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A 96-page teaching guide and study programme for the big comedy hit of 2006.

Excellent for characterisation, themes and genre study.

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Teaching Guide		Study Programme
Introduction	3	After the First Viewing	2
Suggested teaching plan	4	Initial Quiz	3
After the First Viewing	5	Analysing the Plot Task Sheet	4
Initial Quiz	6	Narrative Structure Task Sheet	5
Plot Summary	7	Conflict Task Sheet	7
Analysing the Plot	8	Close Reading Task Sheets	8
Narrative Structure	9	Design and Setting Task Sheet	11
Motifs and Symbols	12	Character Questions	12
Conflict	13	Styles of Film-making	13
Scene by Scene commentary	14	Leadership and Team-work	14
Close Reading Answer Guide	26	Genre	15
Analysis: 'Frank's Confession'	32	Responding to the Critics	16
Making the Film	34	Analysis Checklists	17
Design and Setting	35	Quizzes	20
Characters	37	Useful Quotations	25
Styles of Film-making	41	Scene List	27
The Music	42	Cast and Other Facts	28
Themes – an Approach	43	The Complex Makeup of a Movie	29
Looking at Themes	44	Glossary of Film Terms	30
Introducing Genre	47	Write-on Worksheets
Quiz Answers	49	Study Record	33
Sound Tracks	49	Plot Outline	34
Interesting Facts	51	Analysis: 'Frank's Confession'	35
Unit Outline	52	Quotation Test	37
Appendix: Shot Test	53	Scene-by-Scene Work sheets	38
CD Extras: more than 100 pics from the film; background notes on genre; screenplay

The Complex Makeup of a Movie