English 11

Theme/idea- the idea the story centers around.

 

-message we are trying to convey to the audience.

Tolerance - the quality of allowing people to have their own attitudes, beliefs, or to believe in a particular way, even if you don’t agree or approve.

Overcoming adversity - pushing past/getting through something difficult or dangerous.

The holocaust scene - 27:25-36:53

Overcoming adversity

• The students don’t respect or have a relationship with their teacher. They don’t understand each other. 

• Drew a racist picture of Jamal

• The students yell at the teachers, face different directions, tell her don’t give her respect

• Andre- why should I give you my respect you? Because you’re a teacher? I don’t know you’re not a liar standing up there.

• They aren’t in a headspace to learn because they don’t feel safe-bring guns to school, mock each other, no tolerance for each other.

• Marcus- lady, I’m lucky if I make it to 18, we in a war! We graduating every day we live because we ain’t afraid to die protecting our own.

Deep focus- everything in the is sharp clear

shallow focus- focuses us on part of an image blurs the rest

- tells the viewers where attention is needed.

In the holocaust scene, the shallow focus is used to slow the theme of tolerance. For instance, we see a picture being passed around the room until it reaches Jamel. The picture is a stereotype t an African American with big lips and has Jamal’s name on As, he receives it, Jamal puts his hat black and shrinks into his chair. shallow focus is used to brings out attention to the picture and its effect on Jamal. This makes us understood that the picture was used to bully and embrass Jamal. The director did this to help us empathize with the characters and gain an insight into what their lives are like. Coinciding with this is the use of costume-in this case Jamal’s hat. When Jamal puts the hats on, it symbolises that he wants to hide away and not be seen. This scene introduces the viewer to the theme of tolerance because we can see that currently, the students do not respect each other’s cultures, beliefs, or identities. This makes students like Jamal’s feel unsafe in class.

Angles-high /low-shows power/dominance

Lightning -dim/bright-show emotions e.g Jamal overwhelmed 

Close up/mid shot- teacher in midshot 

Students close up

We feel the distance between the students the teacher, gap in misunderstanding.

Close-up-students, the director wants us to empathise, with them, see it from their perspective

Mid shot- on teacher-shows the divide between them.

Shallow focus

Props

Dialogue

Close-up          EVA

Shallow focus

In the holocaust scene, the close-up is used to slow the theme of emotion for the students. For instance, Eva was shouting at the teacher because she “hated the white skin”. Eva was angry for saying the teacher she 

June 11, 2021

Brainstorm - a students read his diary to the teacher the class

• His family has been evicted

• He feels at home at school in ms gruwels class

• Overcoming adversity - he has come to school despite being evicted

Music- slow, soft, sad

Colour/Lighting- bright, natural -creates an atmosphere of a warm, happy, welcome space.

Camera -close up-from close -shows the audience his emotion

shot/movements/angles/focus Dollyshot -from close - up  to mid-back to close -up -shows viewer

That student is surrounded, supported by his classroom family.

Shallow focus - the speaker is sharp, those around are blurred to make him the focus, most important.

Dialogue, tone of speech, body language

In the “I am home ‘scene shallow focus is used to show how these characters overcame adversity.

Brainstorm

Miep gies has come to talk to the class about hiding Anne franks her family

Marcus stands and tells her that shes his hero.

Miep says that they are her heroes.

Camera      - pan shot - used to slow all of students are there and they are all

shot/angle      focused listening-not distracted like previous scenes.                         

Movement/focus

Lighting - bright, cold , natural- back lit- creates a halo effect making her seem angelic or god-like. This works because the students see miep like a god because she saved te franks.

Music- subtle quite, build in volume & intensity, used to heighten the viewers emotions.