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Mean Creek

written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes

A lean, uncompromisingly honest film about teenagers trying to get revenge on a bully and then facing the consequences of a prank gone wrong. Ideal both for film study and for moral education, in spite of pervasive use of bad language. Only 87 minutes long.

Contents

Teaching Guide		Study Guide
Introduction	3	Introduction	2
Suggested teaching plan	4	Initial Quiz	3
Initial Quiz Answers	6	Analysing the Plot	4
Plot Summary	8	Conflict Task Sheet	5
Analysing the Plot	9	Narrative Structure Task Sheet	6
Conflict Task Sheet Answers	10	Film Technique Checklist	8
Narrative Structure Answers	12	Close Reading Task Sheets	10
Analysing the Screenplay	16	Design, Setting and Cinematography	14
Scene by Scene commentary	18	Characterisation Checklist	16
Close Reading the Text Task Sheets	28	Characterisation Tasks	17
Scene Analysis: Opening Sequence	38	Useful Quotations	19
Scene Analysis: 'George's rap'	42	Scene List	21
Scene Analysis: 'Truth or Dare'	43	Cast List	22
Design, Setting and Cinematography	47	The Complex Makeup of a Movie	23
Characters and Actors	50	Glossary of Film Terms	24
Themes	56	Write-on Worksheets
Writing the Screenplay	58	Study Record	27
Quotation Test	59	Plot Outline	28
Word Search Answers	61	Analysing the Screenplay	29
Interesting Facts and Trivia	62	Close Analysis Worksheets	31
Music	63	Word Search	41
Unit outline	64	Scene-by-Scene Worksheets	42

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