Put your name on the little map Colour in where you think the country of South Africa is Surround the map with ideas facts impressions you have South Africa Add a little frame 22 Analyse specified aspects of studied visual texts supported by evidence ID: 697860
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Any Prior Knowledge?
What do you know about South Africa ?
* Put your name on the little map
* Colour in where you think the country of South Africa is
*Surround the map with ideas / facts / impressions you have South Africa
* Add a little frameSlide2
2.2 Analyse specified aspects of studied visual texts supported by evidence
External: 4 creditsSlide3
2.2 Assessment Requirements
Show your knowledge of the film
e.g. what happens, the order in which it happens, why it happens, what is said, how characters interact and if they change, themes and the setting
Understand and explain how the director uses
film techniques
to suggest ideas
e.g. lighting, sound, camera techniques, costume
etc
Note: You will need
to memorise these details!!Slide4
Tsotsi
Tsotsi
means
thug inAfrikaans
Pronounce
it as you
read
it, say the 'ts' part quickly, as an interrupted 's' sound.What does thug mean??Slide5
Why Did I Choose It For Our Study?
It provides lots of ideas and film techniques to discuss in a Level 2 film essay
It is an Oscar and other awards winner
Although it is set in a particular place, it has universal, global themes and relevanceIt provides challenge and something different
It broadens your general knowledge about the worldSlide6
Key Data
Director:
Gavin Hood (
Sth Africa)Writer:
Athol
Fugard
, adapted from his own novel
(also directed X Men Origins, Wolverine, Ender’s Game
etc)Year Made: 2006Awards: e.g. Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year 2006 and many othersGenre: Psychological thriller? Social realism? Crime drama?
Warning:
It is violent
at times.Slide7
Where Is South Africa?
JohannesburgSlide8
Setting Background
Soweto township is part of
Johannesburg, a city in South Africa
Soweto is a slum contrasted in the film with the rich suburbs where the educated middle class black couple live
It’s post –apartheid South Africa, but tensions between black and white still evident in the film
Its name is comes from
So
uth
Western TownshipsSlide9
Soweto Uprising 1976
The
Soweto Uprising
, also known as 16 June, is a series of protests led by high school students in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
[
Students from numerous
Sowetan
schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools.
[An estimated 20,000 students took part in the protests. The number of people who died is usually given as 176, with estimates of up to 700. 16 June is now a public holiday, Youth Day, in South Africa, in remembrance of the events of 1976.Slide10
Famous Image From the UprisingSlide11
Soweto HousingSlide12
Some Grim Facts
51%
of 15-24 year olds are unemployed in
Sth Africa (NZ 17.7%)18% of population have
HIV/Aids
(NZ 0.1%)
SA: Population below the poverty line = 31%
(NZ NA%)
Source: CIA Fact Book 2013Slide13
Universal Themes
The effects of poverty and violence
The possibility of redemption
DecencyThe battle between good and evil within the individual and in society
Motherhood
Loyalty
The gap between rich and poor
The role of chance and opportunity in lifeSlide14
Eek! It’s Got Subtitles!
This film has a mixture of languages in it e.g.
* Afrikaans
* English
Local Soweto dialects
Good Points About Use of Subtitles
* It’s easier for us to study the dialogue
* It adds authenticity to the setting
* It broadens your language horizonsSlide15
Music on the Soundtrack
Kwaito
Music
a music genre that emerged in
Johannesburg
,
South Africa
, during the 1990s.
A type of house music featuring the use of African sounds and samplesKwaito often contains catchy melodic and percussive loop samples, deep bass lines, and vocals. Although bearing similarities to hip hop music, a distinctive feature of
Kwaito
is the manner in which the lyrics are sung, rapped and shouted.
American producer
Diplo
has described
Kwaito
as "slowed-down
garage music
," most popular among the black youth of South Africa.[1]
Source: Wikipedia