I. America’s Love Affair with the Movies (6.2.12.D.4.k)
Do Now Assignment
What is your favorite film? Who is your favorite film character? Why?
Lesson Objective (Essential Question)
Why are we fascinated with the movies?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
Movies originated as a money making novelty
They provided entertainment for the masses
D.W.Griffith (1915) transformed the industry into a medium of social expression
However, it wasn’t until 1952 that film was recognized as art
Burstyn v Wilson placed film under the protection of the First Amendment
Today film continues as entertainment for the masses
Most movie goers are oblivious to artistic expression
Special effects determine a good film
It seems as if while there are great films there are no longer great actors
Popular films like Titanic are confused with classic and rewarded with an Oscar
Good films are like good books
Those that are classics endure the test of time
The term classic also applies to characters
Their stories touch upon the struggles inherent in the human condition
Others expose the baser side of the human character
While we aspire to be Atticus Finch, we are more like Jay Gatsby
Since 1965 the American Film institute has striven to preserve the legacy of American’s film legacy
YouTube
The Best Movie Montage 1878-2015/200+ Movies (9:23) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHEhWRLOGFE
The Greatest Movie Villains (7:02) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38HZQba8WdA
101 Great Movie Heroes (5:50) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwTZEMS9MHE
Web Articles
100 year Lists - American Film institute - http://www.afi.com/100years/
Closure - Exit Activity: Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz Next Class on the Assigned Article or Video
Extension Assignment - AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies (Clips Countdown) 9:59
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UYlX1-mj4s
Forrest Gump (6.2.12.D.4.k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question)
What makes a film magical?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
Forrest Gump (1994) may be a comedy, drama, or dream
It is known for Director Robert Zemeckis’ creative use of computerized visual legerdemain
Forrest is involved in every major event in American history between the 50s-80s
He survives them with honesty and niceness
Forrest may be slow, but he understands everything he needs to know…especially love
Tom Hanks may be the only actor who could have played the role
His performance is a balancing act between comedy and sadness
Can you imagine John Goodman as Forrest Gump?
Forrest’s life is a guided tour of straight arrow America
His girl Jenny goes on a parallel tour of the counterculture
The movie’s end is like a dream of reconciliation for our society
It is a magical movie
Forrest Gump Official Trailer HD (3:58)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSnxZKTZzU
Movie Review
Forrest Gump Movie Review & Film Summary (1994) Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/forrest-gump-1994
Supplementary Material
Web Articles - Bama, Bear Loom Big in Forrest Gump Story
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/bear/story15.html
F/X: More Gump Effects: The Gary Sinise Illusion
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-10/entertainment/ca-14048_1_gary-sinise
Harold Russell at Reel Classics: Harold Russell’s Best Years Never Ended
http://www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Harold_Russell/hrussell-article2.htm
Movie Puts the Unreal into Newsreel, Using Effects with Eerie Implications
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-07-06/features/1994187015_1_forrest-gump-robert-zemeckis-tom-hanks
Could Forrest Gump Have Possibly Survived His Epic Run?
http://theweek.com/articles/457759/could-forrest-gump-have-possibly-survived-epic-run
YouTube
Forrest Gump: Making of…Feather Sequence (3:22) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ2SWXwoYwQ
Annalee Perry - Lt. Dan Legs (2:07) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP98Zg2vTHs
Ping Pong (il “making of”) 2:56 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUOiJOqrHlI
Closure - Exit Activity: Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz Next Class on the Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Assignment - Forrest Gump - Behind the Scenes 1-4 - Documentary (28:59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2YDKsenivg
The Night of the Hunter (6.2.12.D.4.k)
Do Now Assignment
Review Assigned Material for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question)
What makes a villain so fascinating?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
The Night of the Hunter (1955) is the only film Charles Laughton ever directed
He described it as a nightmarish Mother Goose story
It is his homage to the silent film era
He based his direction on the works of D.W.Griffith
The acting is characterized by over determined stylization
Operating on a low budget it was primarily filmed in sound studios
It tells a chilling story through visual fantasy
It is a timeless film
The film is based on the criminal career of serial killer Harry Powers
Robert Mitchum plays the lead, as the preacher Harry Powell
It is the only time Mitchum acted outside of himself
Lillian Gish’s performance as Miss Cooper overwhelms Mitchum
She is symbolic of saving grace
Her role also gives her the opportunity to move from victim to indomitable force
Ebert calls it one of the greatest of all American films
It is unappreciated because no one knows how to categorize it
The Night of the Hunter (1955) Trailer (1:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dX6ZKJe2o
Movie Review
The Night of the Hunter Movie Review (1955) Roger
Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-moviethe-night-of-the-hunter-1955
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
A Directing Career in One Film - The Night of the Hunter
http://www.charlotteviewpoint.org/article/2344/Night-of-the-Hunter-Criterion-DVD
Harry Powers: Bluebeard of Quiet Dell - http://www.wvculture.org/history/crime/powers01.html
Out of Time: Lillian Gish in The Night of the Hunter
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1997-out-of-time-lillian-gish-in-the-night-of-the-hunter
YouTube - Charles Laughton Directs The Night of the Hunter (7:59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vG4AiYDs-w
Closure - Exit Activity - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz Next Class on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Assignment - Charles Laughton reads The Night of the Hunter (34:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdYWaP6EIC8
The Devil Wears Prada (6.2.12.D.4.k)
Do Now Assignment
Review Assigned Material for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - How does film help us in our daily lives?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) is based on the career experiences of Lauren Weisberger
Weisberger worked for Vogue Magazine as an assistant to Anna Wintour
The book reflects the author’s personal distain for Wintour - No man is a hero to his own valet
The film is toned down
It is unapologetically fascinated with power
It mocks without sneering
Although it may appear to be Anne Hathaway’s story it is actually Meryl Streep’s
