All work refers to the Edusites Lesson Resource Slides Pack.
The Lessons
Lesson 1: Taking it Personally
Slides 1-10
Objectives
- KNOWLEDGE: to develop ideas about how we respond to films and begin to understand what might trigger us to respond as we do and why we don’t all respond the same way to the same film
- LEARNING: to build ideas of how to films facilitate responses in spectators and audiences
- APPLICATION: to develop understanding by analysis of a range of film trailers rom different film genres.
Starter/Loop Activity (5 Minutes)
Slide 2 Task 1A: Pupils asked to do the quick task and note down their response.
Prepare the Learning (15 Minutes)
Slide 3: Share the objectives. Remind students of the objectives we are working towards meeting, and that this unit is designed to help them develop knowledge and understanding of audience spectatorship theories and how these can be applied to films.
Slide 5: Students to list maximum of five favourite films (can be less if struggling) and focus on identifying their favourite scenes or moments from the films - note down and share responses with a partner. Requires teacher to lead the activity by nominating one of their favourite films and favourite scenes from this to inspire and guide student responses.
NB - one of these five films will be covered in the Loop activity.
Construct the Learning (20 Minutes)
Slides 6 and 7: Show trailers from a range of films…
