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Fantastic Mr. Fox |
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Wes Anderson's brilliant adaptation of Roald
Dahl's popular book is a wonderful – and very teachable – film. Each frame is rich in incidental detail, and
a wide range of film techniques is employed.
The film is aimed at older children and adults rather than the age
group the book was written for, and has been one of the most rewarding films
I have worked with. Anderson has stayed faithful to the basic
storyline as well as the feel and spirit of the original, but has expanded
both the plot and the themes. |
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Roald Dahl's widow Felicity believes that her late husband would most definitely
have approved of the way his book was adapted. "When I was watching the finished
film, I thought, He'd love this," she says. "I could feel him smiling. My breath was taken away, I have to
say. When I came out of the screening,
I immediately emailed Wes and said, 'This is a masterpiece.' It is fantastic; I couldn't get over the
wit in it, but also the beauty. The
visual side of the film is just breathtaking." |
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Contents Page
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Teaching Guide |
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Student 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 |
Conflict Task Sheet |
7 |
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Analysing the Plot |
9 |
Narrative 2: Analysing the Screenplay |
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Conflict Task Sheet Answers |
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Analysis Checklists |
10 |
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Narrative 2: Analysing the Screenplay |
12 |
Close Reading Task Sheets |
12 |
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Scene-by-scene Analysis |
14 |
Design and Setting |
16 |
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Close Reading Task Sheet Answers |
33 |
Characterisation |
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Design and Setting |
40 |
Music |
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Character Notes |
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Useful Quotations |
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Themes |
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Scene List |
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Behind the Scenes |
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Cast |
24 |
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Writing
the Screenplay |
46 |
Complex Makeup of a Movie |
25 |
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Stop-Motion Photography |
47 |
Glossary of Film Terms |
26 |
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Production Design |
48 |
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Animation |
51 |
Worksheets |
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Directing |
53 |
Study Record |
2 |
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Music Notes |
54 |
Plot Summary |
3 |
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Adapting the Book |
56 |
Screenplay |
5 |
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Critics' Comments |
58 |
Adapting the Book |
6 |
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Final Quiz |
60 |
Quotation Quiz |
8 |
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Quiz Answers |
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Word Search |
9 |
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Interesting Facts |
64 |
Scene-by-scene |
10 |
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Scene Analysis Checklist |
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Character Match Up |
21 |
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CD Extras include a 130-slide PowerPoint
presentation on the design and making of the film, upward of 200 shots from
the film, and song lyrics. |
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