AS91107 Close viewing (3 credits)

Section 1 - Pre Learning

What does close viewing mean?

• Absolutely nothing is put into a film by accident. Every tiny detail adds to a greater purpose.

• Close viewing means to watch a short film or a scene from a full length film and "pull it apart."

• To "close view" it means to pick out the techniques that the director has used and explore the effect that has on us as an audience.

What does the task look like?

READ: Click on the link below to read the task for this assessment

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10JqAks-RQgNcEyVr0JUSw_1pIIDAiJeBhC83BN1TH_0

READ: Very simply put, your mission is to:

• Watch a film in class with your teacher

• Pick a scene of no longer than 5 minutes, your teacher will either give you a list or allow you to choose you own

• You then need to pick the 4 most powerful techniques used in that scene and analyse them.

WRITE: In your close viewing workbook (assigned to you in Google Classroom complete TASK ONE.

What does the finished product look like?

READ: the exemplars, click on the link provided HERE

• You will notice that ALL of these exemplars do the following:

  • Identify the film, director, scene and techniques

  • Provide clear and specific examples of each of the techniques

  • Discusses the SPECIFIC effect of these techniques on the audience

  • Relates the use of these techniques to HOW it builds up the director's purpose

• A MERIT requires you do all of this PLUS to make links between the techniques and their effects

• An EXCELLENCE requires you to do all of the above PLUS discuss the scene/techniques importance to the film as a whole and/or make connections to the real world

WRITE: In your close viewing workbook complete TASK TWO.

Section 2 - Film techniques and their effects

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lHgWu1o5WmwKPCetQbwn10M_D3A-Ave8R2w_YMCTjU0/present#slide=id.p

• IMPORTANT NOTE: this presentation only discusses the use of film techniques and their effects in a general manner. When discussing your film you must be specific in your explanations. For example, instead of just saying "shows emotion" you need to NAME and explain which specific emotion. At LEVEL 2, you MUST link everything back to the DIRECTOR'S PURPOSE. This is often related to THEME, which this slideshow helps you work out for your film :-)

• • EXAMPLE: "In The Lion King's opening scene, a close up camera shot is used on Mufasa and Sarabi's faces to show their facial expressions. Their eyes are bright and they are smiling and looking at Simba with a lot of love. This shows us they are feeling happy to be parents and are proud of their newborn son, Simba." LEVEL 2 BIT: "This relates to the director's purpose of showing that Simba is going to be an important aspect of showing the theme of it can ve difficult to fulfil the destiny you are born into. He is only a newborn cub here and the gathering of animals shows the importance of his birth - a big challenge for a such a young lion."

Section 3 - Director's whakapapa

• Complete TASK THREE in your close viewing workbook based on the DIRECTOR of the film you studied.

Section 4 - First viewing of film

• After viewing the film for the FIRST TIME complete TASKS FOUR AND FIVE in your close viewing workbook.

Section 5 - Scene selection and note taking

CHOOSE: Choose a scene - don't overthink this, just choose the one that you remember best - there's a reason that you remember it.

WATCH: Watch your chosen scene over and over, filling in one row in the digital exercise book at a time.

• For example, if I was doing "camera shots". I would watch it twice for examples, once for the effect on the audience and then once for the director's purpose, don't forget to go back to the Google Slide presentation to help you.

• Taking notes is very straightforward. The table in your close viewing workbook is designed to help you get the all the necessary information you need recorded down. This is TASK SIX.

Section 6 - Final essay/oral presentation preparation

• If you are completing this as an ESSAY it is TASK SEVEN in your close viewing workbook.

• If you are completing this as a PODCAST, check this webpage out

Section 7 - Checklist and final checks

CHECK: On the last page of your close viewing workbook there is a checklist to help you make sure you have everything you need in your assessment before submitting it for marking.

Read through your essay to see if you tick off all of the boxes. Highlight those boxes in GREEN.

If you haven't, go back and add in what is missing. You should highlight this in YELLOW so you find this easily.

This is TASK EIGHT in your workbook.

**Take your time doing your final checks of your work. You absolutely need to put your best foot forward when you hand in your work, so take your time now.

Section 8 - The last bit

Copy and paste your completed essay into the  CLOSE VIEWING ASSESSMENT  assigned to you in Google Classroom and hit 'SUBMIT'.