|
Anderson’s
style may not be to everyone’s taste, but he’s that rare – maybe even unique
– filmmaker who seems interested in exploring film, not just as a vehicle for
narrative, but as a material object in and of itself. Ann Hornaday, Washington Post Moonrise Kingdom isn’t a movie about childhood:
it’s a movie about how we remember childhood, when confrontations with other
kids seemed to have life-or-death stakes, grown-ups spoke about things we
didn’t understand or care about, and it really was possible to run away and
go on a wild adventure, as long as you brought the proper supplies. Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald |
Contents
of the guide
|
Teacher Guide |
|
Study Programme |
|
|
Introduction |
3 |
Introduction |
2 |
|
Suggested Teaching Plan |
4 |
After the First Viewing |
3 |
|
After the First Viewing |
5 |
Details Quiz |
4 |
|
Plot Summary |
6 |
Understanding the Film |
5 |
|
Details Quiz |
7 |
Looking at Narrative Structure |
6 |
|
Understanding the Film |
8 |
Metaphor, Symbolism and Irony |
9 |
|
Scene-by-scene Commentary |
10 |
Design and Setting |
10 |
|
Opening Sequence Analysis |
25 |
Characterisation |
13 |
|
Looking at Narrative Structure |
28 |
Themes |
14 |
|
Timeline |
34 |
Shots and Angles |
15 |
|
Metaphor, Symbolism and Irony |
35 |
Post-production: Editing |
17 |
|
Design and Setting |
36 |
Post-production: Music |
18 |
|
Creating the World of Moonrise
Kingdom |
41 |
Respond to the Critics |
19 |
|
Characterisation |
42 |
Discussion Topics |
20 |
|
Character Summaries |
47 |
Useful Quotations |
21 |
|
Themes |
49 |
Scene List |
23 |
|
Shots and Angles |
52 |
Behind the Camera |
24 |
|
Post-production: Editing |
55 |
Cast and Other Facts |
25 |
|
Post-production: Music |
57 |
Appendix: Checklists |
26 |
|
Genre |
61 |
|
|
|
Responding to the Critics |
62 |
Worksheets |
|
|
Discussion Topics |
63 |
Study Record |
2 |
|
Various Thoughts |
64 |
Opening Sequence Analysis |
3 |
|
'A Wes Anderson Movie' |
65 |
Title Sequence: Changes to Screenplay |
5 |
|
Scene List and Timeline |
66 |
Scene-by-scene worksheets |
7 |
|
Interesting Facts |
68 |
Appendix: 'A Wes Anderson Movie' |
22 |
|
Bibliography |
69 |
|
|
|
Appendix 1: Another Quiz |
70 |
|
|
|
Appendix 2: Screenplay Answers |
73 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extras include a PowerPoint on 1965, two podcasts, and a large
library of screenshots. |
|||
Top of page View
sample page How to buy Next page: Moulin Rouge