Today you choose the pair you will use for M3 KA4: one film, one related text, four or five focal points, and the medium you will present in. By the end you will have a short brief filed in your Communication Portfolio that you (and your teacher) can build from next lesson.
If you already picked a film-and-text pair in an earlier lesson, use that. If not, start from a film and a related text you have actually finished, so you can point at real moments in both without guessing.
Narrow is the point. Four solid angles beat a full plot retell, and a clear brief means next lesson you start making, not choosing.
You will build your own shortlist next. This is the shape only.
| Term | What it means | Example shape |
|---|---|---|
| Focal point | One angle you will actually compare (four or five, not the whole plot) | How silence works in a tense scene |
| Related text | The written piece beside the film, sharing enough ground to compare | A short story beside a short-film adaptation of the same story |
| Presentation medium | The form of your KA4 piece, chosen now so that next lesson is for making, not deciding | Side-by-side page, slides, or poster |
Compact worked brief (invented pair for structure only): Film: a 12-minute short about a late bus home. Related text: a two-page short story on the same journey. Focal points: (1) opening mood, (2) what the main character never says, (3) how the ending is framed, (4) what the audience is made to feel. Medium: one-page side-by-side document. Grounds sentence: both follow the same late journey home, so each focal point can be checked on the page and on screen.
A good pair is often a stage drama you already know beside its film version, or a short story beside a short-film adaptation you have actually seen. No full plot retell: four or five angles only.
List candidate pairs and the focal points each pair could support. Aim for more than you will keep. Next you will cut down to four or five.
The criteria that matter most here are evidence in both versions and real difference. When you have your four or five, press Enter Your Work at the bottom of this step and fill in the decision sheet that opens there.
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