Pre-film context research activities
Watch the videos by clicking on the linked text below – these videos will give you contextual knowledge to understand further about aspects of culture in Johannesburg.
The crime genre: what should we expect in a crime film ? Click the linked text, read and make bullet point notes.
The worksheets
There are a series of worksheets to enable students to meaningfully engage with the film and ultimately prepare them for the exam.
The worksheets have been designed to be used in sequence. The purpose of each of the worksheets is explored below.
Learning Objectives – to develop your knowledge and understanding of the events and characters of the film.
Worksheet 1
Film note making is to record descriptive notes of the film, track the journey of a nominated main character and gather textual evidence of the impact of the micro-elements of film language for use later in the cycle.
Instructions for learners
Summarise the key events of each segment of the film in the left-hand column
- In the right-hand column, track characters of Tsotsi, Boston and Miriam
- Consider the characters’ starting points, end points and what they each learn on their journey and how they learn it.
- Does your opinion of Tsotsi change over the course of the film ? To what extent is this shift to the use of aspects of film language and to what extend is this due to the way the narrative is structured ?
- Challenge – can you identify ways in which aspects of film language is…
