First Zoom meeting

Hi A1 Film Studies students,

We are going to have our first Zoom meeting where we can continue out work on 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' (Zeitlin, 2012)

Our meeting will be at 10.45 on Wednesday 1st April. (this is NOT an April fool.)

It is important you virtually attend and I will be taking a register.

To attend, you will need to download an App called Zoom on to your computer or smart phone - it's free.

30 mins before the meeting starts, I will email you a link.

To join the meeting you just click on the link.

If you have any problems, please email me at the time, as I will be watching my inbox to se if any one needs help.

Look forward to seeing you again next week.

Work for Wednesday

Sorry not to see you all this week.

1. Please read your textbook pg 143 - 147 and make notes.
(This is the beginning of the chapter about 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'.)







2. Do your own independent research about the context of Hurricane Katrina and make a PowerPoint
  (4 - 6 slides) Please remember to include a bibliography.

Work for Thursday

Task

Go to the Beasts of the Southern Wild page on my blog:

https://nowonfilm.blogspot.com/p/beasts-of.html

1.   Watch the video on my blog entitled: ‘Inside Beasts of the Southern Wild’ 

(2^ndone down) and answer the following questions:

2.   What production roles does Benh Zeitlin carry out?

3.   What is an important principle of the Bathtub shown in the introductory scene?

4.   Who is Lucy Alibar and what did she contribute to ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’?

5.   Who is Hushpuppy and what is her favourite activity?

6.   Why is it hard to get a lot of people on screen in a low budget film?

a.   How did Benh Zeitlin go about filming this scene?

7.   Conduct your own research to discover the budget of the film.

a.   What is the source of your information? Supply a link and a description.

Extension

8.   What is the main theme (shown in the music) and what is it’s intended meaning?

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