Entrance Activity

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200_ –Dir. G_____ H___d

200_ –Dir. M____o Garrone

199_ –Dir. Mathieu Kasso___z

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“Tsotsi had always thought about life as a s______ l___” (Athol F_____d)

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

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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: TODAY!

post-apartheid = AFTER

Title:FM4 –

Post-apartheid South Africa, Poverty, Crime, Social division

Thursday 20th November 2014

A2 Film Studies

Why?

Aims & Objectives

• YOU WILL re-cap prior learning.

• YOU WILL learn about the zeitgeist surrounding Tsotsi.

• YOU WILL learn about ‘Apartheid’ and the Historical context surrounding the film.

• 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 – Assess prior learning

What does ‘APARTHEID’ stand for?

Feedback‘APARTHEID’ =

• Afrikaans for “Separateness” and the “state of being apart”

• Established in 1948

• Nelson Mandela released from prison in 1990 (after serving 27 years for attempting to over throw the state), however Apartheid did not officially end until he was elected in 1994, despite the ban being lifted in February 1990.

Post-Apartheid South Africa

Impact on society in South Africa?

• 25% unemployment

• Only 85% of households in South Africa have access to electricity

• Average life expectatncy is 49 – the 2nd lowest in the World

SOWETO

(SOuth Western TOwnship)

• 1.2 million People live in this district of Johannesburg

• 98% of the population are Black

• On average, Soweto natives earn 6 ½ times less than the average South African.

How far does the scene you have studied for this topic challenge the audience, generating debate

about the worlds they represent?

'Tsotsi' Opening Scene

Task 1) –

How far does the scene you have studied for this topic challenge the audience, generating debate

about the worlds they represent?

YOU MUST answer the question above in relation to the scene you are about to watch from Tsotsi through a PEA paragraph.YOU SHOULD look out for certain film language devices – mise-en-scene, sound and cinematography – that “challenge the audience” about the “Worlds they represent”.

Feedback

What have you learnt?

YOU MUST write x3 facts/areas you did NOT KNOW at the beginning of this lesson.

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

Homework

Research a review:

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/mar/17/2

Pick out 3 Verbal codes that help establish the themes & issues represented in the film –

YOU COULD research the Director and his intentions for the film as well.

Due: Tomorrow – Next Lesson