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Any Prior Knowledge? What do you know about South Africa ? - PowerPoint Presentation

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Any Prior Knowledge? What do you know about South Africa ? - PPT Presentation

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