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The Magic Sentence: Analysing film

The magic sentence shows that you understand the link between the techniques and thedirectors ideas. You will need to show that you understand the role of the director. You willalso need to develo ideas and include secific e!amles. Magic sentences make a great startto a "##$ aragrah. Authors%directors $'(#)AT#$Y choose techniques because they arethe most effective way of teaching us about life%messages that go beyond the te!t.

Director Technique Purpose Theme

The director uses mise*en*scene to show us The ower ofmoney in thisworld

The filmmaker chooses non*diegeticsound

to reinforce The imortanceand imact ofchoice in Two+ands

,regor -ordan selects lighting to emhasise The lack ofreedom in thelives of "ete and+elen

-ordan maniulates sound to illustrate etc etc /makesure themes aredeveloed anddetailed not oneword01

takes the music to eitomise

emloys sound effects to reresent

utilises tracking to symbolise

changes the 2oom to develo

develos the an to e!lore

e!tends the e!treme closeu

to make usaware of

blends close*u to deeen ourunderstanding of

hand*heldcamera

to teach usabout

to contrast

to make usrealise

to make usquestion

to challenge

to highlight

TASK 1

3omlete the T+#M# column4 creating endings to the sentences that link in with the key ideasof Two +ands

or each key theme%idea4 create 5 6 7 8Magic sentences94 that would lead to the beginning ofan essay.

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Integrating Quotations

As you choose quotations for a literary analysis4 remember the urose of quoting. Your aerdevelos an argument about what the author of the te!t is doing**how the te!t works. Youuse quotations to suort this argument; that is4 you select4 resent4 and discuss materialfrom the te!t secifically to rove your oint**to make your case**in much the same way alawyer brings evidence before a t quote to tell the story or otherwise convey basic information about the te!t; assume

the reader knows the te!t. &on>t quote

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imortance of ossessing ower and influence in life. &iscuss