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THE GREAT HANGING Johnathan Paul Martin Thesis Prepared for the Degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS May 2016 APPROVED: Melinda Levin, Major Professor Tania Khalaf, Committee Member Jenny Vogel, Committee Member Eugene Martin, Committee Member Melinda Levin, Director of Master of Fine Arts degree in Documentary Production and Studies, Department of Media Arts Eugene Martin, Chair of the Department of Media Arts Costas Tsatsoulis, Dean of the Toulouse Graduate School Martin, Johnathan Paul. "The Great Hanging." Master of Fine Arts (Documentary Production and Studies), May 2016, 98 pp., references, 51 titles. The Great Hanging is a documentary film that tells the story of the largest extra-legal mass hanging in U.S. History. This story is told through stage play recital of October Mourning written by historian and professor Dr. Pat Ledbetter. Using the stage play as a vehicle, the film showcases cinematic re-enactments based in the events in Gainesville, Texas during October 1862. These events show how a small community became overwhelmed by the fog of war and delved into madness as the Civil War crept closer and closer to their doorstep. Copyright 2016 by Johnathan Paul Martin ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I: PROSPECTUS................................................................................................................. 1 Intro/Description........................................................................................................................... 1 Treatment...................................................................................................................................... 5 Feasibility..................................................................................................................................... 9 Goals of Production.................................................................................................................... 10 Intended Audience...................................................................................................................... 12 Style and Approach.................................................................................................................... 14 Distribution................................................................................................................................. 16 Continuing Research.................................................................................................................. 19 Production Schedule................................................................................................................... 20 Production Budget...................................................................................................................... 27 CHAPTER II: PRODUCTION RESEARCH........................................................................................ 25 Subject Matter Research............................................................................................................. 26 Interviewees and Location Research.......................................................................................... 29 Distribution Possibilities/Target Audience................................................................................. 31 CHAPTER III: RECONCEPTUALIZATION BEFORE PRODUCTION............................................ 33 Introduction and Description...................................................................................................... 34 Production Changes.................................................................................................................... 38 Intended Audience...................................................................................................................... 42 Style and Approach.................................................................................................................... 43 CHAPTER IV: INTEGRATION OF THEORY AND PRODUCTION............................................... 46 Understanding Hybrid Film and Performance........................................................................... 46 Usage of Hybrid Film and Performance..................................................................................... 47 iii Voice of the Narrative................................................................................................................ 50 Visual Language and Conventional Fictional Film Techniques................................................ 51 Representation, Recreation, and Working with Actors.............................................................. 53 Historical Recurrence and Connecting Themes......................................................................... 55 Ethics and Performance in a Non-Fictional World.................................................................... 57 CHAPTER V: PRE-PRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 60 Overview.................................................................................................................................... 60 Schedule..................................................................................................................................... 60 Crew........................................................................................................................................... 62 Equipment.................................................................................................................................. 66 Experience.................................................................................................................................. 66 Release and Agreements............................................................................................................. 68 CHAPTER VI: PRODUCTION............................................................................................................ 69 Overview.................................................................................................................................... 69 Schedule..................................................................................................................................... 69 Equipment.................................................................................................................................. 71 Overall Production Experience................................................................................................... 72 Production Challenges and Techniques...................................................................................... 73 CHAPTER VII: POST PRODUCTION................................................................................................. 77 Overview.................................................................................................................................... 77 Schedule..................................................................................................................................... 77 Equipment.................................................................................................................................. 79 CHAPTER VIII: RECONCEPTUALIZATION DURING POST PRODUCTION.............................. 80 Overview.................................................................................................................................... 80 iv CHAPTER IX: EVALUATION OF COMPLETED WORK................................................................ 83 Pre-Production............................................................................................................................ 83 Production................................................................................................................................... 84 Post Production........................................................................................................................... 85 APPENDICES........................................................................................................................................ 87 REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................... 96 v CHAPTER I M.F.A. PROSPECTUS Title: The Tainted Breeze (Working Title) Length: 90 minutes Medium: HD Video INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTION On October 1, 1862 during the height of the Civil War, the largest mass hanging in United States history commenced in Gainesville, Texas as forty-one men met their demise at the end of a rope. This same day three additional men were shot just along the outskirts of town as they fled for their lives. These events became known as The Great Hanging. By the late 1850s and early 1860s, only 10.9% of landowners in Cooke County, Texas and its county seat, Gainesville, owned slaves. Before the Civil War began, Cooke County had taken a stand against slavery with 61% of the county voting against secession and the Confederate cause.1 A Peace Party was formed with the intent of staving off Confederate conscription. Local slave owners who were pro-confederate accused this Peace Party of aligning with pro-Union forces outside of Texas. These accusations prompted Colonel James G. Bourland to gather state troops and begin arresting these suspected Union sympathizers. In all, one hundred fifty men were arrested over a thirteen-day period. In order to exact justice quickly and mercilessly, a Citizens Court was constructed
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