Part C of your Close Reading Assessment

This is the crucial bit. This is what you have been studying for. BRING IT.

Comment on the film terminology and how it creates meaning: PART C OF TASK

Choose FOUR film techniques (look at the list, or also choose a different one from your film terminology sheet): LOOK AT THE EXEMPLARS. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH ONE.

These are the sort of questions that you will be answering for EACH one—

1. Describe: What is the definition for the film term? Describe two examples IN DETAIL from the opening scene, including screen shots if possible. What meaning do these examples create? What do they show you about the film / characters?
2. Explain: Why are these examples effective in creating meaning? What position does this technique place the viewer in? How does it show you something about the film/ characters / larger ideas and purposes of the film?
3. Analyse: How do these examples create meaning? Bring in your own outside knowledge or apply it to this film/ scene. Make assumptions about the film maker’s purpose for using elements in combination (e.g. to shape the viewers’ emotional response, to create atmosphere, to show character, to construct a story) and/or Make connections with way elements of media language have been used in the wider film and/or Make connections with the style of this director and/or Make connections with other films of this genre.

-----I might prompt you to add more information to your answer, like this:

Example: The student says “The director uses a close-up here to show the boy’s emotions…”

Teacher response:

• What is that emotion?
• Why is he showing that?
• How does the selection of the close-up work to do this?
• How does it relate to the previous emotional state?
• How is it relevant to the scene?
• How does this shot relate to the one before/after it?
• How does this effect work with other visual/aural elements?
• How is this feature used in other parts of the scene? Is it for the same purpose?