Martin Scorsese's

Shutter Island

This film was like a playground for Scorsese's virtuoso filmmaking.

It's full of fantasy sequences, flashbacks, period elegance, altered states, film noir and the supernatural, as well as a great character drama.

He gets to do everything he's always loved about film.

– Mark Ruffalo, actor

Teddy & Cawley

Contents

Teaching Guide		Study Programme
Introduction	3	Introduction	2
Teaching Plan	4	After the First Viewing	3
After the First Viewing	5	Initial Quiz	4
Initial Quiz	6	Conflict	5
Plot Summary	7	Understanding the Structure	6
The Real Story	8	Close Reading Checklist	9
Conflict	10	Understanding the Story	10
Scene-by-scene Commentary	11	Interpretation and Discussion	11
Analysis: Dream 1	23	Techniques Checklist	12
Analysis: Dream 2	26	Analysing the Techniques	13
Understanding the Structure	27	Styles of Film-making	14
Understanding the Story	32	Symbols and Metaphors	16
Interpretation and Discussion	34	Setting the Scene	17
Analysing the Techniques	37	Characterisation	18
Symbols and Metaphors	42	Themes	20
Allusions	44	Genre	21
Setting the Scene	46	Film Noir	22
Music	49	Scorsese as Auteur?	24
Characters and Actors	51	Responding to the Critics	27
Themes	55	Useful Quotations	28
The Portrayal of Mental Illness	57	Cast List	30
Genre	58	Behind the Camera	31
Film Noir	60	Scene List	32
Scorsese as auteur	61	Glossary	34
Extension and Connections	62	Worksheets
Interesting Trivia	63	Study Record	2
		Easy Plot Summary	3
Appendix: scene list – fire and water		The Set Up	5
Appendix: scene list – present and past		Analysis: Dream 1	6
		Analysis: Dream 2	8
Extras include pics from the film; notes on genre, film noir, Scorsese, design; screenplay etc.		Scene-by-scene	9
		Structure	19