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Dead Poets Society

A perennial favourite with young people, who are as inspired by John Keating as the boys in the film are. Not only excellent to study as a film in its own right, it also offers an exciting way to introduce poetry, and to approach the vexed issue of teenage suicide. guide written by Peter Beale additional material by Judy Lewis

Contents
Teachers' Guide		Student Programme
Introduction	3	Introduction	2
Resources	4	After the First Viewing	3
The Question of Suicide	5	Initial Quiz	4
Synopsis	6	Plot Analysis and Narrative Structure	5
After the First Viewing	8	Conflict	7
Initial Quiz Answers	9	Understanding the Film	8
Narrative Structure	10	Design and Setting	9
Conflict	15	Characterisation Checklist	10
Scene-by-scene Commentary	15	Characterisation Tasks	11
Understanding the Film	39	Towards a Deeper Understanding	14
Design and Setting	42	Styles of Film-making	16
Characters	44	The Keating Message	17
Towards a Deeper Understanding	48	Respond to the Critics	18
Music	51	Some Weaknesses of the Film?	19
Lasting Images	53	Extension Activities	20
Themes	54	Useful Quotations	22
Genre	59	Cast List	25
Task and Worksheet Answers:		The Complex Makeup of a Movie	26
Scene List and Plot Events	60	Glossary	27
Shots and Angles	62	Appendix: Techniques Checklists	29
Quotations Exercise	63
A Critical Review	64	Worksheets
Film Styles, Quiz Answers	66	Study Record	2
Sample Essays	68	Scene List and Plot Events	3
Quizzes	73	Shots and Angles	6
Interesting Trivia	77	Quotations Exercise	7
Appendix: approaching Scene Analysis	78	A Critical Review	8
Appendix: Plot Threads	79	Scene-by-scene worksheets	10
Extras: the poetry of the film; useful film terms; screenplay, more than 100 pics from the film.

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