LSAT 157 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q23

LR Question 23 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Filmmaker: I use hidden cameras when filming documentaries…

QUESTION TYPE: Principle

CONCLUSION: The filmmaker’s documentaries are more worthwhile than documentaries in which people speak to the camera.

REASONING: The filmmaker uses hidden cameras, because people act differently and more naturally when they are unaware of where the camera is.

ANALYSIS: The filmmaker says that people act differently under hidden camera settings, and then jumps to “my documentaries are more worthwhile”. We’re missing the principle to justify the belief that documentaries are more worthwhile when the subjects act naturally because they do not know where the camera is. That’s what we should look for.

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1. We don’t care about documentary legitimacy. We want it to be worthwhile.
2. This tells us how to make a documentary authentic, but doesn’t connect that to being worthwhile.
3. This might justify the filmmaker’s actions as moral, but doesn’t justify the conclusion that their documentaries are more worthwhile.
4. CORRECT. This answer says that authentic documentaries (ie. people acting naturally) are more worthwhile. This leads to the filmmaker’s conclusion.
5. The filmmaker isn’t concluding that subjects should or should not look for the hidden cameras. This is irrelevant.

Recap: The question begins with “Filmmaker: I use hidden cameras when filming documentaries”. It is a Principle question. Learn how to master LSAT Principle questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.