Module A: Prescribed Text: 'The Castle' Directed by Rob Snitch

Standard English: Module A: Prescribed text: ‘The castle’ directed by Rob snitch What to prepare? MY QUOTES SHOULD SHOW is: ● Language has the power to reflect/ shape/ provide meaning on individuals and/or collective identity. - 5 min each. ● Impact YOUR self-perception. ● Language can affirm, ignore, revela, challenge, disrupt prevailing assumptions and beliefs about YOU, individuals and cultural groups. ● Meaning about individual and community identity, as well as cultural perspectives, is shaped in and through. ● Textual forms and conventions. - Type of text? ● Language structures and features ● Communicate information, ideas, values and attitudes which inform and influence perceptions of ourselves and other people and various cultural perspectives. - Values and Attitudes, use Dialogue ONCE, Most techniques once. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO: ● Analyse, assess and critique the specific language features and form of texts ● Increasingly complex arguments ● Clearly and cohesively using appropriate register, structure and modality. ● Representation of identity and culture ● Conventions of syntax, spelling and grammar appropriately and for particular effects. KEY VERBS IN RUBRIC: ● EXPLORE, ANALYSE AND ASSESS THE WAYS, ANALYSE, ASSESS AND CRITIQUE. Know these and the synonyms to these as your question could ask you to do this. Values and Attitudes: There is a focus on ‘Values and attitudes’ in this module. ● A value is a way people think about particular issues: for instance, the values that Daryl places on his greyhounds like they are family members ● Attitude is about a reaction: e.g the working-class culture which consists of all the members in the street are not accepting of their homes being demolished. Individual Identity Collective identity Cultural groups - Dale Kerrigan - Kerrigan family - Working-class - Darryl Kerrigan - Suburbians (neighbourhood) - Australian - Mum - The legal system. - Migrants - Steve - Elderly - Wayne - Tracey - Con - Farouk - Jack - Dennis Denuto - Lawrence Hammil Key Thematic Concerns - Clash of classes - Land Rights - Family unity - The connection between people and their environment - Multiculturalism - Social acceptance and belonging - Importance of friendship/mateship - Individual’s role in their community. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key quotes in key scenes: Dale: “I’m Dale Kerrigan and this is my story.” - Individual identity. Darryl: “Anyone that loves our Trace as much as we do, deserves our love. So we love you, Con. We love you.” Dale: “He didn’t mean to rob the petrol station. Now he’s sorry.” Darryl: “Hand on Steve.” Trading Post marginalised. Darryl: “Compulsorily acquired they’re acquiring it, compulsorily” … Councilwoman: “All right, I’ll state this simply. There is an iron-clad agreement between Federal, State and Local Governments and the Airport’s Commission.” Darryl: “Yeah, well, where's the agreement with Karryl Kerrigan, 3 Highview Crescent, Coolaroo. Darryl: “This is an example of the individual” Darryl: “You defended Wayne.” Dennis: “Yeah, and he got eight years.” Darryl: “But you did your best. I mean, you can hold your head up high.” Darryl turns head to the camera to emphasise message to a responder. Global standardizes expectations and value of individuals. Dennis: “Look, I’ll ring around and see what I can find out.” Darryl: “Good on yer Dennis.” Dale: “Dad had a way of making everyone feel special.” Darryl: “Go on, tell them, tell them Dale dug a hole.” … Darryl: “This house is like their land. It holds their memories. The land is their stories The country’s got to stop stealing other people’s land.” … Dale: “At first dad thought it was out of politeness but it can’t be cos he goes up there all the time.” Laurie: “One phrase within the constitution on just terms.” … Laurie: “Competing rights cannot be weighed one against the other.” “Kerrigan and Son Towing Service.” ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sample questions: A) How does the form of your prescribed text help the composer represent views of identity and culture? B) Analyse how a text’s language features contribute to the way that it expresses ideas about culture and identity. In your response make detailed reference to your prescribed text. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Values Values are shown How/Analysis Retreat from the Global. expressed by through Sitch Values the rights The insistence of Darryl on his Dialogue, the tone is patronising and Darryl symbol of local. The government represents direct connections between global and local, even though their of individuals to rights and the eventual defeat forceful, previous superficial current agenda is global and economic. The global is threatening the structure of a community, in this case, the participate in their of the Barlow group. The sympathy changes to contempt “All neighbourhood of Highview Crescent. community. Barlow group depicted as a right, I’ll state this simply. There is an corporation that, through the iron clad agreement between Federal, economy, has covertly shifted state, and local governments and the power away from the Airport’s Commission.” Presents a government and the situation that suggests there are no individuals, threatening the other options, an association of democratic system. Darryl and “ironclad”. The representative of the his family create a sense of government body presents the community within their own inextricably interwoven relationships street. This asserts not only between government and the right of individuals to corporations. The juxtaposition of participate in their community costuming, Darryl’s casualness and but also this concept as a the class associations of his desirable and supportive flannelette shirt suggest sincerity and network (link BP) in positive warmth, positioning the responder to relationships with Farouks and sympathise with this character Jack. Darryl becomes a against the uncaring bureaucratic champion and leader of his system that the council women community, not just his represent. This heartlessness is family. conveyed in a mid-shot of the councilwoman, leant back with impassive expression and her formal costuming implies distance. Values the support The high self-esteem of family “Dad had a way of making everyone Response to the global changing family structure. Re-establishing traditional family unit as a localised ideal. that a cohesive members and their ability to feel special.” This voice-over Individuals to gain continual support and the family as a symbol of stability in individual lives. The idealised social family unit respond constructively to comment is reinforced with visuals of framework serves to heighten the insensitivity of the Global economic forces and those who represent thee forces. provides. other people and life. Darryl individually praising family Sitch connects globalisation and the individual, paralleling imperialism and Aborigines. members and also through the dialogue, for example, “go on, tell them, tell them Dale dug a hole. '' … Facial expressions, contestant smiles showing their emotional happiness. Values the The use of the house as a “This house is like their land. It holds connections symbolic place that links their memories. The land is their between people family members and provides stories The country’s got to stop … to their them with a sense of security. stealing other people’s land.” Tone, environment despair, sincere understanding and (Land, place and emotional connections to his house other people) and environment. Darryl begins to understand other issues beyond his own microcosm and relates his sense of place to other people’s sense of place. This point is important for the central’s characters development, but also for society’s development. Sitch makes the point that everyone needs to have this sense of place and understands that others also have this sense of place. Values the Positive relationships between “At first dad thought it was out of Global promotes class differences by creating obvious economic barriers. However, the local, within this film, egalitarian society. Darryl and Laurie. Also politeness but it can’t be because he promotes a sense of equality and egalitarianism. This ideals provides a situation within and between communities of represented by the racially goes up there all the time.” friendliness and comfort in relating to each other. diverse mix in within the Voice-over with slow pan of the pool community - Con, Farouk, room, focusing on a photograph of Yvonne, Jack, Kerrigans. Laurie smiling and holding a fish. The smile represents his enjoyment of the activity, breaking down class barriers as the characters of Darryl and Laurie enjoy activities together. Promoting egalitarian society through common interests and universal human truths of friendship and loyalty. Values the Laurie’s arguments in the High “One phrase within the constitution Sitch suggests in the global world, governments and laws are increasingly vulnerable to the convert power shifting … fundamental ideal Court and the emphasis on just terms”, pause in dialogue through the economy and these ideals become threatened, thus threatening local communities and individuals.

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