Roger Ebert maintains that Meryl Streep’s character Miranda Priestly is a cross between Anna Wintour,
Graydon Carter and a dominatrix
She insists that her inspiration came from powerful people she encountered - mostly of the male species
Streep wanted to make the uber boss out of my own pastiche
Miranda was to be as contradictory and messy as we all are
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Official Trailer (2:05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTDSwAxlNhc
Movie Review
The Devil Wears Prada - Review - Movies - NY Times.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/movies/30devi.html?_r=0
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
The Deal with the Devil Author
http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=84d73bab-5548-4b42b63d-6d445f0a14a2
Meryl Streep Interview for The Devil Wears Prada (Dan Deevy)
http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/meryl-streep-interview-for-the-devil-wears-prada/
Stanley Tucci: An Ultimate Acting Chameleon - Entertainment
http://emertainmentmonthly.com/2013/11/20/stanley-tucci-an-ultimate-acting-chameleon/
YouTube
Anna Wintour -CBS News (13:04)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52jAGB22CCc
Behind Scenes Devil Wears Prada/Runway Magazine (5:08)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37EgebvJSmE
The Making of The Devil Wears Prada part 1/Runway Magazine (4:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZhp4lH1DqU
Closure - Exit Activity - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz Next Class on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) – Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Assignment - Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci on the View (06/30/2006) 21:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97DptjjpOM
II. The Medium Is the Message (6.2.12.D.k) - Psycho
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Must a movie be seen to be appreciated?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
Marshall McLuhan coined the term the medium is the message
A cool medium is high in participation and low in information
A hot medium is low in participation and high in information
Film is a hot medium
Alfred Hitchcock compared film to a symphony and that he played his audience like an organ
He maintained that for a film to be considered great it must be seen
Look at the eyes of his characters
Hitchcock was a master of the subjective camera, subjective thought, montage editing and the McGuffin
He believed in the primacy of the writers and director and despised method actors
Psycho (1960) is his masterpiece
It connects with our innermost fears
The world is a dangerous place
We might commit a crime, fall victim to a madman or disappoint our mothers
Psycho Official Trailer 1960 HD (1:41)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz719b9QUqY
Movie Review
Psycho Movie Review & Summary (1960) Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-psycho-1960
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
What is a McGuffin? Movie Terms Defined
http://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2013/02/what-is-amcguffin-movie-terms-defined
The Parlor Scene in Psycho: Images of Duality
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/features/psycho.htm
Hitchcock on the Filmmaker’s Essential Tool: The Kuleshov Effect
http://www.openculture.com/2012/05/alfred_hitchcock_on_the_essential_filmmakers_tool_the_great_kuleshov_
effect.html
YouTube
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rules for Watching Psycho (11:16)
http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/alfred_hitchcocks_rules_for_watching_ipsychoi.html
The Making of the Shower Scene in Psycho (13:07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vOLLMeOuQ
Closure - Exit Activity: Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz Next Class on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - 55 Minute Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock: Living Famously (2003)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoAt5u2umaE
III. The Faces of Film: Film as Allegory (6.2.12.D.k) - One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Is allegory an effective form of story- telling?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) is based on a novel by Ken Kesey
He considered it a Christ allegory set in as looney bin
It is a story about revolutionary politics going psychedelic
Toned down for film it is a parable about society’s enforcement of conformism
Jack Nicholson’s performance (R.P.McMurphy) is the high point of his career
He is a free spirit in a closed society
The Huck Finn who wants to break free
He is the cleansing spirit that comes along now and then to renew us
Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratchett) is the antagonist to McMurphy’s anti hero
Ken Kesey hated the film adaptation and Nicholson’s performance
It received five Oscars
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest -Trailer - HQ (2:34)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WSyJgydTsA
Movie Review
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest Movie Review 1975/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-one-flew-over-thecuckoos-nest-1975
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
The Nurse Who Rules the Cuckoo’s Nest - New York times
https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/cuckoo-ar2.html
Why I Love…the Supporting Cast of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/27/why-i-love-supporting-cast-cuckoos-nest
How One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Changed Psychiatry
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8296954/How-One-Flew-Over-the-CuckoosNest-changed-psychiatry.html
Haskell Wexler and the Making of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
http://worldcinemaparadise.com/2014/12/19/haskell-wexler-and-the-making-of-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest/
YouTube
A Look Inside: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (10:29) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wlv99J5k1w
Jack Nicholson on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (9:23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwD-MnZ0eEI
Closure - Exit Activity: Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz Next Class on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - Movie Star Bios - Jack Nicholson (10:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54pLqj2VKOo
On the Waterfront (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Is allegory a cowardly form of personal expression?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
On the Waterfront (1954) was based on a true story
Albert Anastasia, Father John Corridan and Tony Mike DeVincenzo were involved in the battle for the
Hoboken waterfront
The film was was directed by Elia Kazan
Production began after he had testified before the House on Un-American Affairs Committee (HUAC)
His testimony made him a pariah in the movie industry
Kazan saw Waterfront as his story
I was telling the world where I stood and my critics to go _ themselves
Bud Schulberg’s screenplay straddles the emerging realism and the stylized gangster film
The cast of method actors led by Marlon Brando changed American movie acting forever
