Textual Analysis Assessment
The Textual Analysis assessment makes up 30% of your overall IB Film grade. This task requires students to select a film/extract from a prescribed films list, analyze the extract, research the socio-cultural context, and relate these elements. The task will involve writing a 1750 word essay and works cited document.
Entire Textual Analysis Sequence here. Download this file:
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TA Video Lessons:
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Textual Analysis Rubric and Markbands
There are three major components of the TA assessment:
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Textual Analysis Exemplars:
Here are some exemplars for the Textual Analysis assessment
Your Textual Analysis Assessment: A How To Guide
The Task:
Your TA paper should have the following information placed in this order:
You will need to save your document as a PDF and submit it to your teacher along with the Coursework Authentication form (PDF).
The file below is a short guide and handout explaining what the TA is and the required elements:
- Cover Sheet
- Essay Body
- Works Cited
You will need to save your document as a PDF and submit it to your teacher along with the Coursework Authentication form (PDF).
The file below is a short guide and handout explaining what the TA is and the required elements:
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This is the planning template for the TA:
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Part One: Title Page
The first page will involve your cover page. This should include the following information:
- Assessment type (TA)
- Assessment level (SL)
- Cohort
- Personal code (not IB candidate code--this submission should be anonymous)
- Selected prescribed film (in italics) and timestamp (hour: minute: second -- HH:MM:SS)
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Heading, Opening and Cultural Context Section:
On the first page of your manuscript, you will want to place the specific information in the upper left corner:
- Assessment Type and Film Name
- Director Name
- Extract Sequence Run Time
- Word Count
Here is a PDF that can serve as a guide for your opening format and content
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Full Essay Details
The essay should be no longer than 1750 words.
Every page should have a header that states the assessment type (Textual Analysis) and the film to be analyzed (selected film).
Images and storyboard illustrations can be included to help articulate your analysis.
Proper citation of information researched is expected. Cite in MLA style.
Provide the word count at the end of the essay.
Every page should have a header that states the assessment type (Textual Analysis) and the film to be analyzed (selected film).
Images and storyboard illustrations can be included to help articulate your analysis.
Proper citation of information researched is expected. Cite in MLA style.
Provide the word count at the end of the essay.
Part Three: Works Cited
Your works cited page should be the last page of the Textual Analysis submission. This is where you list all sources used to complete this assessment. That includes films, electronic sources, written sources, videos, audio recordings, interviews, and other research items.
Involve scholarly sources in your research. IMDB or Wikipedia can be helpful in finding scholarly sources, but are not considered to be scholarly sources themselves.
Follow MLA style and include URLs if it is an electronic source.
Involve scholarly sources in your research. IMDB or Wikipedia can be helpful in finding scholarly sources, but are not considered to be scholarly sources themselves.
Follow MLA style and include URLs if it is an electronic source.
Submitting the Textual Analysis
The first thing you will want to do, before submitting, is to review the checklist to ensure that you have done everything that is listed. Follow the checklist provided in the file below:
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When submitting, you will need to have the TAA paper, along with the bibliography turned in as a PDF document.
Save the file using the following format:
Last Name_First Name_Cohort_TAA
Smith_John_M2019_TAA
Also, you will need to download the 6FCAF form, sign it, and submit it to your teacher as a PDF document. The form has been made available below:
Save the file using the following format:
Last Name_First Name_Cohort_TAA
Smith_John_M2019_TAA
Also, you will need to download the 6FCAF form, sign it, and submit it to your teacher as a PDF document. The form has been made available below:
Students will need to look over the form and fill out the following areas:
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Save the file using the following format:
Last Name_First Name_Cohort_6FCAF
Smith_John_M2019_TAA
Last Name_First Name_Cohort_6FCAF
Smith_John_M2019_TAA
Textual Analysis--Post Submission Reflection:
Now is the time to write a reflection on these three major moments of your Textual Analysis process. You will need to provide insight into your journey in executing this submission piece. For each of the three sections students will write 80-100 words detailing your process. This can include:
Section 1: (80-100 words)
At the end of this week, students will submit this document to their teacher. What you write in this document will be used by the teacher to write the Film—Coursework Authentication Form.
