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The World's Fastest

Indian

When he was over 60, Burt Munro, from Invercargill, New Zealand, took his 'Munro Special' –

a much modified 1920 Indian motorcycle –

to the Bonneville Salt Flats to find out just how fast she would go.

This film is the story of that trip.

Contents

Teaching Guide		Study Guide
Introduction	3	Introduction	2
Suggested teaching plan	4	Initial Quiz	3
Initial Quiz	6	Analysing the Plot	4
Plot Summary and Analysis	7	Conflict Task Sheet	5
Narrative Structure	10	Narrative Structure Task Sheet	6
Examining the Screenplay	13	Film Technique Checklists	8
Scene by Scene commentary	15	Close Reading Task Sheets	10
Close Reading the Text	24	Design and Setting	13
Scene Analysis: Opening Sequence	29	Characterisation	14
Scene Analysis: 'the Handling Run'	32	Responding to the Critics	16
Design and Setting	34	From Life to Film	17
Character Notes	36	Useful Quotations	19
Themes	38	Cast List; Interesting Trivia	20
Genre	39	The Complex Makeup of a Movie	21
From Life to Film	41	Scene List	22
Word Search Answers	45	Glossary of Film Terms	23
Unit outline	46	Write-on Worksheets
		Study Record	26
CD Extras:		Plot Summary	27
Photo Gallery;		Examining the Screenplay	28
OHT Questions;		Scene Analysis Worksheets	29
Plot Events for Cutting up;		From Life to Film	34
NZ Film Awards		Word Search	36
		Scene-by-Scene Worksheets	37

The Complex Makeup of a Movie