Their free form, stream of conscious expression revolutionized film as an art form
Some never forgave Kazan for using Waterfront to justify himself
On the Waterfront - Trailer (2:32)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj2J9XjvdoM
Movie Review
On the Waterfront Movie Review (1954) Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movieon-the-waterfront-1954
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
Back on the Waterfront: The Original Brando - Dick
Russell
http://www.dickrussell.org/articles/waterfront.htm
A Brief History of Organized Crime on On the Waterfront
http://onthewaterfrontthefilm.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-brief-history-of-organized-crime-on.html
Elia Kazan at Reel Classics: Article: Advertisement - A Statement By Elia Kazan
http://search.aol.com/aol/search?enabled_terms=&s_it=comsearch&q=elia+kazan++statement&s_chn=prt_main5
Father Corridan: Karl Malden’s Waterfront Inspiration
http://americamagazine.org/content/all-things/fr-corridan-karl-maldens-waterfront-inspiration
YouTube
Elia Kazan On the Waterfront (11:09)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp5q2kDM0hE
Budd Schulberg: On the Waterfront (Jan.. 25, 204) - Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yzb10_9DQ
Spike Lee TCM on Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront (6:00) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp5q2kDM0hE
Closure - Exit Activity: Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz Next Class on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - Leonard Bernstein - On the Waterfront Suite (20:58)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnRYARyIGP8
Apocalypse Now (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Is allegory evident to all its viewers?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
Apocalypse Now (1979) was based on the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Its modern inspiration was the Green Beret Murder Case of Colonel Robert Rheault
It is not so much about war, but about how war reveals truths we would rather not discover
It is a story of self- discovery
The world is a pitiless Darwinian testing ground
We spend our lives in a fool’s paradise, never knowing how close we skirt the abyss
Realization of The Horror … what we must do to survive will drive us mad
The trouble filled production was described as a nightmare by its participants
Francis Ford Coppola said that it is not about Vietnam; it is Vietnam
We had access to too much money, too much equipment; and little by little we went insane
After reading the script the Pentagon refused to cooperate with its production
Much of the film was improvisation
The financial and human cost of production were staggering
Roger Ebert considers it the best Vietnam film, one of the greatest of all films
It pushes beyond the others into the dark places of the soul
Apocalypse Now (1979) Original Extended Trailer
(3:47)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkrhkUeDCdQ
Movie Review
Apocalypse Now Movie Review & Film Summary (1979)/Roger
Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movieapocalypse-now-1979
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
The Strained Making of Apocalypse Now
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-strained-making-of-apocalypse-now1758689.html
Telluride: Francis Ford Coppola Spills Apocalypse Now Secrets on 35th Anniversary
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/telluride-francis-ford-coppola-spills-729281
Brando v Coppola: Debunking the Myth of Apocalypse Now
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-l-mizruchi/brando-v-coppola-debunkin_b_5587675.html
YouTube
Money, Method & Madness - Making Apocalypse Now (5:25) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ672prcUNM
Rare Marlon Brando - Behind the Scenes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vH7f__nCIQ
Closure - Exit Activity: Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz Next Class on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) – Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity – Apocalypse Now – Conversation Martin Sheen and Francis Ford Coppola (59:26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BkChat11cE
Film as Parable (6.2.12.D.k) - Pleasantville
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Is simplicity simple?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
A parable is a homogenized allegory
It uses symbolism to simplify the story so that everyone can understand it
Aesop wrote in parables
Jesus of Nazareth spoke in parables
Pleasantville (1998) is a 20th century parable
It encourages us to re-evaluate the good old days and take another look at the new world we dismiss as decadent
Appropriately enough our Virgil is Don Knotts
He opens our eyes to the fact that sometimes pleasant people are pleasant because they’ve never been challenged
It’s scary and dangerous to learn new ways
Nothing creates fascists like the threat of freedom
Director Gary Ross utilizes the Pleasantville Effect to symbolize change
Pleasantville’s people in color go outside and stand in the rain
It is a powerful social commentary
1998 Pleasantville Trailer HQ (2:28)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ6QzkIwQu0
Movie Review
Pleasantville Movie Review & Film Summary (1998) /Roger
Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pleasantville-1998
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
Pleasantville Cast Thrilled to Work with Barney Fifth
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/659046/Pleasantville-cast-thrilled-to-work-with-Barney-Fife.html?pg=all
The Most Liberal Movie of All Time: Pleasantville
http://reelchange.net/2012/04/22/the-most-liberal-movie-of-all-time-pleasantville/
Black and White in Color - https://www.theasc.com/protect/nov98/pleasantville/pg1.htm
Angel Numbers – Joanne Sacred Scribes: Angel Number 754
http://sacredscribesangelnumbers.blogspot.com/2011/12/angel-number-754.html
Interview: Gary Ross Breaths his Life into Pleasantville
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9810/12/austin.ross/
YouTube
Final Cut Pro: The Pleasantville Effect (9:32)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPYjBHhUQZM
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - The Art of Pleasantville (11:40) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw3I5knbACg
Film as Social Commentary (6.2.12.D.k) - Angels with Dirty Faces
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Is art a form of protest or purveyor of contemporary social values?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture (Slant Magazine Film Review)
Film was once unprotected by the First Amendment
It was considered a money making novelty
D.W. Griffith (1916) turned it into a medium of social expression
It is a reflection of an era’s social issues and aids in our collective remembrance of the times
Interestingly enough, horror films are often used in this way
During the Depression the gangster emerged as the hero for the city boy
Gangster films became a lucrative business until 1934
The Production Code insisted that movies should not be sympathetic to crime, wrong doing, evil or sin
Warner Brothers was faced with a problem
How do you make a gangster film without violating the Production Code?