Section 1: (80-100 words)
- Understanding the Textual Analysis assessment
- Screening the prescribed films
- Justification for selecting the chosen film
- Justification for selecting the five-minute extract
- How you went about your research and analysis
- Continuation of research and analysis
- Connecting the socio-cultural elements and film analysis
- Strategies for structuring the essay
- Writing the essay
- Feedback reaction
- Additional research and analysis
- Approaches to the re-writing of the essay
- Submission process
At the end of this week, students will submit this document to their teacher. What you write in this document will be used by the teacher to write the Film—Coursework Authentication Form.
You Are Finished!!!
Archived Material (Pre-2019)
Watch the video lesson (posted above: "Schiessl Oral Presentation Live Lesson").
Print out the following documents and place in your notebook/portfolio.
Print out the following documents and place in your notebook/portfolio.
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Oral Presentation Overview
Grading and Markband Descriptors
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Exemplars
Additional OP Exemplars:
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Planning
How to Use Your 4 Weeks
Note: Use this day by day planner below in conjunction with with the notes above on Textual Analysis.
There is a huge amount to do for your oral presentation. Do not be fooled - as students have done in the past - into thinking that 4 weeks is long time and that you can "do it later". The time will fly by and unless you stay on top of things, you will be in a last minute rush and panic and this will likely affect your final performance and your score. Whilst you make want to amend my planner slightly, by doing more on one day so you can rest the next, PLEASE make sure that you are on track as far as the weekly requirements go. Remember, this is an exam and I cannot help you at all from the moment I have given you the films, so you are on your own (well - you have this wiki to be your guiding light, but other than that, you are on your own... you know what I mean...).
Week 1 - Film Watching & Clip Selection
Day 1. Watch first film
Day 2. Watch second film
Day 3. Watch third film
Day 4. Day off ;)
Day 5. Re-watch selected film and decide exactly which clip you will analyse (Max 5 mins - but can be less)
Day 6. Read widely on the film. Look through imdb. Find useful articles on the film and check the film department for any resources that might be useful (books/DVD commentaries etc)
Day 7. Make notes on the extract's relationship to film as a whole (specific grading criteria) and on why you chose this extract (specific grading criteria)
Week 2 - Background & Context
Day 1/2. Make notes on Genre and Audience (specific questions on wiki)
Day 3/4. Make notes on Historical and Institutional Factors (specific questions on wiki) and make notes on Sociocultural Context (specific questions on wiki)
Day 5. Make notes on the critical and commercial success of the film. http://ontheroad29.wikispaces.com/CRITICS
Day 6/7.Begin analysis. Make notes on the narrative aspects and structure of the film.
Week 3 - Focused Analysis
Day 1/2. Film language - VISUALS. Ensure that you watch the clip through a few times with the sound turn off. Focus solely on what you see. Analyse and make detailed notes on the use of:
characters
acting
camera angles
shot types
camera movement
tone of the extract - vs tone of the film
space and staging
framing and composition
lighting, shade
colour
costume/make-up/props
location
set design
script/dialogue
editing/sequencing
production design/special effects
Day 3. Film language - SOUND. Analyse the sound of the extract. Ensure that you listen to the clip through a few times without watching it. Focus solely on what you hear. Analyse the music. What does it tell you? What does atmosphere does it create? Think back to the classes we had on musical analysis and work out its tempo, pitch and dynamics. What instruments do you hear? Try to use musical language.
Day 4. Themes and Symbols. What are the major themes present in this extract? How are they brought to the fore?
Day 5. Grading criteria. Have another look at the grading criteria. Ensure that you have something to say on all of the 8 distinct markband descriptors.
Day 6/7. Type ALL of your notes out into an essay, making sure that you are addressing ALL of the distinct markbands from the grading criteria. Think about the structure of your presentation. Have a look at the possible suggested structures of your oral (below) and decide which one you will follow.
Week 4 - Practise, practise, practise...
Day 1/2. Read your essay out loud and record yourself onto garage band. Do not stop reading at 15 minutes, but keep going until you have finished. Check back to see how long you took. You will most likely be way over the 15 minute limit. Go back through your essay and begin to cut out extraneous information, or whittle down aspects that you simply took too long on - WITHOUT cutting out all information on any one particular markband feature (you MUST cover them all). Repeat this process until you get to 15 minutes. Begin to break down your essay into note form.
Day 3/4.Esnure that you no longer have an essay in front of you, but just notes. These can be on a couple of pages of paper, or on flash cards, but they MUST BE NOTES. I will not allow you to enter the exam room with an essay so do not try. Practise again and again. Record yourself many many times and listen through to what you say. Check your oral against the grading criteria. Download the 'Presentation Marksheet' document from the wiki and being honest - strict even - what grade would you give yourself? Consider doing some peer assessment with a friend.
