For Merit and Excellence, NCEA asks you to think about the directors purpose. This means - what ideas, themes or messages is the director trying to communicate through a range of different techniques? When thinking about directors purpose, you should consider:
How did I connect to the text?Â
How did the director help me to connect to the text?
What themes or ideas are present in the text?
How does the director communicate these themes or ideas?
Some ways you could include directors purpose in your essay might be...
The director shows us this through ...
When the director uses this technique, he is trying to communicate the idea of....
The intention behind this scene....
The idea of ____ is communicated by _____
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