Improving your Textual Analysis

Assessment Criteria

In a full textual analysis essay there are three areas of assessment:

  1. Your research into and application of the cultural contexts
  2. Your understanding of the film elements (micro features)
  3. Your ability to make links to the film as a whole & the cultural contexts

Here is a link to the mark scheme for a textual analysis essay.


So how does this work in practical terms?

Whenever you are writing a film essay you should adopt the TEAS approach. This stands for:

  • Term & Example
  • Analysis
  • Significance

Here is a slide show on TEAS in IB Film:

Here is a site which will give you lots of adjectives. You should use it to get range, breadth  and sophistication into your analysis. Of course a thesaurus will also help and so will reading.

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