The answer was to lead viewers away from admiration of the rugged individualism of crime kings
Movies should emphasize that team work was necessary to improve society
They focused on the impact of chance and environmental circumstance on young lives
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) was a pulpit for this social crusade
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) Trailer (3:11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nld4DcRHME0
Movie Review
Angels With Dirty Faces/Film Review/Slant Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nld4DcRHME0
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
They Ain’t So Tough - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/07/books/they-ain-t-so-tough.html
Home Brewed Mojo: COME UP AND GET ME COPPERS!
http://homebrewedmojo.blogspot.com/2015/05/come-up-and-get-me-coppers.html
Huntz Hall, Perpetual Youth in ‘Bowery’ Films Dies at 78
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/02/arts/huntz-hall-perpetual-youth-in-bowery-films-dies-at-78.html
YouTube
Parkinson BBC James Cagney Pat O’Brien 70s (2:24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_x1Pu6dq8s
TCM Tribute to James Cagney (5:19)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG9Up6cjM7k
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - James Cagney Documentary (46::34)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gntDlbgCtY
Wall Street (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment
Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Is greed good?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
On October 19, 1987, Black Monday, Wall Street crashed
Oliver Stone’s Wall Street (1987) opened in December
It was not a critique of the capitalist system, but the quick buck culture of the 80s
More importantly, it targeted a value system in which ethics were irrelevant
One in which laws were sort of like referees in pro wrestling - part of the show
Wall Street is the archetypal portrayal of 1980s excess
It is also the story of two fathers’ battle for control over the morals of their son
One is the voice of reason, the other that of creative destruction
What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, but suffer the loss of his soul
Michael Douglas won the Academy Award for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko
His character was based in part on the Wall Street arbitrage and insider trader Ivan Boesky
Interestingly enough, Gekko became the inspiration for a generation of young brokers
Wall Street - Trailer (1987) 1:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCctqbRrsBQ
Movie Review
Wall Street Movie Review & Summary (1987)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wall-street-1987
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
Presentation - Ivan Boesky
http://ivanboesky.weebly.com/presentation.html
Oliver Stone Faces Down Wall Street- The New York Times
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/oliver-stone- faces-down-wall-street/?_r=0
How Charlie Sheen Turned into a Wall Street Player
http://www.amc.com/talk/2008/04/charlie-sheen-turned-into-a-wall-street-player
Gordon Gekko Repents: Greed Is Bad/ Bill Moyers.com
http://billmoyers.com/2012/03/01/gordon-gekko-turns-himself-in/
YouTube
Wall Street - Gekko Teaches Bud about Capitalism (2:11) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVjCRWbvM4c
Wall Street’s Greed in 1987/Flashback/NBC News (3:48) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7M-xAG03l8
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) – Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - Wall Street: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS Interviews: Oliver Stone, Shia LaBeouf & Susan Sarandon (13:44)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ3Lif6p52I
Philadelphia (6.2.12. D. k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question)
What is the essence of discrimination?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
While not shying away from controversial social topics, Hollywood had its limits
Major studios wanted no part of films that would not sell
During the 1960s Civil Rights was one thing…miscegenation was another
Unless skillfully camouflaged, films dealing with homosexuality were passed on
Films on AIDS weren’t even considered
Philadelphia (1994) marks the first time Hollywood risked a big budget film on the subject
It uses the chemistry of popular stars in a reliable genre (courtroom drama) to sidestep controversy
Philadelphia is based on the story of New York attorney Geoffrey Bowers
Its’ target audience was those who never knew anyone who died of AIDS
Tom Hanks hoped that after seeing Philadelphia they would
Denzel Washington’s epiphany is for all who cannot see a fellow human being as one worthy of affection and
respect
Roger Ebert criticizes the filmmakers for not taking a leap of faith with Philadelphia
Still, he considers it a righteous first step
Philadelphia (1993) Movie Trailer (3:02)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4B9AU45P4
Movie Review
Philadelphia Movie Review & Summary (1994)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/philadelphia-1994
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
Sexual Subversion - The Bride of Frankenstein
http://brightlightsfilm.com/sexual-subversion-bride-frankenstein/#.Vd3eIv-FOUk
Philadelphia Movie - The Real Story
http://lokoyizone.hubpages.com/hub/Philadelphia-Movie-The-Real-Story
Two Decades Ago, Tom Hanks and Philadelphia Prompted Changing Attitudes Toward HIV-AIDS
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/the-pulse/62963-20th-anniversary-of-philadelphiaOut of the Birdcage - How Mike Nichols Made Gay Culture Mainstream
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/20/out-of-the-birdcage-how-mike-nichols-made-gay-culturemainstream.html
YouTube
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Speech (5:07) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6QiEqWcYrA
