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Fantastic Mr. Fox |
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Wes Anderson's
brilliant adaptation of Roald Dahl's popular book is a wonderful – and very
teachable – film. Each frame is rich
in incidental detail, and a wide range of film techniques is employed. The film is aimed at older children and
adults rather than the age group the book was written for, and has been one
of the most rewarding films I have worked with. Anderson has
stayed faithful to the basic storyline as well as the feel and spirit of the
original, but has expanded both the plot and the themes. |
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Roald Dahl's widow Felicity believes that her late
husband would most definitely have approved of the way his book was
adapted. "When I was watching the
finished film, I thought, He'd love this," she says. "I could feel him smiling. My breath was taken away, I have to say. When I came out of the screening, I
immediately emailed Wes and said, 'This is a masterpiece.' It is fantastic; I couldn't get over the
wit in it, but also the beauty. The
visual side of the film is just breathtaking." |
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Contents Page
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Teaching Guide |
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Student Programme |
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Introduction |
3 |
Introduction |
2 |
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Suggested
Teaching Plan |
4 |
After the First
Viewing |
3 |
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After the First
Viewing |
5 |
Initial Quiz |
4 |
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Initial Quiz
Answers |
7 |
Analysing the
Plot |
5 |
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Plot Summary |
8 |
Conflict Task
Sheet |
7 |
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Analysing the
Plot |
9 |
Narrative 2:
Analysing the Screenplay |
8 |
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Conflict Task
Sheet Answers |
11 |
Analysis
Checklists |
10 |
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Narrative 2:
Analysing the Screenplay |
12 |
Close Reading
Task Sheets |
12 |
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Scene-by-scene
Analysis |
14 |
Design and
Setting |
16 |
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Close Reading
Task Sheet Answers |
33 |
Characterisation |
17 |
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Design and
Setting |
40 |
Music |
18 |
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Character Notes |
41 |
Useful
Quotations |
20 |
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Themes |
44 |
Scene List |
22 |
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Behind the
Scenes |
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Cast |
24 |
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Writing the Screenplay |
46 |
Complex Makeup
of a Movie |
25 |
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Stop-Motion Photography |
47 |
Glossary of Film
Terms |
26 |
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Production Design |
48 |
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Animation |
51 |
Worksheets |
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Directing |
53 |
Study Record |
2 |
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Music Notes |
54 |
Plot Summary |
3 |
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Adapting the
Book |
56 |
Screenplay |
5 |
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Critics'
Comments |
58 |
Adapting the
Book |
6 |
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Final Quiz |
60 |
Quotation Quiz |
8 |
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Quiz Answers |
61 |
Word Search |
9 |
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Interesting
Facts |
64 |
Scene-by-scene |
10 |
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Scene Analysis
Checklist |
65 |
Character Match
Up |
21 |
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Extras include a
130-slide PowerPoint presentation on the design and making of the film,
upward of 200 shots from the film, and song lyrics. |
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