Oral presentation length: 10 minutes

Objective: Produce an
informative and engaging presentation on Australian documentary “20,000 days on earth” (2014).

Task: Present a close analysis of one scene from the performative and poetic documentary film “20,000 days on earth” (2014).
Students are required to concentrate on the analysis of visual storytelling, including elements of mis-en-scene, character construction, story construction, dialogue, sound and editing, special effects and/or other elements of the film.
Following each presentation, the presenter will lead the tutorial group in a discussion starting with some questions for the class.

**(No in text references needed, just a bibliography)

Example presentation structure:
1. Introduction
2. Film Overview
3. Plot synopsis – themes (what is truth? What is reality?)
4. Mise-en-scene
– setting and location
– set design
– framing and performance
– lighting
– costumes and props
– character construction
– dialogue
– sound and editing
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography

Possible scene analysis:
4.22 – 6.36 (typing songs in his study, playing music then snaps back to reality)