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AS 2.2
Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s),
supported by evidence
4 Credits
Christine Wells
learning outcomes
gathering processing
Identify and describe key aspects of the text such
as characterisation, setting, themes, and
visual and verbal features.
Explain where key aspects are demonstrated in the
text.compare and contrast
characters.
success criteria
gathering processing applying
Demonstrate engagement with the film through viewing and reading relevant information.
Demonstrate understanding of
key aspects through
discussion and written answers.
Analyse key aspects of the
text and demonstrate
understanding by producing written
essays.
narrative structure
1. work in pairs to Create a flow chart to show the progression of the narrative. include exposition, climax & resolution.
2. For each section, write a brief description from the film.
3. Include a visual/verbal feature to represent each section.
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Choose 3 characters and complete a chart for each one.
Character adjectives
Visual/verbal feature
What does the viewer learn?
describing words or phrases
costume & makeupAbout the character or their motivations
camera work, sound and lighting
About human behaviour in general
dialogueAbout the world
around us
Getting to know the characters
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Characters & Challenges
Any information about the characters is important to the film.
Characters develop and change during the film 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. 6
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Compare and Contrast
1. work in pairs to Create a Venn diagram to show the similarities and differences between 2 characters. aim for 5 of each.
2. Choose 1 similarity and one difference and discuss what may have caused this similarity or difference.
Character 1 Character 2
similarities
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contributing
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.
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symbolsManaging self
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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?
2. Describe a major conflict in their relationship.
3. Does one person help the other in some way? What is the outcome?
4. Include visual/verbal features.
1. Describe the relationship at the end of the film. do the characters respect one another? 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.
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symbolsManaging self
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Essay TopicsChoose ONE of the following
questions and write at least 400 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.
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text and symbols
Managing self
Setting
• Setting may include reference to time, place, historical or social context, or atmosphere.
1. work in pairs to 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.
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Setting & Effect
1. Explain the effect that the setting has on the life of the protagonist or
antagonist.
1. Imagine how the setting would affect you. Write a paragraph to describe how
you would react to the setting.
2. Explain what you think the director wants us to learn about the protagonist
by placing him in this setting.
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symbolsManaging self
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atmosphere1. Describe the atmosphere in the
film.
2. List 3 ways that the atmosphere is developed – think about lighting, sound and colour.
3. Explain how the atmosphere helps the viewer to understand the film.
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Managing selfParticipating and contributing
ThemesA 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. in Pairs, Brainstorm a list of possible themes.
2. For each theme, describe the relevant section of the film where the theme is shown.
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Theme and meaning1. 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.
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Managing selfParticipating and contributing
Theme & characters
1. in pairs, 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 director wants us to learn about these characters by using this theme.
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Using language, text and symbolsManaging self
Participating and contributing
Theme in actionin pairs, Choose one of the following activities to complete:
1. Choose a part of the film that shows one of the themes in action and create a short cartoon to show what happens. Include dialogue from the film.
2. Create a collage of visual/verbal features from the film that are linked to the themes.
3. create a poster portraying the themes. Split your poster into sections, each section will be for each theme. Include characters & dialogue in the relevant section.
you may create an analogue or digital artefact.
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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. in pairs, Identify 3-4 symbols from the film.
2. Choose 3 and explain what each one’s 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 want the viewer to learn or think about?
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Using language, text and symbols
Managing selfParticipating and
contributing
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.
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and symbolsManaging self
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.
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