? Why do you think the director made this choice?
  14. What is your critique of the scene where the woman ties Phoenix’s shoe?
  15. How effective is the red bandana in the video as compared to the description in the text?
  16. Notice the sign on the doctor’s door. What do you think of this? Is it necessary? Why or why not?
  17. How does the director treat the office attendants in the dramatization as compared to Welty’s depiction in the text? Which is more effective? Why?
  18. Review the line …”too old at the Surrender”. Compare the text and the video.
  19. How effective is the close-up in the clinic when Phoenix remembers the boy. Compare this to Welty’s depiction in text. Which is most effective? Why?
  20. For the scene ‘five pennies is a nickel’, what do you notice about expression here?
  21. As Phoenix ends her journey in town, how is the dramatization different than in the text? Is this effective? Why or why not?
  22. Notice the end credits. Where was this filmed?