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ENGLISH ADV. UNFOLDING FLORENCE MODULE B HELP PLEASE ANYTHING U CAN HELP PLLEASE.
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HELP WITH UNFOLDING FLORENCE (1 Viewer)
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LittyMcMuffin
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I feel u 
Neogotmyback
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its like some kind of sick joke broI feel u
LittyMcMuffin
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I hate that we have to talk about film techniques like I have no clue what i'm on about
Neogotmyback
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same i keep using dialogue as my evidence i am so stuck
LittyMcMuffin
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Ig we just yolo
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I know of your probably already finished your trials by now (trust me when I say that the questions were really uninspiring and I wouldn't be surprised if the teachers/writers of the trial exam deliberately wrote very broad and difficult questions just to punish you mentally so you would gain the mental composure for the actual HSC exams next term). But Unfolding Florence as a documentary isn't actually so hard to look into without immediately finding film and literary techniques.
Remember, the essay question will most likely link into the idea of 'textual integrity' - the overall structural and compositional quality and enrichment of the text - so expect the q to ask you about how the text (directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Katherine Thomson) reinforces their objective of portraying Florence Broadhurst in a positive and inspirational light instead of a regular old boring biographical prose like most other documentaries out there. But it doesn't take a lot of appreciation to find how Gillian Armstrong does this, such as how she chooses to conduct and record interviews with Broadhurst's close friends and relatives because they knew her best before her death and they can be honest about the kind of person she was and the public life she lived. You can also look at how the character of Florence Broadhurst (depicted in the documentary) reinforces how everybody thought of her before her death, despite no one knowing really knowing what kind of personality she really had under enigmatic personality she portrayed to most of her friends and colleagues (I recommend getting quotes).
I notice that one of your main queries/problems with really getting to grips with understand 'Florence Broadhurst' are the film/visual techniques. That's OK, no is a natural at everything, I have my own weaknesses in the English Advanced HSC course myself. But I can reassure you it's as easy as looking whether camera is and what it is displaying;
- What sort of 'shot type' is it? (close, wide, high, low, etc)
- what sort of angle or camera orientation are the going for? (straight, titled/canted, try Googling the 'Dutch Angle', it might save you from losing marks in an exam one day)
- How is the frame composed (are they using rule-of-thirds or a golden ratio?, is there a frame inside this shot?, what can you see in the short?, what are is the director trying to help you focus on? what about the background?, is there something significant that the director is either hiding or implicitly showing behind the main focus?)
- You could also examine what colours can be seen in the shot and how they may be symbolic towards a point or theme related to the story of the documentary (e.g Florence Broadhurst's colourful and "flamboyant" dresses and designs)
- Most obviously, what is actually happening in each scene? (how did it impact Florence Broadhurst's life or identity/personality?, what might it say about Florence Broadhurst's attitudes and beliefs? how might the time period she lived in have an impact on her identity? But most importantly, how did she use her experiences as the enigma/business entrepreneur she was to help achieve her success in her wallpaper business in her later career?)
All I can say to you is good luck, your almost there! But make sure to brush up on your literary and film techniques for Mod B, as well as your literary and historical contexts for Mod A and your literary compositions for the four texts types in Mod C. I'm not a teacher, but I've learnt that the best way to learn thing is by simply locking it in your mind and trying over and over again to get feedback on your work so you can improve it. Also, please do bare in mind that the point I've said her only some of the elements that make up an extended response for Mod B, you really need to put in the effort if you want to make sure you can pass the exam.
Remember, the essay question will most likely link into the idea of 'textual integrity' - the overall structural and compositional quality and enrichment of the text - so expect the q to ask you about how the text (directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Katherine Thomson) reinforces their objective of portraying Florence Broadhurst in a positive and inspirational light instead of a regular old boring biographical prose like most other documentaries out there. But it doesn't take a lot of appreciation to find how Gillian Armstrong does this, such as how she chooses to conduct and record interviews with Broadhurst's close friends and relatives because they knew her best before her death and they can be honest about the kind of person she was and the public life she lived. You can also look at how the character of Florence Broadhurst (depicted in the documentary) reinforces how everybody thought of her before her death, despite no one knowing really knowing what kind of personality she really had under enigmatic personality she portrayed to most of her friends and colleagues (I recommend getting quotes).
I notice that one of your main queries/problems with really getting to grips with understand 'Florence Broadhurst' are the film/visual techniques. That's OK, no is a natural at everything, I have my own weaknesses in the English Advanced HSC course myself. But I can reassure you it's as easy as looking whether camera is and what it is displaying;
- What sort of 'shot type' is it? (close, wide, high, low, etc)
- what sort of angle or camera orientation are the going for? (straight, titled/canted, try Googling the 'Dutch Angle', it might save you from losing marks in an exam one day)
- How is the frame composed (are they using rule-of-thirds or a golden ratio?, is there a frame inside this shot?, what can you see in the short?, what are is the director trying to help you focus on? what about the background?, is there something significant that the director is either hiding or implicitly showing behind the main focus?)
- You could also examine what colours can be seen in the shot and how they may be symbolic towards a point or theme related to the story of the documentary (e.g Florence Broadhurst's colourful and "flamboyant" dresses and designs)
- Most obviously, what is actually happening in each scene? (how did it impact Florence Broadhurst's life or identity/personality?, what might it say about Florence Broadhurst's attitudes and beliefs? how might the time period she lived in have an impact on her identity? But most importantly, how did she use her experiences as the enigma/business entrepreneur she was to help achieve her success in her wallpaper business in her later career?)
All I can say to you is good luck, your almost there! But make sure to brush up on your literary and film techniques for Mod B, as well as your literary and historical contexts for Mod A and your literary compositions for the four texts types in Mod C. I'm not a teacher, but I've learnt that the best way to learn thing is by simply locking it in your mind and trying over and over again to get feedback on your work so you can improve it. Also, please do bare in mind that the point I've said her only some of the elements that make up an extended response for Mod B, you really need to put in the effort if you want to make sure you can pass the exam.