WALT: Learn the basics of film aspects
Zandy's Slidedeck 2
WALT: Analyse how film aspects show meaning
Zandy's Slidedeck 4
WALT: Critical Literacy Matrix
Film Extract - Walk the Line
Questions
1. What is the text about? How do we know?
The text from the 'Walk the Line' film extract was about how intense and scary the concert was due to Johnny Cash being drugged. We see this when the camera zooms in to Johnny Cash's face which shows his red eyes. It also showed how he was out of control with drugs which affected his life as a singer.
2. What genre does this text belongs to?
The genre of this text is musical but also scary. This is because of how it was a concert but with a drugged singer, Johnny Cash who was lost but still performed but couldn't finish it. It was showed how scary it was due to the camera motions and how Johnny was performing because of how he was lost.
3. Are there gaps and silences in the text?
There were no gaps and silences in the film because it was crowded with people because it's a concert so people were screaming and the band was playing loud even when Johnny Cash fainted, there was still no silences.
4. Who's views are excluded and privileged in the text?
Only teenagers, young adults and adults are probably the only allowed people to watch this film and not children because there was a part when Johnny Cash swore and it is also because of how drug is part of the film.
