In the scene were PK and Duma go for a run, the director uses a long shot to stress the environment that they are in. For instance, we see that the government only allows 1 small and run down toilet for every 200 people. The director's purpose is to show how unequal the government's policy of apartheid was between whites and Africans. How even the basic amenities, like a toilet, were unfairly distributed. This film technique allows the audience to visualize what the reality of having no home toilet but instead a single toilet for 200 people.The long shot with the tracking shot is key as it shows Duma and PK’s transition from the rundown, overcrowded and dirt street environment of the africans, compared to the modern looking, less crowded and wider sealed road environment.
In the scene, the director uses a mid shot to show PK and Duma going for a drink after their run. This scene is showing PK trying to drink out of a whites only water fountain. But it doesn't work. As PK frustratingly tries to get a drink, Duma goes to the non whites water fountain, which is only a tap. The director did this as he wanted to show that whites and blacks were not legally supposed to drink out of the same water fountain. This shows the audience how the people were racially segregated. Although it showed only a non white was supposed to drink out of a non white fountain, PK still felt comfortable enough to drink out of it. This is because he knows it is unlikely he would be in trouble for doing so. This would not be the same for Duma if he drank out of a whites only drinking fountain.
In this scene were Duma walks away from PK, the director uses a deep focus shot to show Duma walking past a white mother and her two children. As Duma neared the mother and her children, the mother pulled them protectively aside. The director did this to show a fear of letting white children to close to a male african. Like you would try to pull a child away from a wild dog in the street. This suggests to the audience that whites, especially white females, believe Africans are less than human. This is important because if whites considered africans were less than human, they could justify treating them inhumanely.
Hi Ryan -- excellent effort on your visual text essay! You have shown me that you are really keen to succeed, and this is great. Based on what you have added in the time you had for extension, I have moved you up from a level 4 to a level 5 (at the level) for this assessment. You have included some terrific advanced vocabulary choices such as ‘inhumanely’, ‘transition’, ‘visualise’ and ‘segregated’. In your introduction, the aspects are the film techniques (not Apartheid). Make sure you list these. A conclusion is also really important in an essay. In your body paragraphs, you could improve your writing by included links to your own experiences and/or events happening now in the wider world. Ka rawe Ryan :)
Hey Ryan,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your essay, I liked how you explained what was happening; it made me feel like I was actually there and experiencing what the Africans were going through. Next time I think you should try use more descriptive words to complament your work.
Thanks, Stacey
Good work. One thing I found that you have done really well, was the way you set up your paragraphs and how you made it very similar to the SEXXY paragraphs. And one thing I think you should work on is starting your paragraphs different to the others. So instead of having the same sentence starter like 'in the scene,' change it up.
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