Christine Wells

AS 2.2ANALYSE SPECIFIED ASPECT(S) OF STUDIED VISUAL OR ORAL TEXT(S), SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE4 CREDITS

PLOT

1. View the film.

2. Create a flow chart to show the progression of the story.

For each section, write a brief description from the story.

Include a picture to represent the section.

C H A R A C T E R & F I L M T E C H N I Q U E S

Character adjectives

Visual/verbal feature What does the viewer learn?

Getting to know the characters

Character adjectives

Visual/verbal feature What does the viewer learn?

Getting to know the characters

C H A R A C T E R & F I L M T E C H N I Q U E S

Character adjectives

Visual/verbal feature What does the viewer learn?

Getting to know the characters

CHARACTERS & CHALLENGES

Any information about the characters is important to the film.

Characters develop and change during the novel as they face challenges and conflict.

1. Choose 1 character and describe a challenge in their life.

2. Explain how they coped with it (aim for 3 ways).

3. List 6 visual/verbal techniques which support your ideas.

4. What do we learn about the type of person she/he is?

5. Explain what the director wants us to learn from this character and how they dealt with their challenges/conflict.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

1. Create a Venn diagram to show the similarities and differences between 2 characters.

2. Choose 1 similarity and one difference and discuss what may have caused this similarity or difference.

1. Explain the outcome of this

change. What did the character learn

from this?2. What does the

director want us as viewers to learn

from this change?3. Include visual/verbal

features.

1. Identify and describe the

event or person that influenced a

change in the character.

2. Explain how the character changed.

3. Include visual/verbal

features.

CHANGE IN A CHARACTER

1. Describe the character at the beginning of the

film.2. Include visual/verbal

features to support your description.

RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT

1. Identify an important relationship in the film.

2. Describe this relationship – are they friends, related, enemies?

3. Identify any visual/verbal features that support

your description.

1. Identify and describe the

changes in this relationship. Does

the balance of power change? Is there a conflict? Does one person help the other in

some way?2. What is the

outcome?3. Include visual/verbal

features.

1. Describe the relationship at the end of the film. Are

the characters friends? Why/why

not?2. Explain what the

director want us as viewers to learn from

this relationship.3. Can this be linked to

human nature or the world in general?

4. Include visual/verbal techniques.

ESSAY TOPICS

Choose ONE of the following questions and write at least 300 words.

1. Analyse how the beginning AND ending of a text show an important change in a character or individual in a text you have studied.

2. Analyse how a character or individual is influenced to make decisions in a text you have studied.

3. Analyse how the growth of a relationship affects the climax in a text you have studied.

SETTING

Setting may include reference to time, place, historical or social context, or atmosphere.

1. Identify the 3 main settings in the text.

2. Choose 1 and create a brainstorm of adjectives to describe it.

3. Locate 3 visual/verbal features from the film that link to 3 of your adjectives.

SETTING & EFFECT

1. Explain the effect that the setting has on the life of the protagonist.

2. Imagine how the setting would affect you. Write a paragraph to describe how you would react to the setting.

3. Explain what you think the author wants us to learn about the protagonist by placing him/her in this setting.

ATMOSPHERE

1. Describe the atmosphere in the text.

2. List 3 ways that the atmosphere is established – think about lighting, sound and colour.

3. Explain why the director included the atmosphere. How does it help the viewer to understand the text?

THEMES

A theme is a broad idea, message, or moral of a story. The message may be about life, society, or human nature. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and are almost always implied rather than stated explicitly.

1. Brainstorm a list of possible themes.

2. For each theme, describe the relevant section of the film where the theme is shown.

THEME AND MEANING

1. Choose one theme and discuss the meaning of your theme. What does it mean exactly?

2. Explain how this theme may be seen in today’s world.

3. What does the director want us to understand about this theme?

4. Identify any social issues that may be related to this theme. For example, health issues; power and violence related issues.

THEME & CHARACTERS

1. Choose 2 themes and list the characters that are linked to each theme.

2. Explain why you linked each character to the theme.

3. Include a visual/verbal feature for each.

4. Explain what you think the author wants us to learn about these characters by using this theme.

THEME IN ACTION

1. Choose a part of the text that shows one of the themes in action and create a short cartoon to show what happens.

Include dialogue from the text.

1. Create a collage of quotes from the film that are linked to the themes.

Split your poster into sections, each section will be for each theme. Place the quotes in the relevant section.

Use lettering/words from magazines and coloured paper.

SYMBOLS

A symbol is a person, place, or thing comes to represent an abstract idea or concept -- it is anything that stands for something beyond itself.

1. Identify 3-4 symbols from the text.

2. Choose 3 and explain what its significance is, where it is seen in the text and which theme and character it is linked to.

3. Explain why the director included each symbol. What does he/she want the viewer to learn or think about?

ESSAY TOPICS

1. Analyse how symbols are used to develop an idea in the text you have studied.

2. Analyse how successful a text you have studied has been in influencing you to think differently about an issue.

3. Analyse how important techniques are used to engage our emotions in a text you have studied.

4. Analyse how atmosphere is established and maintained in a text you have studied.

ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE

Achievement

Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence.

Achievement with Merit

Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s) convincingly, supported by evidence.

Achievement with Excellence

Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s) perceptively, supported by evidence.