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Ballade vir 'n Enkeling Summary (Afrikaans & English)
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Melissa EngelbrechtFilmstudie - Ballade vir ‘n Enkeling
,Ballade vir ‘n Enkeling Opsomming (Summary)
Algemene Informasie oor die film: (General information about the movie)
Skrywer: Leon van Nierop (Author)
Regisseur: Quentin Krog (Director)
Vervaardiger: Danie Bester (Producer)
Produksie Huis: The Film Factory (Production House)
Die film is baseer op ‘n boek wat in die 1980s deur Leon van Nierop geskryf was.
Oorspronklik was die boek in ‘n TV reeks omskep. (The film is based on a book that was written
in the 1980s and was originally performed as a TV series)
Ontleding van die film: (Dissection of the movie)
1. Titel: (Title)
Ballade: 'n verhalende gedig, met of sonder refrein, wat 'n romantiese episode
behandel, soms met spronge in die verhaal. (Ballade: a poem that tells a story, with or without a
tune, talks about a romantic episode, sometimes with jumps in the story)
Enkeling: iemand wat alleen/eensaam/ ‘n individu is. Daar is ‘n konnotasie dat die
person kwaad, hartseer, onafhanklik, misverstaan of ongelukkig is.(Individual/ loner:
someone who is alone/ lonely / an individual. There is a connotation that the person is angry, sad,
independent, misunderstood or upset)
Ballade vir ‘n Enkeling: Lied/ Gedig vir ‘n alleenloper/ iemand wat alleen is.
(Ballade for an individual/ loner: a song/ poem for someone who is alone)
2. Genre: (Genre)
Romantiese speurverhaal, Drama
(Romantic detective novel, Drama)
,3. Plakkaat: (Poster)
Agtergrond/ Bo (Background/ Top) Die tipiese Johannesburgse horison. Die
film speel in die huidige tyd in
Johannesburg af/ film is in Johannesburg
gefilm. Jacques het ‘n woonstel in
Maboneng – ‘n buurt in Johannesburg.
(The typical Johannesburg horizon. The film is set
in Jahannesburg in the present time/ the movie is
filmed in Jahnnesberg. Jacques also has a flat in
Maboneng - an area in Jahannesburg).
Middel (Middle)
Jacques wat vir Lena vashou. Ons weet
dat Lena en Jacques in hulle jonger dae
‘n verhouding gehad het en dat Jacques
glo dat Lena sy sielsgenoot is.(Jacques
holding Lena. We know that Jacques and Lena
were in a relationship when they were young and
that Jacques thinks that Lena is his soulmate).
Middel regs (Middle right)
Die stoomtrein wat Jacques se pa (Klaus)
bestuur het. ‘n Herhaalde simbool in die
he steam engine that Jacques’ dad
film. (T
(Klaus) drives. It is a repeated symbol in the
movie)
Middel regs - bo (Middle right – top) Juan-Pual, Jacques en Lena se vriend.
Ons weet dat hy uit voel/ hy ook verlief op
Lena is. Hy staan enkant met sy rug
gedraai na Lena en Jacques – dui aan dat
hy die antagonist is. (Jan-Paul, Jacques and
Lena’s friend. We know that he feels left out/ he
also loves Lena. He stands to the side with his
back facing Jacques and Lena, indicating that he
is the antagonist).
, Middel links (Middle left) Carina Human, die journalis van Montage,
‘n skinder nuusblad. Ons weet dat sy oor
Jacques se lewe wil uitvind sodat sy by
Rapport kan werk en in haar pa se
voetspore volg. (Carina Human, the journalist
from Montage, a tabloid. We know that she is
trying to find out about Jacques’ life so that she
can work at Rapport and follow in her father’s
footsteps).
Jong Lena wat vir jong Jacques groet by
Onder links (Bottom left) die trein stasie toe Jacques na
Denneberg verbeteringskool gestuur was.
Die trein simbool word herhaal. (Young
Lena saying goodbye to young Jacques at the
train station when he was taken to Denneberg
reform school. The train symbol is repeated).
Voorgrond/ Onder middel (Foreground/ Die lessenaar en tikmasjien waarmee
Bottom middle) Jacques al sy stories/ verhale skryf. Die
tikmasjien was aan hom deur Lena en
Jan- Paul gegee. Die tikmasjien is ook ‘n
simbool tydens die film. (The desk and
typewriter that Jacques uses when he writes his
books/ novels. The typewriter was given to him by
Lena and Jan-Paul. The typewriter is also a
symbol during the movie).
Onder regs (Bottom right)
Jacques en Jan-Paul wat op die
treinspore fietsry. Verwys na ‘n tyd toe
Jacques en Jan-Paul jonk, sorgeloos en
vry was. Dit verwys ook na ‘n tyd toe Lena
nie saam met hulle was nie. (Jacques and
Jan-Paul riding bicycle on the train tracks. It refers
to a time when they were young, carefree and
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