Film vs Play: The Diary of Anne Frank

Introduction

By: Joshua W. Brannen

Georgia Excellence Standard: ELAGSE8RL7: Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

  • Analyze differences used in the film vs the play/text, describing what the director did differently.

Students will analyze and be able to tell the differences between the two mediums of media (film and play/text) in The Diary of Anne Frank. Details used in the film vs play/text such as the timeline used and character relationships should be able to be distinguishable to the students. 

Task

Students will work as individuals in this assignment with their Chromebook and worksheet assignment passed out before Webquest assignment is detailed.

Each student will work along the worksheet assignment and the questions that are contained in it, as well as with the Webquest on their Chromebooks. 

  • The worksheet will ask students to detail what they can observe in the play/text of The Diary of Anne Frank.
  • The worksheet will also ask students to detail what they can observe in the video clips based on the play/text of The Diary of Anne Frank. 
    • Students will make 1 observations for each scene and act assigned to them in the text of The Diary of Anne Frank based on timeline and character relationships.
    • Students will make 1 observation for each clip in the film assigned to them in the Webquest based on timeline and character relationships. 
    • Once all of the questions are fully answered by students they will be required to answer in their own words why they think the director made the differences in the film and did not stick to the play/text.

 

Process

Be sure to answer all of the questions in the worksheet associated with the play/text, because you won't be able to answer the movie clip portion accurately.

Remember the differences you need to observe in the film media format:

  • Timeline: does the film timeline line up with how the play/text made the occurrence of events? Does it start in the future or the past?
  • Character Relationships: does the film have differences in the relationships maintained by the characters? Are the differences major or minor?
  • Explanatory Paragraph: why do you think the director made these differences in the film? Do you think that this difference has a significant purpose?
Scene and Act Video Clip
Beginning https://youtu.be/XH2HxdnUdWE

 
Middle https://youtu.be/SNW1-h6dYfo

 
End  https://youtu.be/yE4NkFnMCng

 

 

Evaluation

Category 15 10 5 0
Timeline Response:

Student gives accurate response to the differences in the timeline contained in the film vs play/text.

 Student gives an adequate response to the difference in the timeline contained in the film vs play/text. The student gives little evidence to describe the differences in the film vs play/text. The student does not respond to the differences in the timeline in the film vs play/text.
Character Relationships: Student gives accurate response to the differences in the relationships the characters have in the film vs play/text. Student gives an adequate response to the differences in the relationships between the characters in the film vs play/text. The student gives poor examples to the differences in the relationships the characters have in the film vs play/text. The student did not respond to the differences in the relationships in the film vs play/text.
Explanatory Paragraph: Student gives a detailed explanation in their own words as to why they think the director made the differences in the film. Student gives an adequate explanation in their own words as to why they think the director made the differences in the film. The student gives a poor response as to why they think the director made the differences in the film. The student either gave no response or plagiarized their response.
         

 

Conclusion

The point of this exercise is to show that different modes of media tend to differ when it comes to presenting a story, and that their differences are important to note, because each artist is trying to convey something that may not be well communicated through the other mode.

Credits

Author Biography:

Joshua W. Brannen is a student who attends Emmanuel College majoring in English Education and Business Administration.