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IB Oral Presentation Structure
General tips:
- Don’t do a shot by shot breakdown of the extract, but group comments into sections below.
- Avoid Repetition
- Make sure to explain how meaning is created if the film through film language.
- Consolidate your evaluative interpretation into a focused oral paragraph for each section
- Practice using a recorder or microphone before the day of the oral.
- Work on the timing of your delivery
- Use your note cards to cover the “hit list” of topics to discuss.
- A student may not read their presentation without penalty on their final exam.
Version 1
1. Opening Remarks (30 Seconds)
2. Context (1:30)
A. Place the film
i. Director’s Work
ii. Time when Made (historical, socio-cultural)
iii. Relation to other films
B. Place the extract
i. Position in plot
ii. Thematic Threads
3. Setting, Acting, Costume (1:00)
A. Visual Style
B. Iconography
C. Actors
D. Production Design
4. Cinematography and Lighting (1:00)
A. Style- realistic/formalistic
B. Angles, Framing, Lens Choice
C. Camera and actor blocking
D. Dominant Imagery/Icons/Color
E. Camera Distance/ Proxemics, Territorial Design, Open vs. Closed forms
F. Light Design-Key and Contrast
5. Editing (1:00)
A. Style
B. Manipulations of time and speed
C. Length of cuts and pacing
D. Narrative techniques such as flashbacks/forwards, parallel action
E. Montage or Visual Metaphor
6. Score ( 1:00)
A. Style of Music/ Types of Instruments Used / Historic Undertones
B. Repeated Motifs
C. Foley or FX- Diegetic/Non Diegetic
D. Synchronous/Nonsynchronous
7. Script ( 1:00)
A. Narrative Structure/ Style
B. Character Driven vs Plot Driven
C. Nature of Dialogue-
D. Use of humor, subtext or irony
E. Thematic message/Archetypes/ Myth
8. Genre (1:30)
A. Features determing Genre
B. How extract meets genre
C. How extract subverts genre
9. Rationale (30 seconds)
A. Why selected
10. Closing Remarks (30 seconds)
Version 2
2 Minutes
1. Decide on 5 minutes from your favorite film that is central to the film as a whole.
2. Begin, ‘I selected this section for the following reasons…”
3. Explain how the extract relates to the rest of the film narrative and to the structure of the film as a whole.
3 Minutes
4. My view of the director’s intent is…
5. Detailed analysis and support of your statement above by looking at mise en scene, framing, composition, dominant image, negative space, shot choices, point-of-view choices, shot length and movement, levels of intimacy, acting choices, style choices, editing choices, visual symbolism and motif, narrative emphasis…
6. and whatever else is significant.3 Minutes
7. Explanation of the extract’s significance in terms of genre, target audience, film history, socio-cultural significance, institutional factors
8. and whatever else is significant.2 minutes
9. Final Summary and conclusion. Repeat and reinforce points while you support the choice of your 5 minutes.
Review the IB Support Site for details and samples of student work.