Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

When an 18-year old slum kid reaches the final question in a rich quiz show, he is accused of cheating.

The story of his life is the story of how he knows the answers.

A wonderful film about persistence, loyalty and self-belief.

Contents of the Guide

Teaching Guide		Study Programme
Introduction	3	Introduction	2
Suggested Teaching Plan	4	After the First Viewing	3
After the First Viewing	5	Initial Quiz	4
Initial Quiz Answers	6	Narrative structure	5
Plot Summary	7	Conflict	7
Conflict	8	Film Technique Checklists	8
Narrative Structure	9	Close Reading Task Sheets	10
Scene by Scene commentary	12	Setting and Characters	13
Close Reading the Text	30	Characterisation Checklist	14
Pre-Production	35	Styles of Film-Making	15
Setting	38	Post-Production: Editing	16
Shooting the Film	40	Themes and Genre	18
Styles of Film-Making	41	Useful Quotations and Dialogue	19
Post-production: Editing	42	Cast List	21
Post-production: Music	43	The Complex Makeup of a Movie	22
Character Notes	45	Scene List	23
Themes	48	Glossary of Film Terms	24
Genre	49	Write-on Worksheets
Adapting the Book	50	Study Record	27
Interesting Background	51	Plot Outline	28
Intertextual Links	52	Adapting the Novel	30
Interesting Trivia	53	Scene-by-Scene Worksheets	32
Appendix: Time Shifts	54	Appendix: Time Shifts	43
CD Extras: Cast and crew notes; Genre background; screenplay; awards; editing notes; research answers; nearly 300 shots from the film to illustrate techniques

The Complex Makeup of a Movie