Any Prior Knowledge?

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Any Prior Knowledge?

• What do you know about South Africa ? Put your
  name on the little map Colour in where you
  think the country of South Africa is Surround
  the map with ideas / facts / impressions you
  have South Africa Add a little frame

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• 2.2 Analyse specified aspects of studied visual
  texts supported by evidence
• External 4 credits

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2.2 Assessment Requirements

• Show your knowledge of the film e.g. what
  happens, the order in which it happens, why it
  happens, what is said, how characters interact
  and if they change, themes and the setting
• Understand and explain how the director uses film
  techniques to suggest ideas e.g. lighting, sound,
  camera techniques, costume etcNote You will
  need to memorise these details!!

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Tsotsi

• Tsotsi means thug inAfrikaans
• Pronounce it as you read
• it, say the 'ts' part quickly, as an
  interrupted 's' sound.
• What does thug mean??

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Why Did I Choose It For Our Study?

• It provides lots of ideas and film techniques to
  discuss in a Level 2 film essay
• It is an Oscar and other awards winner
• Although it is set in a particular place, it has
  universal, global themes and relevance
• It provides challenge and something different
• It broadens your general knowledge about the world

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Key Data

• Director Gavin Hood (Sth Africa)
• Writer Athol Fugard, adapted from his own novel
• (also directed X Men Origins, Wolverine, Enders
  Game etc)
• Year Made 2006
• Awards e.g. Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
  of the Year 2006 and many others
• Genre Psychological thriller? Social realism?
  Crime drama?Warning It is violent at times.

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Where Is South Africa?

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  Johannesburg

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Setting Background

• Soweto township is part of
• Johannesburg, a city in South Africa
• Soweto is a slum contrasted in the film with the
  rich suburbs where the educated middle class
  black couple live
• Its post apartheid South Africa, but tensions
  between black and white still evident in the
  film
• Its name is comes from South Western Townships

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Soweto Uprising 1976

• The Soweto Uprising, also known as 16 June, is a
  series of protests led by high school students in
  South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June
  1976.
• Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to
  protest in the streets of Soweto in response to
  the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of
  instruction in local schools.
• An estimated 20,000 students took part in the
  protests. The number of people who died is
  usually given as 176, with estimates of up to
  700.
• 16 June is now a public holiday, Youth Day, in
  South Africa, in remembrance of the events of
  1976.

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Famous Image From the Uprising
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Soweto Housing
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Some Grim Facts

• 51 of 15-24 year olds are unemployed in Sth
  Africa (NZ 17.7)
• 18 of population have HIV/Aids
• (NZ 0.1)
• SA Population below the poverty line 31(NZ
  NA)
  
• Source CIA Fact Book 2013

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Universal Themes

• The effects of poverty and violence
• The possibility of redemption
• Decency
• The battle between good and evil within the
  individual and in society
• Motherhood
• Loyalty
• The gap between rich and poor
• The role of chance and opportunity in life

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Eek! Its Got Subtitles!

• This film has a mixture of languages in it e.g.
• Afrikaans
• English
• Local Soweto dialectsGood Points About Use of
  Subtitles Its easier for us to study the
  dialogue It adds authenticity to the setting
  It broadens your language horizons

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Music on the Soundtrack

• Kwaito Musica music genre that emerged in
  Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s.
• A type of house music featuring the use of
  African sounds and samples
• Kwaito often contains catchy melodic and
  percussive loop samples, deep bass lines, and
  vocals. Although bearing similarities to hip hop
  music, a distinctive feature of Kwaito is the
  manner in which the lyrics are sung, rapped and
  shouted.
• American producer Diplo has described Kwaito as
  "slowed-down garage music," most popular among
  the black youth of South Africa.1
• Source Wikipedia