Lesson 47 Activity 2.24: reading film, day b

1. Lesson 47Activity 2.24: reading film, day b Lesson Goals Analyze how an author or director achieves specific effects and purposes through literary/ cinematic devices Interpret text by analyzing the author’s purpose behind literary/ cinematic choices Craft an analytical statement, support it with evidence from the text, and include reflective commentary to explain interpretations

2. Be in your home groupsbooks open to page 166 • Review your notes and discussions from the last viewing of “Scissorhands” for 4 minutes • We will watch scene 5-13 today (less than 30 minutes)

3. After viewing… • Discuss the questions on page 166 with your home group. • Come to a group consensus for each answer • Why do the townspeople welcome Edward so quickly into their lives? • How does the town seem to change after Edward’s arrival? • Kim’s reaction to Edward is played for humor, but in what way is hers the most natural or realistic response? • What hints in this segment indicate that all will not work out well?

4. Analysis of key scene • Divide up the cinematic techniques at the bottom of 166 amongst your group • You will focus on your one cinematic technique in the key scene about to be shown again • Take notes of interesting or effective examples of your technique • Think about what triggers Edward’s flashback, and how the music, lighting, and tone are different in the flashback • Think about what the cookie may symbolize  • Now discuss with your group your findings. • Make predictions about the story’s outcome as a group

5. Analytical Statements • Now each of you will create an analytical statement with textual support and reflective commentary about one of the cinematic elements in today’s showing • VOCABULARY NOTEBOOKS! • Commentary—your explanation of the importance or relevance of your example and the way your example supports your analysis • The key word is?

6. Commentary • Your reflective commentary is going to come after your example of the purpose of the technique • Think of your statement like a mathematical equation • Cinematic Element + Purpose + Evidence + Commentary • Your commentary shows your understanding of the relationship between your example of the element used the purpose of the element itself • Reflective Commentary = So What ; the “why we care”

7. Fill in the blanks: analytical statement • Tim Burton, in Edward Scissorhands, use _____________________ in order to ___________________________________________________. For example, ____________________________________________. • _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cinematic element Achieve what purpose Provide evidence/example from the text to support your topic Reflective commentary

8. Exit ticket & homework • On a post it note, please answer our second essential question to the best of your ability. • How do authors and directors use specific techniques to achieve a desired effect? • When the bell rings, leave your post it at the front table. • Homework: Activity 2.25, Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene • Using the dialogue on page 168 from Edward Scissorhands, create a storyboard on pages 169-171. Roughly sketch out what the dialogue scene should look like. • Include your descriptions of the music/sound, dialogue, lighting, and framing. • On a separate sheet of paper, answer the reflection questions at the bottom of page 171.