Day 5/6. Practise, practise, practise. Record yourself over and over and ensure that you can address all of the features of analysis and all of the markband descriptors within the time limit.
Day 7. Exam time!
Note: Use this day by day planner below in conjunction with with the notes above on Textual Analysis.
There is a huge amount to do for your oral presentation. Do not be fooled - as students have done in the past - into thinking that 4 weeks is long time and that you can "do it later". The time will fly by and unless you stay on top of things, you will be in a last minute rush and panic and this will likely affect your final performance and your score. Whilst you make want to amend my planner slightly, by doing more on one day so you can rest the next, PLEASE make sure that you are on track as far as the weekly requirements go. Remember, this is an exam and I cannot help you at all from the moment I have given you the films, so you are on your own (well - you have this wiki to be your guiding light, but other than that, you are on your own... you know what I mean...).
Week 1 - Film Watching & Clip Selection
Day 1. Watch first film
Day 2. Watch second film
Day 3. Watch third film
Day 4. Day off ;)
Day 5. Re-watch selected film and decide exactly which clip you will analyse (Max 5 mins - but can be less)
Day 6. Read widely on the film. Look through imdb. Find useful articles on the film and check the film department for any resources that might be useful (books/DVD commentaries etc)
Day 7. Make notes on the extract's relationship to film as a whole (specific grading criteria) and on why you chose this extract (specific grading criteria)
Week 2 - Background & Context
Day 1/2. Make notes on Genre and Audience (specific questions on wiki)
Day 3/4. Make notes on Historical and Institutional Factors (specific questions on wiki) and make notes on Sociocultural Context (specific questions on wiki)
Day 5. Make notes on the critical and commercial success of the film. http://ontheroad29.wikispaces.com/CRITICS
Day 6/7.Begin analysis. Make notes on the narrative aspects and structure of the film.
Week 3 - Focused Analysis
Day 1/2. Film language - VISUALS. Ensure that you watch the clip through a few times with the sound turn off. Focus solely on what you see. Analyse and make detailed notes on the use of:
characters
acting
camera angles
shot types
camera movement
tone of the extract - vs tone of the film
space and staging
framing and composition
lighting, shade
colour
costume/make-up/props
location
set design
script/dialogue
editing/sequencing
production design/special effects
Day 3. Film language - SOUND. Analyse the sound of the extract. Ensure that you listen to the clip through a few times without watching it. Focus solely on what you hear. Analyse the music. What does it tell you? What does atmosphere does it create? Think back to the classes we had on musical analysis and work out its tempo, pitch and dynamics. What instruments do you hear? Try to use musical language.
Day 4. Themes and Symbols. What are the major themes present in this extract? How are they brought to the fore?
Day 5. Grading criteria. Have another look at the grading criteria. Ensure that you have something to say on all of the 8 distinct markband descriptors.
Day 6/7. Type ALL of your notes out into an essay, making sure that you are addressing ALL of the distinct markbands from the grading criteria. Think about the structure of your presentation. Have a look at the possible suggested structures of your oral (below) and decide which one you will follow.
Week 4 - Practise, practise, practise...
Day 1/2. Read your essay out loud and record yourself onto garage band. Do not stop reading at 15 minutes, but keep going until you have finished. Check back to see how long you took. You will most likely be way over the 15 minute limit. Go back through your essay and begin to cut out extraneous information, or whittle down aspects that you simply took too long on - WITHOUT cutting out all information on any one particular markband feature (you MUST cover them all). Repeat this process until you get to 15 minutes. Begin to break down your essay into note form.
Day 3/4.Esnure that you no longer have an essay in front of you, but just notes. These can be on a couple of pages of paper, or on flash cards, but they MUST BE NOTES. I will not allow you to enter the exam room with an essay so do not try. Practise again and again. Record yourself many many times and listen through to what you say. Check your oral against the grading criteria. Download the 'Presentation Marksheet' document from the wiki and being honest - strict even - what grade would you give yourself? Consider doing some peer assessment with a friend.
Day 5/6. Practise, practise, practise. Record yourself over and over and ensure that you can address all of the features of analysis and all of the markband descriptors within the time limit.
Day 7. Exam time!
Examples of Analysis: Mise-en-scene and the Anatomy of a Scene
Sample Outline Template (SL)
Forms, Checklists and Other Information for Submission
Checklist
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Tips and Suggestions
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