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Exploring Film: Comedy

Take your students on a learning journey. This series invites students to respond to film, inspiring them to find out about its conventions, genres, methods and more. It also covers sequencing and analysis and includes activities and teaching notes for exploring films of a particular genre in depth. It provides the opportunity for comparative film studies and has a range of photocopiable worksheets, suitable for use with any film.

Ages: 13-15 | Pages: 56 | Code: 5455 | ISBN: 9781877536243
Series: Exploring Film

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Dale Sutherland

Dale Sutherland has been a media studies and English teacher. She has a background in film and media, along with a passion for contemporary issues facing young people today. Now living in New Zealand’s Far North, she researches and writes full time.

Contents

Introduction4
How to use this book4
Background information for teachers5
About comedy5
Narrative conventions: the three-act structure6
Film techniques6Introductory work9
Establish prior knowledge of comedy9
Film viewing9
Viewing diary11
Genre and conventions11
Exploring Monty Python and the Holy Grail14
About Monty Python14
About the film14
Plot summary15
Exploring the three-act structure15
Exploring the characters16
Exploring the opening sequence17
Exploring colour and lighting22
Exploring the use of editing to create effect22
Exploring sound effects27
Exploring the soundtrack and incidental music27
Putting it together: colour, lighting, sound, music and camera shots28
Exploring how to fake reality29
Exploring transitions30
Exploring Serendipity34
About the film34
Plot summary34
Exploring target audiences35
Exploring the opening scene39
Exploring the three-act structure43
Exploring themes44
Exploring symbols and motifs46
Exploring how to fake reality46
Exploring how to produce specific effects51
Exploring transitions53