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - People Like Us: Making Philadelphia (14:09) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maBfPdZCjPw
Film as Propaganda (6.2.12.D.k) - Twelve Angry Men
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Must effective propaganda be simple?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
As a hot medium film is an excellent propaganda tool
During the Cold War conservative proponents of McCarthyism used it to battle Communism
Their propaganda relied on simplification and fear
Cartoons and sci-fi films provided an excellent platform for their crusade
Liberals responded in kind
Twelve Angry Men was a ringing endorsement of defense of the rights of all American citizens
Notice that the defendant is a minority
The real enemy was not Communism but our willingness to deviate from the 14th Amendment
The film was a pet project of Henry Fonda who starred in and helped finance it
Stanley Lumet shot it in real time enhanced by a lens plot
There is no action… tension is created through the use of
personal conflict, dialogue and body language
Critically acclaimed it was a box office bust
Today it ranks 23 on the AFI Greatest Films List
12 Angry Men (1957) Trailer (2:14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSG38tk6TpI
Movie Review
Twelve Angry Men Movie Review & Film Summary (1957)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-12-angry-men-1957
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
The Cartoon That Came in from the Cold
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/mar/07/artsfeatures.georgeorwell
12 Angry Men: Why Sidney Lumet’s Claustrophobic Classic Still Matters
http://news.moviefone.com/2012/04/12/12-angry-men-sidney-lumet-classic/
Best Actor: Alternate Best Actor 1957: Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men
http://actoroscar.blogspot.com/2012/09/alternate-best-actor-1957-henry-fonda.html
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1957: Lee J. Cobb in 12 Angry Men
http://actoroscar.blogspot.com/2015/01/alternate-best-supporting-actor-1957_9.html
And Then There Were None…Jack Klugman, Last of the 12 Angry Men, Dies Aged 90 (2012 article)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/and-then-there-were-none-jack-klugman-last-of-the-12-angry-mendies-aged-90-8431223.html
YouTube
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Ending wmv (3:04) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuL2QwsNeM8
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - Animal Farm 1954 Halas & Batchelor (1:12:06) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wss6vvFOoeY
IV. The World of the Play: The Director (6.2.12.D.k) - Shadow of the Vampire
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Is a film director more akin to a painter or a novelist?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
The director is the creative force in movie production
He blends camera angle, talent, location, costume, make-up, script and delivery, special effects, props, sound,
lighting, color, and score to create the world of the play
D.W. Griffith (1916) was the first great movie director
He set the standard for film as an artistic expression
F.W. Murnau liberated film from theatrical and literary conventions
He was more interested in mood and rhythm than character development
He introduced the subjective camera and the unchained camera technique
This technique includes the tracking, pan, crane and dolly shot
With the advent of the talking picture he would add subjective sound
Murnau believed that the director was to be the catalyst…inspiring improvisation
His style became known as observational cinema
Murnau’s most memorable work is Nosferatu (1922)
Roger Ebert considers it the best of all vampire movies
Shadow of the Vampire (2001) blends horror with comedy to tell the story of the making of Nosferatu
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) Trailer (1:34)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5m4b3uiuU
Movie Review
Shadow of the Vampire Movie Review (2001)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shadow-of-thevampire-2001
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
F.W.Murnau - The Silent Innovator
http://www.midnightpalace.com/articles/f-w-murnauthe-silent-innovator
Book Lifts Lid on Star of Eerie First Dracula Film
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/09/us-booksdracula-schreck-idUSL0983779720080509
Interview: Willem Dafoe for Shadow of the Vampire
http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/260/willem-dafoe-for-shadow-of-the-vampire
YouTube
Nosferatu - Making of the Language of Shadows (52:43) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0egcqCGqiYQ
Did Satanists Steal the Skull of Nosferatu Director F.W. Murnau?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sJRDDSR61I
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) – Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - Nosferatu (1922) 1:24:19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyzubFvBsA
The Searchers (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment
Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question)
When does the legend become reality?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture (Roger Ebert Review)
John Ford was Hollywood’s greatest chronicler of American History
In the process, he created two giants …Monument Valley and John Wayne
His work contributed to our collective remembrance of the West
Ford was a pioneer of location shooting
He is known for the utilization of grace shots and pure movement
His eye for composition was bold and sure
Unlike many directors, Ford was able to blend art with commerce
The Searchers (1956) is one of the most influential films in movie history
It is a story about an obsessive quest
John Wayne breaks from character in The Searchers to play a racist without apology
His performance…that’ll be the day… invites admiration for a twisted man
Scorsese refers to him as a poet of hatred
