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Provides textual evidence and analysis on each rubric points of the texts and human experiences module on the film 'Billy Elliot' by Stephan Daldry

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Common module ideas
Broad thesis statement: Stories are the medium in which individual and collective experience are
explored, igniting new ideas and challenging assumptions, and perspectives to understand human
experience. This shared nature of human experience delves into the complexity of human qualities
and emotions, allowing greater awareness of what it means to be human.

Anomalies and paradoxes and inconsistences of human behaviour and emotion (e.g. exceeding and acting out of societal
expectations)
Technique Quote / Analysis Implication
evidence
Mis-en-scene Placement of This placement conveys Billy’s discomfort as he realizes, he This communicates the nature
the ballet class belongs to a group outside of society’s expectations of individual experiences and
in the boxing displaying Billy’s characterisation and progression in the inconsistences in
hall. Mirrors understanding who his is personally through his emotions characterisation individuals
reflecting on and disruptive behaviour. undergo challenging the
Billy, audience consider their own
confronting him experiences.
with his identity.
Medium shot Billy standing When Billy first joins Mrs. Wilkson’s dancing class, Billy is This communicates the nature
behind a line full presented as an anomaly amongst the female ballet of individual experiences and
of female dancers. His alienation is exemplified through the use of a the inconsistences in
dancers character foil, contrasting colours of the girls’ outfits, characterisation individuals
magnify shame and polarize him upon his actions. undergo challenging the
audience consider their own
experiences.
Diegetic sound Classical music Billy’s body moves rhythmically with the music while This challenges the audience’s
playing while following Mrs Wilkinson’s ballet instructions that’s heard assumptions to go against
Billy is boxing over the top “Hear the music, feel it”. Billy following these gender stereotypes and urges
the bag. instructions is juxtaposed with the more violent, masculine them to consider the roles
instructions from the boxing coach. Billy is captivated by these stereotypes play in their
the classical music; he moves his body from violent and own lives, whether they abide
erratic movements to smooth and fluid against the music by these or an anomaly.
and her instructions guiding him with this anomalous
attraction allowing him to confide in the rhythm. He is
acting outside of society’s traditional views
Foreshadowing / When the Through the boys taking a short-cut alternative to the Prompts viewers to question
symbolism schoolboys are other boys, this foreshadows their path in characterisation the significance of persisting
doing cross- following a different course of life than the other boys and with the influential force that
country, Billy symbolises the emerging out of stereotypes society has restricts own identity.
and Michael engrained into the boys.
take a short cut,
going down a
different path to
other boys.
Dialogue between “What’s wrong Not only does this outline Jackie’s gender perspectives and Audience should observe how
Billy and Jackie with Ballet?” traditional views but also suggests that he himself is a society’s expectations and
“Boys do victim of these stereotypes. Jackie knows that boys should traditional views affects their
football or do wrestling but knows more boys who do ballet, own individual experience and
boxing or conflicting his traditional values. Jackie projects his whether this may be restricting
wrestling” stereotypical assumptions onto Billy limiting him and their identity.
“What lads do confining him to more masculine activities restricting his
wrestling?” search for belonging as he is an anomaly against the rest of
society.
The use of Royal Ballet Even after pushing through societal expectations, he is still Audience is urged to consider

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