Big Screen Small Screen

   edited by Mark Howie

Big Screen Small Screen is a practical resource for teaching film to students from Year 7 to 11. Experienced teachers from around Australia and overseas have used classroom experience to provide a variety of approaches to films ranging from multiplex blockbusters to award winning art-house films.

The units of work in the book, which include photocopiable worksheets, encourage students to explore and articulate how such things as

•  film techniques

•  genre

• audience

•  representation

•  ideology

•  notions of ‘mainstream’ and alternative’

 and how these shape their response to a film.

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 Contents Big Screen Small Screen

 Introduction

The Neverending Story (G)

The Princess Bride (PG)

Shrek (PG)

The Iron Giant (PG)

The Bear

King Arthur on Film:

Merlin of the Crystal Cave (PG)

Merlin (PG)

Excalibur (M)

Rabbit-Proof Fence (PG)

Shine (PG)

Seven Up (G)

McLibel (PG)

Hoop Dreams (M 15+)

'Never Work With Children'

Kolya (PG)

Central Station (M 15 + )

Billy Elliot (M 15+)

The 'Red Curtain' Films of Baz Luhrmann

Strictly Ballroom (PG)

Romeo + Juliet (MA)

Moulin Rouge (M 15 + )

Beneath Clouds (M 15 +)