Transcript Lesson 47 Activity 2.24: reading film, day b

LESSON 47
ACTIVITY 2.24: READING
FILM, DAY B
Lesson Goals
Analyze how an
author or
director achieves
specific ef fects
and purposes
through literar y/
cinematic
devices
Interpret text by
analyzing the
author’s purpose
behind literar y/
cinematic
choices
Craf t an
analytical
statement,
suppor t it with
evidence from
the text, and
include
reflective
commentar y to
explain
interpretations
BE IN YOUR HOME GROUPS
BOOKS OPEN TO PAGE 166
Review your notes and discussions from
the last viewing of “Scissorhands” for 4
minutes
We will watch scene 5-13 today (less
than 30 minutes)
AFTER VIEWING…
 Discuss the questions on page 166 with your home group.
 Come to a group consensus for each answer
 Why do the townspeople welcome Edward so quickly into their
lives?
 How does the town seem to change after Edward’s arrival?
 Kim’s reaction to Edward is played for humor, but in what way
is hers the most natural or realistic response?
 What hints in this segment indicate that all will not work out
well?
ANALYSIS OF KEY SCENE
 Divide up the cinematic techniques at the bottom of 166
amongst your group
 You will focus on your one cinematic technique in the key
scene about to be shown again
 Take notes of interesting or ef fective examples of your
technique
 Think about what triggers Edward’s flashback, and how the
music, lighting, and tone are dif ferent in the flashback
 Think about what the cookie may symbolize 
 Now discuss with your group your findings.
 Make predictions about the story’s outcome as a group
ANALY TICAL STATEMENTS
 Now each of you will create an analytical statement with
textual support and reflective commentary about one of the
cinematic elements in today’s showing
 VOCABULARY NOTEBOOKS!
 Commentary—your explanation of the importance or relevance of your
example and the way your example supports your analysis
 The key word is?
COMMENTARY
 Your reflective commentary is going to come after your
example of the purpose of the technique
 Think of your statement like a mathematical equation
 Cinematic Element + Purpose + Evidence + Commentary
 Your commentary shows your understanding of the
relationship between your example of the element used the
purpose of the element itself
 Reflective Commentary = So What ; the “why we care”
FILL IN THE BLANKS: ANALY TICAL
STATEMENT
 Tim Burton, in Edward Scissorhands, use
_____________________ in order to
___________________________________________________.
For example,
____________________________________________.
 ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________.
EXIT TICKET & HOMEWORK
 On a post it note, please answer our second essential
question to the best of your ability.
 How do authors and directors use specific techniques to achieve a
desired effect?
 When the bell rings, leave your post it at the front table.
 Homework: Activity 2.25, Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
 Using the dialogue on page 168 from Edward Scissorhands, create a
storyboard on pages 169-171. Roughly sketch out what the dialogue
scene should look like.
 Include your descriptions of the music/sound, dialogue, lighting, and
framing.
 On a separate sheet of paper, answer the reflection questions at the
bottom of page 171.