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Walk the Line |
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The biopic of
Johnny Cash was one of the big hits of 2006. In the words of
writer-director James Mangold: "More than
anything it is the story of one man's redemption, the story of a man's second
chance. A man blessed to be visited by
an angel in the form of an incredibly great woman." |
Contents
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Teaching Guide |
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Study Programme |
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Introduction |
3 |
Introduction |
2 |
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Teaching
Plan |
4 |
After
the First Viewing |
3 |
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Resources |
5 |
Initial
Quiz |
4 |
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After
the First Viewing |
6 |
Analysing
the Plot |
5 |
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Initial
Quiz Answers |
7 |
Conflict
Task Sheet |
7 |
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Plot
Summary |
8 |
Film
Technique Checklist |
8 |
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Analysing
the Plot |
9 |
Close
Reading Task Sheets |
10 |
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Conflicts
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11 |
Design
and Setting |
14 |
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Scene-by-scene
Commentary |
12 |
Costumes |
16 |
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Scene
Analysis |
32 |
Cinematography |
17 |
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Detailed
Analysis: Opening Scenes |
33 |
Characterisation |
18 |
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Detailed
Analysis: the Montage |
35 |
Responding
to the Critics |
20 |
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Detailed
Analysis: Thanksgiving Dinner |
36 |
Useful
Quotations |
21 |
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Close
Reading Answers |
38 |
Soundtracks |
23 |
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Design
and Setting Answers |
46 |
Cast
List |
24 |
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Character
Notes |
48 |
Complex
Make-up of a Movie |
25 |
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Themes |
54 |
Scene
List |
26 |
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Genre |
56 |
Glossary
of Film Terms |
28 |
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From
Real Life to Reel Life |
60 |
Worksheets |
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The
Music |
62 |
Study
Record |
31 |
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From
the Director |
63 |
Plot
Outline |
32 |
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Facts
Behind the Legend |
65 |
Scene
Analyses |
33 |
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Interesting
Trivia |
67 |
From
Real Life to Reel Life |
40 |
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Unit
Outline |
68 |
Scene-by-scene
Worksheets |
42 |
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Extras:
Photo Gallery; Brief Biography of Johnny Cash; Biopic articles; Film
Styles; Family Trees; Select Chronology of Johnny Cash |
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