T.A.K.O BELL

In English we are getting ready to write our first essay of the year. We'll be doing a essay about the movie The Power of One by John Avildsen. We first needed to learn how to actually write a essay. We're doing this in bits but we started with learning T.A.K.O (Title, Author, Key Words, and Outline of Ideas). This will make sure we have a strong essay introduction.

Sample Introduction 
During the harrowing time of Apartheid, a lot of injustices were served to the black population of South Africa. In the film The Power of One, directed by John Avildsen, the scene where Sergeant Borman forces Geel Piet to eat donkey excrement paints the picture of the ill treatment towards black people. The following techniques are used in this scene: diegetic sound, camera angles and shots, and dialogue. These film techniques helped convey this important idea and caused the scene to have a strong impact on the audience.

Highlight the different aspects of T.A.K.O
During the harrowing time of Apartheid, a lot of injustices were served to the black population of South Africa. In the film The Power of One, directed by John Avildsen, the scene where Sergeant Borman forces Geel Piet to eat donkey excrement paints the picture of the ill treatment towards black people. The following techniques are used in this scene: diegetic sound, camera angles and shots, and dialogue. These film techniques helped convey this important idea and caused the scene to have a strong impact on the audience.
Blue = Author, Purple = Title, Green = Key Words, Yellow = Outline of ideas.

What is the persons argument going to be?
The person is going to use the diegetic sound, camera shots, and dialogue to further push their point of what they believe was the directors intention.

What do you think the person's three body paragraph is going to be about?
Diegetic sound in the scene, the camera angle, and dialogue

Write your own conclusion to this opening

In conclusion, John Avildsen’s film, The power of one, strongly depicts the reality of the

Apartheid and its effect on black people. There are 3 different techniques used in the scene where

Sergeant Borman forces Geel Piet to eat the donkey excrement off his foot. These techniques are diegetic sound, various camera angles and shots, and dialogue. Put together these techniques have a powerful effect on the audience and helps showcase the terrifying reality of the apartheid.