Critique Task Notes

This lesson, Mr Andrews talked to us about our task and below are the notes I took during this conversation

• There are 3 assignments to the topic: all three covering information about the auteur of your choice 
• Critique Task: find the auteur that you like and analyse their work
• Design Task: plan a scene (or two) that are in the style of the chosen director

CRITIQUE TASK

• Oral presentation on the work of a director who has a signature style (AKA AUTEUR)
• Argue and show evidence about how this director is considered an auteur
• Prove that they are an auteur by using examples and evidence
• 6-8 minutes of presentation
• Multimodal - powerpoint
• Videos and photo's can be in the powerpoint to back up the presentation
• If you stop your speech to show a video sequence, keep it to maximum 20 seconds
• You can have a video playing as your speed
• Show specific evidence from the directors films in the presentation

Examine their

1. Techniques
2. Signature style
3. Recurring themes
4. Plot devices
5. Symbolic codes or motif