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Close Viewing: Practice Note Taking Document

AS 3.9: Respond critically to significant aspects of visual and/or oral text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence

● Complete this note-taking document as you closely view the introduction scene of Parasite.
● Once you have completed the tables, you can decide which techniques display the director’s purpose most clearly, and would therefore be
best to write about in your report.

SECTION A - SCENE SELECTION


Title (make up a suitable title for the
scene):

Why you’ve chosen this scene:

How this scene fits in with the rest of the


film:

How the audience feels (or is meant to


feel) during this scene:

What we learn about characters/situations


in this scene:

What the director displays about key


themes/ideas in this scene:

SECTION B - CLOSE VIEWING


Fill in these tables as you closely view this scene:

Scene #1
What you SEE What you HEAR Camera MOVEMENT Other EDITING Thoughts/notes
(shot type/size, angle, colours, (dialogue, voiceover, sound (eg. zoom, tilt, pan, dolly, etc) (eg. cuts, fades, dissolves,
costumes, background, effects, silence, music, tone of length of shots, cross-cutting,
foreground, focus, props, facial voice, song lyrics, etc) etc.)
expressions, body language,
set design,lighting, colours,
visual symbolism, etc)

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