Monday - Period 5

Activities 28/06/10:

1. Camera Shots & Angles analysis
2. Themes - destiny, tradition, leadership, community
3. Composition - movie trailer voiceover

Friday - Period 4

Activities 25/06/10:

1. Camera Shots & Angles quiz
2. Characterisation - Koro

Monday - Period 3 & Wednesday - Period 2

Whale Rider activities:

• Thursday's work checked.
• Trailer activity outlined.
• Plot recorded in point form and narrative elements labelled.
• Characterisation - Paikea, Koro and Nanny Flowers

Homework:  finish storyboard activity by Monday, 28/06/10.  Begin planning ideas for your trailer voiceover.

Monday - Period 3 & Wednesday - Period 2

 Viewing - 'Whale Rider'.

As you watch the first part of the film, take note of the following:

• protagonist
• antagonist
• setting
• conflict

During Wednesday's viewing you will backchannel in response to various prompts.

Thursday - Period 2

Film techniques (continued) - storyboards, lighting, editing.

Next week we will begin our viewing of the film, 'Whale Rider'.  For homework you are required to view the trailer below and answer the following questions in your English book.

1. Where is the film set?
2. Who normally becomes the leader of the tribe?
3. This film is based upon a book of the same name by which author?
4. The movie trailer includes captions.  Complete the following sentence based on the captions:  Comes a film that will _________________, _____________________, and _____________________.

Tuesday - Period 4

Film techniques continued:

• Camera movement and point of view shot
• Cinematographer/director decisions - rain, platoon of soldiers, crying woman, waterfall