Prince of Egypt

Question 1

What does the film revise?

Answer 1

Our version of Moses towards something immediate and believable

Question 2

What did the filmmakers use as their source material?

Answer 2

The Bible

Question 3

Who is the scene highly accessible to?

Answer 3

Children

Question 4

What medium to children find extremely relatable?

Answer 4

Catchy songs and cartoons, they relate to this medium very easily

Question 5

Who is the film relatable to?

Answer 5

Their target audience

Question 6

What is the film effective for?

Answer 6

Teaching children about the story of Moses and morals

Question 7

What are songs used for?

Answer 7

To emphasise significant sections such as the parting of the Red Sea and the scene with the Burning Bush

Question 8

How are key events or ideas presented?

Answer 8

They are presented in a way where their importance is highlighted

Question 9

What is non-diegetic sound used for?

Answer 9

To give good effect and to build tension

Question 10

Doe the film follow the Biblical story faithfully?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

What type of film is it?

Answer 11

An American animated musical film (cartoon animation)

Question 12

What do filmmakers chose?

Answer 12

Significant scenes and events as they have a time limit in order to get everything in

Question 13

What scenes do the filmmakers stick strongly to?

Answer 13

The parting of the red sea, moses in the basket, the burning bush, the 10 plagues and the handing of the 10 commandments

Question 14

What is the film an adaptation of?

Answer 14

The Exodus story

Question 15

What key quotation is used in the film to display the importance of Moses’s quest?

Answer 15

“Deliver us to the promised land”

Question 16

How are women treated?

Answer 16

Women who are not of high status are treated like disrespectfully

Question 17

What does Moses’s sister call him?

Answer 17

“The Deliverer” who will bring them their freedom

Question 18

Who brought Moses to the Jewish slaves?

Answer 18

The Gods

Question 19

What does Moses begin to see in the palace after his encounter with his sister?

Answer 19

The brutality the slaves undergo

Question 20

What type of language is used during the scene of the Burning Bush?

Answer 20

Biblical language in order to show the importance of the scene and Moses, it is the moment Moses begins to accept who he is and what he must do

Question 21

What key quotations are used in the Burning Bush scene?

Answer 21

“With this staff you will do my wonders”, “Deliver them from slavery” and “I shall smite him with all my wonders”

Question 22

What does Moses aim to do?

Answer 22

Protect his people from a life of slavery