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4 viewing the film 5-6 working with the film 7-8 adaptation 9-11 responses

12-16 poetry workshop 17-18 storyboard workshop KS3 activities

Session 3: Preparing for the film

Brenda’s fantasy world

Resources:

• Glossary in this resource.
• Adaptation of text to screen in the Additional material section.
• You may want to prepare clips of other films that have been adapted from text that the pupils will know about, eg. Harry Potter.
• Recommended viewing: sections from Dal Yma Nawr, Still Here Now, by Marc Evans, 2003. a film anthology of Welsh verse from the 6th century to the present day. For details of how to obtain this film, see the adaptation section in Additional Materials.

session 3: working with the film before watching

1. With pupils, discuss the way in which watching a film is different from the experience of reading a text, here are some ideas:

2. Compare a clip from a film with an extract from the book from which it has been adapted, eg. Harry Potter.

Compare what you see on screen and what you imagine as reader; for example, length, narration of text, how the characters’ thoughts and ideas are presented, additions and omissions.

3. Discuss other books that pupils know that have been adapted to film. Discuss the differences between the two; discuss the impact on you the reader or you the viewer. Decide what you can convey to an audience in a written text which you cannot convey in images. What can you put across by using images that you could not put across in a written text? You might also like to look closely at one of the poems in Dal Yma Nawr, Still Here Now.

Teachers might like to look at the section on adaptation of text to screen in the Additional material section.

further discussion:

1. As a class, look closely at one or two clips from the films you have discussed. Identify key aspects of film language through working with these clips, see suggestions below:

2. Discuss what the term ‘film language’ means, including:

• types of shot and their effects, close up, wide shot, mid shot etc.
• use of colour to convey meaning;
• soundtrack - use of music to convey mood, voice over, no sound, sound effects.
• editing – how fast are the changes from one shot to the next, and with what effect?
• lighting – is the scene brightly lit or are the characters in shadow, and what does this tell us?

3. Together, create your own glossary of film language using this learning resource. Use the online glossary to check it when you have finished.

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