Plot and Characters
Themes and Big Ideas
Film Techniques
Quotes
Paragraph structure
100

Who is riding the bike after the birth scene?

Koro and Paikea

100

What theme did Pai demonstrate when fixing the rope?

Leadership

100

What does CAMELS stand for?

Camera action mise-en-scene editing lighting sound

100

Who said "You knew this wasn't for you!"

Koro

100

What does the 'director's intention' mean?

It is the message the director wants to teach the audience.

200

In the scene with the beached whales, who touches the whales first?

Koro

200

How does Pai show leadership at the opening of the school?

By singing the welcome song.

200

Which of these is NOT mise-en-scene?

colour

setting

props

long shot

costume

position

200

What does Koro make Paikea say to the boys in the school, even though she doesn't mean it?

"I'm sorry"

200

Why does the topic sentence about the bid idea go first?

So the reader knows what the paragraph will be about in general.

300

When Paikea arrived, what were the women doing that they knew she would hate?

Smoking cigarrettes

300

When Pai fights Hemi, what big idea is explored?

Gender roles

300

What does a low angle shot mean?

The subject is powerful and/or important.

300

Why did Koro ask, "Where's the boy?"

Because he wanted to see the new chief first.

300

What belongs in the WHAT sentence?

What you see or hear in the scene - naming and describing the film techniques or a quote.

400

What number was on the back of Hemi's shirt?

8

400

What theme is explored when Rawiri teaches Pai to use the taiaha?

Tradition

400

What does a mid-shot emphasise?

Characters' actions

400

Why does Paikea's mum whisper "Paikea" before she dies?

Naming her

Calling to the ancestors

To say goodby to her daughter

Etc.

400

Which parts of the paragraph don't have to follow the same order every time?

WHAT HOW WHY

500

What colour was the cat?

Grey

500

What themes are shown when Paikea is watching the boys learn the chant to the ancestors?

Gender roles, tradition

500

What does a close up shot focus on?

Facial features

Important details

500

What does Koro say to Paikea in Maori in the hospital?

"Wise leader, forgive me.  I am just a fledgling new to flight."

500

Why does the paragraph have to contain all these things?

To demonstrate what you learned from the film and how you learned it.