English+Y12

23 October 2014

Your homework in preparation for the film essay is to review the images provided and compose at least one extended body paragraph pertaining to the film. The question is:


 * // Analyse how techniques typical of a certain genre or text type were used to stir your emotions in the visual text. //**

Quick brainstorm/plan Typical **techniques** in **thrillers** are: lighting, non-diegetic sound (music), extreme high angles... Typical **emotions** in **thrillers** are: intimidation, anxiousness, fear, uncertainty, unease...
 * Analyse how ** ? Our question already addresses techniques by default but there is still more to add. Depending on which pictures you choose you may add: sound motifs, motifs, symbolism, MacGuffin, anagrams...

What to do 1 Choose a shot from a scene(s) you are likely to use in an essay. View images [|here]. 2 Use two or three of these stills (pics) to **write a paragraph starting 'The director uses** (technique) to ....(reason why which could be 'help the viewer understand', 'to encourage the viewer to wonder whether...' or 'to make the viewer think that...') 3 Don't forget to **add detail** of what you see. From your paragraph I should be able to point to the exact stills you chose to discuss. 4 Add a **second technique** from the same still or sequence. Build on the paragraph with the sentence: 'The director combines ...(technique you just discussed) with ...(new technique) to emphasise/develop/create even more.... 5 **Add detail** about what you see/hear from this technique. 6 **Link** what you have said for both techniques **back to the keywords in the question** genre (so thriller) and emotions (state which ones). 7 Finally, **wrap up** by using one of the sentence starters from the **YASS** hand out from class today. 8 Before you move on check that you have mentioned **'director's purpose'** at least once somewhere within your paragraph.

Due I will collect these on your return to school. Due on Wednesday 29 October