The way an author makes a character feel real is called characterisation. There are two types: DIRECTCharacterisation INDIRECTCharacterisation TELLS the character’s traits. SHOWS the character’s traits. Ms Roberts is a clumsy person. As Ms Roberts entered the room, she tripped on the mat and spilt her coffee everywhere! Two Types of Characterisation There are five…
Category: Film
Visual Texts
How to analyse visual texts: https://astar.tv/how-to-analysing-visual-texts/ Picture books Read this list of features of picture books. Make a list of the features you used in your comic strip. Did you follow the same rules? Or did you do something different. Go to the page on Picture Books: https://msroberts.school.blog/2020/11/03/picture-books/ Comic Strips & Graphic Novels Read through…
Five Act Structure (Freytag’s Pyramid)
What is it? Good explanation from StoryboardThat website: https://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/e/five-act-structure Teacher video explaining it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvlaV84tB1Q This page has an in depth explanation of each stage, with examples from TV. https://nofilmschool.com/how-to-write-five-act-structure High literacy level. Comparing Three Act Structure with Five Act Structure: https://proactivewriter.com/blog/the-importance-of-structure-when-writing-transform-your-novel-into-a-masterpiece
Scarlet Letter and Easy A
The film Easy A is intertextually linked to classic short novel The Scarlet Letter. Scarlet Letter This is a famous short novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. It is about Puritans in early USA colonies who ostracise a women because she had an affair. It’s about morality and nosy neighbours and religiousness and it’s…
Intertextuality
If you come across a really good resource, please let me know! MOST IMPORTANT LINKS: TV Tropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tropes Genius.com: best for looking up the intertextual references in music. https://genius.com/ What is Intertextuality? This Year 12 SACE teacher explains it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b9I3WoEHBo, as well as talking about Appropriation, Allusions and Parody. Types of Intertextuality There are two…
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