Tuesday 5 November 2013

Lesson Plan 2.1


Starter:
Hypothesis link examples & MACRO to the study

Genre changes over time
Men act, women appear
Style over substance (Visual style is more important than narrative substance) 
Culture eats itself (there are no new ideas in Film)
Film is a voyeuristic act (Mirror Stage we project our own meaning, hopes, identity and inadequacies onto these characters)
Film does not reflect culture, it creates it through its messages

For Friday Present your film ideas (10 min presentation)

1.MACRO & SPECIFIC ASPECT OF YOUR STUDY
2.CLIPS KEY SCENES COMPARISON
3.ANALYSIS WHICH ASPECT OF MICRO MEANING IS SIGNIFICANT

4.CONCLUSION - WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?
5.HYPOTHESIS/THESIS QUESTION (TITLE OF YOUR STUDY) - WHY?

Lesson 2
TO APPLY MACRO UNDERSTANDING INITIAL ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN OF MEN – NARRATIVE, THEMES & MESSAGES, STYLE, GENRE

Work through the activities: all can do > most can do > all can do

GENRE – WHAT CONVENTIONS BLENDING? (COLLAGE)> STOCK CHARACTERS FROM THE GENRE > TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS A THRILLER OR A SCI FI?  > ENIGMA CODE & IS THIS SATISFIED?

CHN - NARRATIVE PLOT OUTLINE/ CAUSE/EFFECT/HEROES JOURNEY
CHN - CLEAR RESOLUTION/ENDING HAS SENSE OF CLOSURE?
CHN - CHARACTERS, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE?
> Situational Throughline >POST MODERN NARRATIVE

5 x DYSTOPIAN THEMES – MOOD BOARD > MESSAGES – WHAT IS THE FILM 'SAYING' THROUGH ITS PLOT/CHARACTERS > ADVERTISING?

STYLE – HOW DOES IT VISUALLY CREATE DYSTOPIA? (9 KEY SCENES) > HOW/WHY DOES IT USE THE LONG TAKE? > HOW DOES THIS AFFECT HOW THE AUDIENCE RECEIVES THE MESSAGE OF THE FILM?

Carousel – teach each other in a group with notes & find own key scenes

Apply to demonstrate - select scenes to SWEDE of the Film for Next week
& discuss why?

Review
Characters & their function/purpose... message?

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