Specialist Assessment Focus – Representation
Pre-Film Research Activities
Linked below are a number of articles exploring and explaining life in Saudi Arabia, the context of the film’s production and an overview of the current state of Arabic cinema
- Nine things Women can't do in Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Women Fighting Oppression
- After Hollywood - Saudi Arabia Film
Wadja
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.
- Not all worksheets need to be completed for each film - the worksheets relevant to the assessment foci for this film are identified below.
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.
- Recommended – track characters of Wadjda and Abdullah: consider their character’s starting points, end points and what they each learn on their journey and how they learn it. By the end of the film, what has each of them learned about the society that they live in?
Learning Objectives - to develop…
