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Stranger
Than Fiction |
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When an
inoffensive tax assessor hears a voice-over narrating his story – and then
signposting his imminent death – he is in a race to find his author before
she can kill him. What makes it
worse – he has just fallen in love. |
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A wonderful postmodern fable
about fate, taxes and living your life while you can. |
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A
witty script by Zach Helm, fine directing by Marc Forster, some cool special effects,
and superb performances from Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal
and Dustin Hoffman add up to a film that will be wonderful to teach. One of the best films of recent years. |
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Contents Page
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Teaching Guide |
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Study 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 |
Narrative Structure |
6 |
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Plot Analysis |
9 |
Conflict |
8 |
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Narrative Structure |
10 |
Film Technique Checklists |
9 |
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Scene-by-scene Commentary |
13 |
Close Reading Task Sheets |
11 |
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Close Reading the Text Answers |
29 |
Design and Setting |
14 |
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Design and Setting Answers |
34 |
Characterisation |
15 |
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The Visual Design |
36 |
Motifs, Metaphors and Symbols |
17 |
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Character Answers and Notes |
38 |
Postmodernism |
18 |
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Themes – an approach |
42 |
Genre |
19 |
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'It is Written' |
43 |
Analysing the Comedy |
20 |
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Motifs, Metaphors and Symbols |
45 |
Planning and Writing an Essay |
21 |
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Postmodernism – an Overview |
47 |
Useful Quotations |
22 |
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Postmodernism Task Sheet Answers |
48 |
Cast List and Other Facts |
26 |
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Genre |
50 |
The Complex Make-up of a Movie |
27 |
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Analysing the Comedy |
51 |
Scene List |
28 |
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Extension |
52 |
Glossary of Film Terms |
30 |
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Interesting Facts |
53 |
Worksheets |
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Sample Essay |
54 |
Study Record |
2 |
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Multi-choice Quiz |
55 |
Plot Summary |
3 |
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Quiz: Noticing the Details |
56 |
Character Match-up |
5 |
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Quiz Answers |
57 |
Professor Hilbert's Questions |
6 |
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Appendix: Plot Diagram |
58 |
Scene-by-scene |
7 |
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Extras: appendices on genre, postmodernism, scene
analysis, setting, Magritte and a huge library of shots from the film |
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