We come to feel sympathy for the devil
The Searchers redefined the Western
It was attempt to dramatize, endorse or regret the racism that justified genocide
A John Wayne and Western that hated Indians could no longer be uncomplicated
The film was Martin Scorsese’s inspiration for Taxi Driver
The Searchers - Trailer HD (2:46)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELkEfi8ibGM
Movie Review
The Searchers Movie Review & Film Summary (1956)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-thesearchers-1956
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
John Ford and John Wayne - Pappy and the Duke
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/john-ford-and-john-wayne/pappy-and-the-duke/594/
John Ford, or the Eloquence of Gesture - Rouge - http://www.rouge.com.au/7/ford.html
Doorways in John Ford’s The Searchers - http://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=25214
The Western Revisited in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver - http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=33820
YouTube
The Story of The Searchers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUNUs1rnerA
Martin Scorsese on Watching the Searchers (3:35) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlWT8kTccHw
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) – Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - The American West of John Ford (1971) 51:22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfBdQtQm_GQ
GoodFellas (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - What is Catholic guilt?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
All directors have a unique style
Oliver Stone is a historic dramatist
Stephen Spielberg tells stories
Orson Welles manipulates angles and lighting
Alfred Hitchcock is a master of suspense
Clint Eastwood casts mysterious shadows
Spike Lee is film’s angriest auteur
Martin Scorsese maintains that he never made a film that wasn’t personal
He is an editor in search of redemption
His early Catholic school education cemented his dread of the loss of heaven and pains of hell
His films revolve the struggle between good and evil and that dangerous place in between
They are characterized by guilt, disillusionment, temptation and an earful of pop music
GoodFellas (1990) is considered by many to be the finest film ever made about organized crime
Unlike The Godfather, it isn’t about any particular plot
It’s about what it felt like to be in the Mafia
GoodFellas is about guilt more than anything else
Not guilt for doing sinful things, but for wanting to do them again
GoodFellas - Trailer - (1990) HQ (2:59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo5jJpHtI1Y
Movie Review
Goodfellas Movie Review & Film Summary (1990)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-goodfellas-1991
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
Between Heaven and Hell: The Movies - Marin Scorsese’s Middle
Ground
http://brightlightsfilm.com/between-heaven-and-hellthe-moviesmartin-scorseses-middle-ground-the-movies-martin-scorsesesmiddle-ground/#.Vd7aw_-FOUk
Goodfellas: DeNiro, Scorsese Liotta & Hill On The Making of a Classic
http://sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/de-niro-scorsese-on-the-making-of-goodfellas
Best Supporting Actor in 1990: Joe Pesci in GoodFellas
http://actoroscar.blogspot.com/2011/09/best-supporting-actor-1990-joe-pesci-in.html
Big Paulie’s Wife: I Have Proof Women Love GoodFellas
http://pagesix.com/2015/06/12/big-paulies-wife-i-have-proof-women-love-goodfellas/
YouTube
Good Fellas: The Making of a Classic (29:40) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXVNGnHG6Yw
Good Fellas Cast Reunites 25 Years Later/Today 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYMDNHLX2Ws
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - The Real Goodfellla (Henry Hill (Documentary) 47:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RoFmHR8S3Y
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Why do we identify with the Capraesque Hero?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
Frank Capra was one of Hollywood’s greatest directors during the Thirties
Watching Capra’s films from 1934-41 one can learn more about the nation’s image of itself than anyone has the
right to expect
There are those who go far as to say that maybe there never was an America in the Thirties, maybe it was all Frank
Capra
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is considered to be Capra’s greatest film achievement and the quintessential
whistle blowing film
It is an expression of his Saturday Evening Post Socialism
Capra was a strong proponent of the preservation of the liberty of the individual against the masses
He was continually rewriting the New Testament through his characters
James Stewart’s character Jefferson Smith is the embodiment of this Capraesque Hero
He is a beacon lighting up a dark and foggy world
The role established Stewart as a leading actor
While Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was a box office success some members of Congress hated it
So did the fascist nations of Europe where it was banned
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Trailer (1:42)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm9qaEJ3MBc
Movie Review
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Original Review
http://piddleville.com/reviews/mr-smith-original-review/
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
The Charm of Morality: Frank Capra and His Cinema
http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/readingroom/7.2/Mortimer.html
When Mr, Smith Took Washington by Storm/TIME
http://time.com/3516713/mr-smith-goes-to-washington/
In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank Capra Stood Up for a
Simple American Hero
https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/571-in-mrsmith-goes-to-washington-frank-capra-stood-u/
Could a U.S. Senator Really Filibuster For 24 Hours Like Mr. Smith?
