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CRASH

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2006 winner of the Best Picture Oscar

 

Set in Los Angeles, Crash is a parable about racism and the effect strangers can have on each other when they collide during the course of a remarkable 36 hours.

 

Contents of Guide

 

Teaching Guide

 

Study Guide

 

Introduction

3

Introduction

2

Suggested teaching plan

4

After the First Viewing

3

After the First Viewing

5

Close Reading  Checklist

4

Scene- by-Scene Commentary

6

Film Technique Checklist

5

Close Reading Answer Guide

18

Close Reading Task Sheets

6

Scene Analysis:

26

Analysing the Plot

9

  Opening Scenes

27

Conflict

10

 'The Rescue of Christine'

30

Narrative Structure 2

11

 'Graham's Compromise'

31

Design and Setting

13

Plot Summary

33

Characterisation

14

Analysing the Plot

34

Responding to the Critics

16

Narrative Structure

36

Useful Quotations

18

Design and Setting

40

Cast List

20

Character Notes

42

Complex Makeup of a Movie

21

Themes

46

Selected Awards

22

Planning and Writing Essays

51

Scene List

23

Quick Quiz

53

Glossary of Film Terms

24

Quotation Quiz

55

Worksheets

 

Cinematic Techniques Answers

57

Study Record

27

Music

58

Scene Analysis

28

Interesting Trivia

59

Motifs

34

Unit Outline

60

Cinematic Techniques

35

Appendix: Plot Diagrams

61

Scene-by-Scene Worksheets

36 - 44

 

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