AS90850+Visual+Text+(Film)

Show understanding of specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), using supporting evidence.

Course Resources[[image:enl101hz/CUMarksHandsonBelly.gif width="187" height="149" align="right" caption="MS Mark's hands on Juno's belly."]]
Unit Outline. Glossary of cinematography terms - camera shots and angles. Very thorough list of terms for discussing film. Your summaries of aspects of the film.

Assessment Resources toc Description of the Achievement Standard. ï»¿What your exam aper __might__ look like. Practice Questions. An example of a Merit level answer, on the film __Romeo and Juliet.__

Further Reading and Background
(useful if you are doing the speech assessment) [|"The Juno Effect"]article on social attitudes to teen pregnancy.

[[image:enl101hz/MSSu-Chin.gif width="205" height="195" align="right" caption="MS Juno fleeing Women Now"]]﻿ Topic One: Narrative
PPTs from our study of narrative. The Hollywood Three Act Structure - breakdown. A whole film analysis template.

Topic Two: Characterisation
Notes on the way characters are developed in Juno. Exemplar essay on the character of Mark.

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Topic Three: Relationships
Looking at the main relationships: Mark and Juno, Mark and Vanessa, Juno and Bleeker.

[[image:enl101hz/Freeway.gif width="216" height="151" align="right" caption="HA WS The Freeway - Juno's moment of crisis and choice."]]Topic Four: Themes/Ideas
Crisis/Resilience, Childhood/Adulthood, Choice. Our themes/Ideas worksheet from class.

Review Activity: Focus Groups
This wiki is a work in progress, and I need your help to make it useful for students! You will work ingroups to develop useful notes on one aspect of the film and post them on the wiki. This is a way of developing and sharing our understanding of the film, and a way for you to revise for your exams.
 * 1) Pair with another student you can work productively with - you may choose to work by yourself.
 * 2) Mr Hanson will allocate you an aspect of the film to cover.
 * 3) At the end of this two period activity, you are expected to have produced a summary (around one page in length) of your aspect of the film. This summary should include **examples of visual and oral features.**
 * 4) Resources you can use include: notes on the wiki page, notes from class. A folder of screenshots is available on subjects/english/enl101hz. You should incorporate these into your summary.

Below is an example of a summary Mr. Hanson has produced, about the setting of the film:

Your summary should cover the following points:
 * Describe in general _ (the thing being summarised).
 * Describe what we learn about _ in the film.
 * Explain how visual and oral features are used to communuicate ideas about___ .__
 * Give examples of important visual and oral features.
 * Explain how ___ links to other aspects, or is important to the film as a whole.