http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/could-a-u-s-senator-really-filibuster-for-24-hours-like-mr-smith.php
YouTube
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Tribute) 2:46 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-oofvEkQ8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Frank Capra Jr. Remembers (11:52) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBv8o4G_fY
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity -James Stewart (43:55) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVn-NCXXoRo
Ferris Buellar’s Day Off (6.2.12.D. k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - What is a teenager?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
John Hughes was considered to be the philosopher of adolescence
His films forced Hollywood to reconsider how to treat youth
Prior to Hughes teens were cast in slasher films and sex comedies
They were considered too unsophisticated to appreciate anything else
Hughes broke the mold
He presented teens as human beings deserving the same respect as others
Critics blasted him for enshrining youth
His films were a contributing factor in the decline of Western Civilization in suggesting that their problems were
more important than anything else
Teenagers supported Hughes at the box office and Hollywood reacted accordingly
His work opened the door for directors who respected young people
In Ferris Buellar’s Day Off Hughes takes his own format one step further
Teenagers not only talk about their problems…they take steps to solve them
It is a heavy film that begins as an escapist farce and becomes an exploration of teenage angst
Interesting enough, Ferris is not the hero of the film
The true protagonist is Cameron (Alan Ruck)
His performance elevates the film allowing it to assume the power of a modern parable
Ferris Buellar’s Day Off - Official Movie Trailer (2:49)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik0y8yWw7jU
Movie Review
Ferris Buellar’s Day Off Movie Review (1986)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ferris-buellers-day-off1986
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
John Hughes: A Great Light Has Gone Out
http://www.proyouthpages.com/hughes.html
Ferris Buellar: Youth Rights Anti-Hero
http://www.proyouthpages.com/fbueller.html
The Teen Streets of John Hughes’s Chicago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/travel/the-teen-streets-of-john-hughess-chicago.html?_r=0
John Hughes Goes Deep: The Unexpected Heaviosity of Ferris Buellar’s Day Off
http://www.vqronline.org/essay/john-hughes-goes-deep-unexpected-heaviosity-ferris-bueller%E2%80%99s-day
YouTube
John Hughes – Don’t You Forget about Me! (5:14) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAXpE6qkyJo
John Hughes Tribute: 2010 Oscars (6:22) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvmVYNr0lk0
The Extended Ferris Buellar Super Bowl Commercial (2:25) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kaG95ZIjHQ
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - Long Lost Ferris Buellar’s Day Off Director’s Commentary Resurfaces (1:42:54)
http://screencrush.com/ferris-bueller-audio-commentary/
V. The Classic (6.2.12.D.k) - King Kong 1933
Do Now Assignment
Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question)
Is it essential for a classic to be seminal?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
A classic film endures the test of time
It makes a contribution to the art of film making
It combines the elements of the world of the play in a special way
Kong was the first film to become a hit with an animated leading player
Willis O’Brien’s stop motion animation paved the way for contemporary CGI effects
It is credited as the first film to use miniature rear projections for special effects
It was one of the first to utilized Linwood Dunn’s optical printer to matte together shots of animated models and live
actors
It was one of the first films to have a musical score composed specifically for it
It is the Father of Jurassic Park
Unlike Jurassic Park it showed what the artists imagined dinosaurs were like
However, Kong is more than a technical achievement
It is a touching fable… Twas beauty killed the beast…
It is also a warning about the consequences of greed
King Kong 1933 Classic Trailer (1:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CSLN23h3Lo
Movie Review
King Kong Movie Review & Film Summary (1933) /Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-king-kong-1933
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
Getting that Monkey Off his Creator’s Back
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/13/movies/MoviesFeatures/getting-that-monkey-off-his-creators-back.html?_r=0
The UnMuseum - King Kong - Museum of Unnatural Mystery
http://www.unmuseum.org/kingkong.htm
Max Steiner and King Kong (Max Steiner and the Historic Music for King Kong)
http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/KingKong1933.htm#hugofriedhofer
Matte Shot - A Tribute to Golden Age Special fx: King Kong - The Mightiest Wonder of the World
http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2013/07/king-kong-mightiest-wonder-of-world.html
YouTube
History of Stop Motion Animation Puppetry in Film - Part 1 of 3 - Willis O’Brien (6:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v0uthr0c00
King Kong Spider Pit Sequence - The Lost Models (8:32) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2Tu87Vx9w
Fay Wray on Wogan (10:00) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV0YCisg8zw
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) – Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - King Kong (1933) Co-Director Speaks in Rare Recording! (23:57)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_KuiVHbwUk
The Godfather (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment
Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question)
What is a father’s greatest wish?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
The inspiration for The Godfather was a cameo appearance by a Mafia don in Mario Puzo’s classic, but little read
novel The Fortunate Pilgrim
Marlon Brando modeled his aging don after Frank Costello
The prospect of such a film aroused the anger of the Italian community
New York mobster Joe Columbo declared war on the movie and used intimidation to stop its production
Only the promise not to use the word mafia enabled filming to go unmolested
Once appeased, Columbo became dangerously enamored with the film
He even managed to have one of his own cast as Carlo, Don Corleone’s son-in-law
The Godfather defined the genre of the modern gangster film
It weaves disparate stories into a collective whole
Individual issues are blended with complimentary themes universal in scope
Don Vito Corleone is a most complex character as he balances family with business
Family responsibility, the corrupting influence of power and a father’s legacy consume him
These are themes Shakespearean in nature
It is a story set in an ethnic world that could have been set anywhere
One of the most important characters in The Godfather is Michael’s finance Kay Adams
She represents us, the outsider gradually becoming aware of a world of shadows
The Godfather Trailer (HD) - (1:34)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1S34973zA
Movie Review
The Godfather Movie Review& Film Summary (1972)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-godfather-1972
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
When the Real Mafia Tried to Stop Filming of the Godfather
http://knowledgenuts.com/2014/02/07/when-the-real-mafia-tried-tostop-filming-of-the-godfather/
The Godfather - The New York Times (Making of the Godfather a Sort of a Home Movie)
https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/godfather-ar1.html
Was James Caan Offered Al Pacino’s Role as Michael Corleone?
