The document provides instructions to analyze two key scenes from the film Tsotsi based on the director's commentary. For the opening scene, the director wanted to establish that life is difficult and chaotic. He describes the location as adding authenticity. Hood refers to Tsotsi's presence as "looming." For the last scene, Hood contrasts the worlds of the main characters and says change cannot happen until people understand each other. The director made stylistic changes like camera placement. He says the ending brings a feeling of relief to viewers as the baby cries. Hood chose an ambiguous ending over the book's to allow audiences to draw their own conclusions.

1. L9 – Director Commentary - Task 2)
EXPLAIN and DEVELOP
YOU MUST watch the x2 scenes from TSOTSI and determine – through the Director commentary –
HOW “stylistic choices” were made in order to create “meanings” for the spectator.
YOU SHOULD write down anything that Gavin Hood says that would help answer this
question and then draw upon the Film Language (Mise-en-scene, Cinematography, Sound etc.)
represented in the text.
Extension – YOU COULD make brief comparisons to other scenes from the text.
Opening Scene – Chapter 1
1) What did Gavin Hood wantto set up in the openingscene?
That life is a ________________________________________________________
2) What does Gavin Hood say about the location in terms of “stylistic choices”?
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‘Tsotsi’ (2005)
Dir: GavinHood
Starring: Presley Chweneyagae
Written by: GavinHood

2. 3) What term doesGavin Hood use to describe Tsotsi’s presencein the opening
scene?
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Last Scene – Chapter 12 - “Bringing the baby back”
1) What did Gavin Hood say about the contrast between John (Father) and Tsotsi?
“One’s in one World,______________________________________________ “
“Until we deal with each other,none of us
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2) Givex2 examplesof changes to the “stylistic choices”thatGavin Hood made in
this scene:
1. _________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
3) What is the “feeling” that emerges from the spectator – accordingto Gavin Hood
– when the baby doeseventually start to cry?
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3. 4)
a) How does the book ending compare to the film?
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b) WHY did Gavin Hood go with the ambiguousendinginstead?
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Key Verbal code:
“And so we leave it for you to d ______________________”
Other KeyVerbal Codes: