how do i analyse a film (1 Viewer)

[ButteryNucleotide]

i have an assessment coming up where i have to analyse blade runner and the handmaid's tale. my question is "How effectively does speculative fiction explore universal themes and issues relevant to human experiences?"

the assessment says i have to look at:

• The public and private worlds represented in the texts
• The way composers of these texts have crafted speculative narratives to reflect the context (including social, cultural and historical values) in which each text was created, including specific contextual concerns
• The warnings and lessons for society explored in the speculative texts and how narratives serve to shape our understanding and engagement with the world

i can't even remember the last time i analysed a film , so i'm not sure how to approach the task. does anybody have any tips or resources??? anything helps

 

[liamkk112]

i have an assessment coming up where i have to analyse blade runner and the handmaid's tale. my question is "How effectively does speculative fiction explore universal themes and issues relevant to human experiences?"

the assessment says i have to look at:

• The public and private worlds represented in the texts
• The way composers of these texts have crafted speculative narratives to reflect the context (including social, cultural and historical values) in which each text was created, including specific contextual concerns
• The warnings and lessons for society explored in the speculative texts and how narratives serve to shape our understanding and engagement with the world

i can't even remember the last time i analysed a film , so i'm not sure how to approach the task. does anybody have any tips or resources??? anything helps

i had a film for my common mod text in hsc, i'd recommend:
- knowing dialogue, it's still very good to have this as a core part of your evidence
- scratching up on film techniques, like shots (mid shot, wide shot etc), colour palettes, mise en scene etc, this will probably form the other half-75% of your evidence
- try to watch the film a lot of times so you can visualise the scenes well, this way if u forget quotes then u can always describe a scene
- make sure you know how things evolve throughout the film really well -> usually you'll be writing about how a character/idea/whatever and how they change due to different things, in this case how the themes and issues are explored from different perspectives
- avoid describing things too much - u need to do so to provide context, but make sure for every sentence of description, there's some techniques included and at least 2-3 bits of analysis afterwards, otherwise you're just recounting in the eyes of markers

 

[aqwerty13402]

i have an assessment coming up where i have to analyse blade runner and the handmaid's tale. my question is "How effectively does speculative fiction explore universal themes and issues relevant to human experiences?"

the assessment says i have to look at:

• The public and private worlds represented in the texts
• The way composers of these texts have crafted speculative narratives to reflect the context (including social, cultural and historical values) in which each text was created, including specific contextual concerns
• The warnings and lessons for society explored in the speculative texts and how narratives serve to shape our understanding and engagement with the world

i can't even remember the last time i analysed a film , so i'm not sure how to approach the task. does anybody have any tips or resources??? anything helps

OH MY GOD BLADE RUNNER IS SO FUCKING BAD I DID THAT FOR MY ENGLISH EXTENSION 1 ASSIGNMENT LAST YEAR

 

[ButteryNucleotide]

OH MY GOD BLADE RUNNER IS SO FUCKING BAD I DID THAT FOR MY ENGLISH EXTENSION 1 ASSIGNMENT LAST YEAR

nah fr i'm so glad it's not just me the cuts were so confusing, the plotline lost me like halfway, and the movie had super sexist/racist vibes. i'm not excited to analyse it. what was your assessment ab for english ext?

 

[aqwerty13402]

nah fr i'm so glad it's not just me the cuts were so confusing, the plotline lost me like halfway, and the movie had super sexist/racist vibes. i'm not excited to analyse it. what was your assessment ab for english ext?

i actually have no idea. It was an essay, thats all i really remember. We had to answer some question using Maze Runner, Nosedive (Netflix Blackmirror episode) and Brave New World

 

[empowered]

OH MY GOD BLADE RUNNER IS SO FUCKING BAD I DID THAT FOR MY ENGLISH EXTENSION 1 ASSIGNMENT LAST YEAR

im doing it this year as a related text

 

[ButteryNucleotide]

i actually have no idea. It was an essay, thats all i really remember. We had to answer some question using Maze Runner, Nosedive (Netflix Blackmirror episode) and Brave New World

THAT ACC SOUNDS SO COOL