http://zap2it.com/2013/06/the-godfather-was-james-caan-offered-al-pacinos-role-as-michael-corleone/
Following Brando’s Comedic Instincts in The Godfather
http://splitsider.com/2012/07/following-brandos-comedic-instincts-in-the-godfather/
YouTube
Behind the Scenes of the Godfather - 1972 (8:36) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APdGc6inL5c
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) – Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - The Mafia - The Godfather and the Mob - Fact and Fiction (47:34)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7USr_xnqM0
The Killing Fields (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - Why is legend more marketable than history?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
We must be very careful of accepting film as historical truth
Hollywood is really not interested in truth
It makes films based on legend
The truth is too full of unanticipated twists of fate
Hollywood smooths these into a set formula
A case is point is Oliver Stone’s JFK
Stone is really not interested in historical accuracy
JFK is a puppet he manipulates to present his biased view of the Kennedy assassination
The Killing Fields is different
It tells a story of a Cambodian who disappears behind the bamboo curtain when the Khmer Rouge takes over
Cambodia
There are no clichés…no Rambo
It is a story of survival seen through the eyes of Dith Pran, a Cambodian refugee
Upon his escape he dedicated himself to making people aware of the Cambodian Holocaust
Dith Pran was played by Dr. Haing S. Ngor an actual survivor of the Killing Fields
The Killing Fields (1984) Trailer (2:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ru0HxV4nWY
Movie Review
The Killing Fields Movie Review (1984)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-killing-fields-1984
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
Roland Joffe and Julian Sands: How We Made the Killing Fields
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/10/how-we-made-the-killingfields-roland-joffe-julian-sands
Best Actor 1984: Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields
http://actoroscar.blogspot.com/2010/08/best-actor-1984-sam-waterson-inkilling.html
Children of Cambodia’s Killing Fields
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/p/pran-cambodia.html
Revisiting Haing Ngor’s Murder: Killing Fields Theory Won’t Die
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/21/local/la-me-ngor-murder21-2010jan21
YouTube
The Magic Bullet (JFK, 1991) 2:44 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ths3dbboJQ
Video Clips/The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor (Trailer 2:11) - http://haingngorfilm.com/video-clips/
Last Word Dith Pran (6:54) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y541yRMDaiE
Closure - Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/Time on Task
Extension Activity - The Killing Fields (Documentary) 46:53 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxPHarm3Q_E
The Shawshank Redemption (6.2.12.D.k)
Do Now Assignment - Review Assigned Article for Quiz
Lesson Objective (Essential Question) - What is the secret of life?
Agenda
Notes and Lecture
The Shawshank Redemption fits into the category of what is referred to as the new classic
It doesn’t have to meet any criteria…You just know that it is a classic
The film was inspired by Stephen King’s novel Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption
It is not about a hero, but our relationship with him…our curiosity, pity, and admiration
The screenplay for The Shawshank Redemption breaks the rules on showing vs telling
Remaining true to King’s novel it uses a narrator to move the story along
When dubious about this technique screenwriter/director Frank Darabont remembered its use in Goodfellas
Morgan Freeman is our surrogate in this story
His calm observant voice includes us in a prison family and his redemption is ours
A piece of symbolism essential to Shawshank is the library
It represents intellectual freedom…a place of imagination…a place to change
The film also utilizes the concept of mentor characters
The character of Brooks, the old librarian, is a Dark Mentor
Andy is a Light Mentor …Keep true to yourself, don’t lose hope, bide your time, wait for your chance
The Shawshank Redemption received good reviews, but experienced little box office success
Home video turned it into a must see film
People appreciated a film that played more like a spiritual experience than a movie
Life is a prison. We are Red. Andy is our Redeemer
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Official Trailer (HD) 2:57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaYNFrecwpQ
Movie Review
The Shawshank Redemption Move Review (1994)/Roger Ebert
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-shawshank-redemption-1994
Supplementary Material
Web Articles
The Little Known Story of How the Shawshank Redemption Became One of the
Most Beloved Films of All Time
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/09/shawshank-redemptionanniversary-story
Great Characters: Brooks Hatlen (The Shawshank Redemption)
http://gointothestory.blcklst.com/2011/07/great-characters-brooks-hatlen.html
In the Shawshank Redemption What Does the Library Represent to Andy?
http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shawshank-redemption-what-does-library-represent-113131
Diary of a Screenwriter: Frank Darabont on Adapting Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption
http://diaryofascreenwriter.blogspot.com/2013/05/frank-darabont-on-adapting-stephen-king.html
YouTube
Shawshank Redemption - Rare Deleted Scenes (10:13) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g21fJk-aCo
The Shawshank Redemption 20th Reunion: How DO You Say the Film’s Title?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxVp9zBrdF
Closure -Discussion Review
Assessment (Summative) - Quiz on Assigned Article or Video
Assessment (Formative) - Prepared for Class/time on Task
Extension Activity -The Shawshank Redemption, Charlie Rose (37:20) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2UHAgCzXR0