LIFE: Love, Light, Flowers, Breath, Happiness, Smile. DEATH: Dark, Sadness, Peace, Life is like a condom sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t… Death is like a child, rarely wanted but always occurs. My house is like a bed, I can leave but I don’t want to My house is like a prison, can’t trust nobody […]

Who is your character and where is it happening? Cyril Hamilton, Soldier Island. What is your inciting incident and how do you get there? Cyril is sent out to drown by his nanny Vera. Cyrils spirit is trapped on earth because he has unfinished business. Where do you cross the threshold? How does the action […]

Act One: The Setup Exposition Act One is all about setting the stage: readers should get an idea of who your protagonist is, what their everyday life is like, and what’s important to them. Of course, nobody’s life is perfect, and the exposition should give readers a sense of the current challenges facing the main […]

In the film Fargo, the Coen brothers provided an array of film techniques to shine a light on the difference between the characters morals. There are several themes wedged into the storyline of the film. These include family, morality, crime and criminality, greed, choices, and consequences. Morality is a huge puzzle piece of film because […]

Analyze how language features were used to show the positive and /or negative aspects of one or more characters. Statements In the film Fargo, the Coen brothers produced close up camera shots to convey Jerry’s heightened fear and increasing guilt. Marge’s common accent presents the persona that she is a well known and kind-hearted woman.

THE INTRODUCTION The purpose of an introduction is to state what your essay will cover, highlighting each of the body paragraphs.  It also needs to introduce the topic of your essay, utilizing keywords from the question. For a literature essay, it needs to state the texts title and the creator of the text. TAKO – This […]

ANALYSING ESSAY QUESTIONS How to analyse a question: The single most important thing to do with an essay is Making sure you are answering the question you’ve been asked. This means being able to understand the question is vital.  When looking at an essay question you need to be able to identify the keywords, the connection […]

CAMERA SHOTS Camera shots are used to demonstrate different parts of a film’s setting, characters and themes. As a result, camera shots are very important in shaping meaning in a film. EXTREME CLOSE UP Focuses on one thing in great detail, faces or an important object. CLOSE UP Contains no background, focuses on the entire […]

Marge Gunderson: 1. Police Officer 2. Represents justice/hero 3. Smart 4. Bubbly 5. Determined 6. Valued family/love 7. Friendly Carl Showalter: 1. Kidnapper 2. Skittish/On Edge 3. Obsessed with money 4. Murderer 5. Violent 6. Angry 7. Panicked Shep Proudfoot: 1. Post Criminal 2. Dodgy Connections 3. Mechanic 4. Causes Carl to panic 5. Quiet […]

Essay Question: Analyse how characters were used to explore the concept of justice. Agatha Christie was born in September 1890 and went on to become one of the most prestigious English writers in the history of literature. In her popular mystery novel, “And Then There Were None”, the murders are arguably acts of justice, however, […]