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SENNA

A fascinating documentary, told through archival footage, about Ayrton Senna, national idol in Brazil and the most charismatic racing driver Formula One ever produced.

Niki Lauda described him as 'the best driver who ever lived'.

Ideal for teaming with Rush.

Use it to teach documentary or simply for its merits as a film.

You don't have to be a fan of Formula One racing to enjoy Senna, the gripping documentary about the sport's most famous driver, Ayrton Senna. In fact, you don't have to know anything about car racing at all. Instead, you simply have to like a great story, one that has all the elements: drama, inspiration, competition, victory, defeat, betrayal and, looming above it all, tragedy. Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic  

Contents of the guide

Teacher's Guide		Study Programme
Introduction	3	Introduction	2
Studying Documentary	4	Studying Documentary	3
Scene-by-scene Commentary	5	After the First Viewing	3
The Source Material	23	Documentary Films	4
Documentary Techniques	23	The Story of Ayrton Senna	5
Structure	24	The Source Material	6
Text Questions	27	Documentary Techniques	8
Senna at McLaren	29	Structure	9
Character: Senna	30	Text Questions	10
Other Characters	33	Senna at McLaren	11
Techniques 2	34	Characters	12
Role of the Writer	35	Techniques 2	13
Role of the Director	36	Post-production	13
Post-production	37	The Senna/Prost Rivalry	14
Editing	38	Themes	15
What Was Left Out	39	Drama vs Documentary	16
The Senna/Prost Rivalry	41	The Film-makers	17
Themes	42	Scene List	18
Senna Timeline	45
Drama vs Documentary	46	Worksheets
'Rush' and 'Senna'	47	Study Record	2
Looking Further	48	Character Match-up	3
Interesting Facts	49	Timeline	4
Resources	50	Scene-by-scene worksheets	5

Extras include two PowerPoints introducing the study of documentaries, as well as background material on Senna and on Formula One.

Special Offer: order the guides to Senna and Rush at the same time and save $20.

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