Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 2010-12-02 A Case Study of the Impact of Filmmaker Decisions in the Construction of a Documentary: Helen Whitney's (2007) The Mormons Elizabeth Joy Mott Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Communication Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Mott, Elizabeth Joy, "A Case Study of the Impact of Filmmaker Decisions in the Construction of a Documentary: Helen Whitney's (2007) The Mormons" (2010). Theses and Dissertations. 2412. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2412 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. A Case Study of the Impact of Filmmaker Decisions in the Construction of a Documentary: Helen Whitney’s (2007) The Mormons Elizabeth J. Mott A thesis submitted to the faculty of Brigham Young University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Sherry Baker Dale Cressman Brad Barber Department of Communications Brigham Young University December 2010 Copyright © 2010 Elizabeth J. Mott All Rights Reserved ABSTRACT A Case Study of the Impact of Filmmaker Decisions in the Construction of a Documentary: Helen Whitney’s (2007) The Mormons Elizabeth J. Mott Department of Communications Master of Arts Informed by theories of media framing, exemplification, and non-fiction film production, this case study used as its sample for textual analysis the typed transcripts from the final cut of Helen Whitney’s (2007) documentary film, The Mormons, and the interview transcripts of the 15 key commentators interviewed for the documentary.