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Title:FM4 –

Introduction to ‘Tsotsi’

Wednesday 19th November 2014

A2 Film Studies

Why?

Aims & Objectives

• YOU WILL re-cap prior learning.• YOU WILL learn about the 1st

Principle text YOU MUST write about in the exam Tsotsi.

• YOU WILL also learn about the themes & issues that are represented to the spectator and what other people have to say about the text (Critically).

• Review the learning.

AO1 and AO2

Apply knowledge and understanding, including some of the common critical approaches that characterisethe subject, when exploring and analysing films and when evaluating their own creative projects to show how meanings and responses are generated.

Starter – Re-cap prior learning

YOU MUST write down HOW Violence was represented in the 2 scenes analysed last lesson from:

YOU SHOULD refer to some film language –verbal, non-verbal, technical codes – in demonstrating your

understanding.

Entrance Activity

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• Are people valued in the environment represented to the spectator?

• Why is Violence used in both texts?

• Are there any similarities in the representation of Violence ?

FM4 –Varieties of Film Experience –

Issues and Debates

Exam

• 2 Hours 45 minutes in length

• Section A and B = 35 Marks

• Section C = 30 Marks

Year 13 – A2 Film Studies – FM4 Exam (50% of A2 Film Studies)

Friday 12th June 2015 – AM

FM4 –Varieties of Film Experience –

Issues and Debates

Section A – 35 Marks

Key: Compare & Contrast

Gavin Hood (Director) stated that he “..wanted to transport our audience into a World of radical contrasts” in terms of establishing the ‘collision’ of ‘wealth and poverty’.

Task 1) –

‘Collision’ of ‘wealth and poverty’.

Using the handout you have been provided, YOU MUST establish HOW Gavin Hood’s ideology is represented in this short sequence from the text.

YOU SHOULD consider HOW the use of the eyeline match between Tsotsi and the skyline helps to construct this ideology to the spectator.

“What is Tsotsi feeling at this precise moment?”

Task 1) –

In line with Gavin Hood’s comments, what are the connotations behind this shot?

‘Collision’ of ‘wealth and poverty’.

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Task 2) –

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What have you learnt?

YOU MUST write x3 things you have learnt about Tsotsi in the lesson today.

Extension – YOU COULD write more than x3 things you have learnt about FM4 – Section A in the lesson today.

Homework

AO4 Research some statistics/information regarding post-apartheid South-Africa – 1-2 Pages – and ‘Tsotsi’

itself

Conclude:

What are your expectations for the film?

Due: Tomorrow – Next Lesson

post-apartheid = AFTER