Exploring Film: Fairytales Cover

Exploring Film: Fairytales

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: 11-15 | Pages: 56 | Code: 5415 | ISBN: 9781877478659
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
Focus films in this book4
Background information for teachers6
Narrative conventions: the three-act structure6
Film techniques6
Introducing and viewing the films9
Establishing prior knowledge of fairytales9
Studying the cover9
Title sequences11
Film viewing and re-viewing12
Viewing diary12
Genre and conventions12
Exploring fairytale conventions13
Exploring Shrek14
Plot summary14
The three-act structure14
Characters16
Costume18
Colour and lighting19
Musical score20
Sound effects and incidental music21
Camera shots and editing techniques22
Exploring The Princess Bride25
Plot summary25
The three-act structure25
Characters28
Costume29
Colour and lighting29
Musical score31
Sound effects and incidental music31
Camera shots and editing techniques32
Exploring Ever After34
Plot summary34
The three-act structure34
Characters37
Costume38
Colour and lighting38
Musical score39
Incidental music40
Camera shots and editing techniques40
Worksheets43
Viewing diary43
Is this a fairytale?44
Plot map45
Characters – what do they say and do?46
Who said it in Ever After?47
Characters and costume48
Colour and lighting49
Musical score in Shrek50
Lyrics51
Incidental music52
Sound effects and incidental music53
Film techniques54
Camera shots and angles55

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