Section outline

  • Kia ora. This week you will choose a scene from the film Boy to analyse. Remember the focus is on why the director has chosen a specific technique and the effect it has on the audience. Once you have determined that you have to explain how making us feel a particular way reinforces the theme or message of the film


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on Taika Waititi’s films and the genre of dramedy by developing an understanding of Waititi’s auteurship
    • We are FOCUSING on Taika Waititi’s films and the genre of dramedy by analysing effective visual and verbal used by the director to describe the key ideas in the film
    • We are FOCUSING on Taika Waititi’s films and the genre of dramedy by identifying the visual and verbal language techniques used in a dramedy to highlight the qualities needed to sustain a meaningful relationship
    • We are FOCUSING on Taika Waititi’s films and the genre of dramedy by discussing how Waititi’s auteurship is revealed through his films
    • We are FOCUSING on Taika Waititi’s films and the genre of dramedy by discussing what our response to the visual and verbal techniques employed by the director
    • We are FOCUSING on Taika Waititi’s films and the genre of dramedy by comparing and contrasting three of Waititi’s films and the visual and verbal techniques he has utilised to develop key ideas

    Success Criteria:


    Activities:

    1. Select a scene in the film
    2. Identify the themes reinforced by this scene
    3. Think pair share - techniques used by the director and effect it has 

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