Please answer the questions in the document using the following regulations.
Identify the film’s message
Identify the evidence supporting that interpretation
Identify what the film’s director, writer, etc. wants an audience to think about, question, or understand about an issue
Identify the historical, political, and social context of the film and its relevance to the political messaging
Identify how the film uses dialogue, choreography / blocking, set design, composition, costumes, color, etc. to emphasize that message
Identify how perspective is used to emphasize, undermine, or shift narrative messaging in film
Identify how characters and their traits are used to suggest narrative reliability (who are we supposed to trust, why are we supposed to trust them?)
Identify how the use of unreliable perspectives impacts messages
Critique the use of perspective in its effectiveness conveying a message
Analyze how implicit cues, beliefs, and biases can reflect on the narrative or works as a whole
(New) Identify the way time, setting, style, genre, and composition of a film and its narrative impact message
Analyze both how the era a film is set in and when it was made impact the message
(New) Identify ways two films can approach a similar topic very differently
Objectives:
Assignment End Goal:
Analyze how two films portray a single issue
Analyze how directors’ backgrounds contribute to portrayals of an issue
Analyze how film medium/genre/style/tone change a message and enhance understanding
Analyze how time (setting and year of production) impact our portrayals of issues
THE MOVIES YOU SHOULD COMPARE ARE: Billy Elliot (2000) (R) [Historical Fiction] / Pride (2014) (R) [‘Based on a True Story’]
(Historical)
Potential themes: Solidarity, labor unions, manhood/masculinity/gender, individuality, equality, Thatcher’s UK during the miners’ strikes.
