SKYFALL - eduqas GCSE FILM - aesthetics, camera analysis - Sample response - detailed session

This pack contains a detailed 37-page Power Point presentation, one student handout, one ‘answer booklet’ for mini assessments.

**This is a very detailed and focused session that will enable students to address both context, technical analysis and aesthetics of SkyFall **

The lesson covers:

• Re-cap of exam, example questions discussed, special focus: Aesthetics introduction
  **- Starter 1 **- Key terms task
• Starter 2 - Questions about Bond/Skyfall - students encourage to draw out central themes that will later be linked to aesthetic choices
• Feedback
• Answering Questions 1 a, b,c,
        - Scene analysis
        - Student analysis activity
        - detailed feedback slides
        - sample paragraphs and review of sample

Question D - breakdown of question / key terms

• Case study - discussion of Aesthetics using German Expressionism and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Question C - use of colour juxtapositions and how colour is used to convey meaning i.e.

Use of framing to position Bond centrally - detailed scene analysis, clear links to meaning and context

Mirrors/Reflections/Doubles - detailed analysis of the use of Doubles/mirrors in the film - links to the film’s central themes discussed and reinforced.

Assessment:

Content from session is used to plan, write and review answers to the questions posed at the start of the session.

The lesson contains sample paragraphs and an essay plan