Lesson 6: Director’s Style, Authorial Study Examine and interpret influences of directors while establishing the subject and important details in a main-idea statement
2.13, Film in Context: An Authorial Study p133 Vocab Terms: Define on a separate sheet of paper; keep track of all vocab terms for this unit to use for unit test! Main Idea Theme Biography Autobiography Cinematic Techniques Main Idea of today’s lesson--Biographical Essay on Tim Burton: Understand what has influenced Burton in his life and work to understand his unique style in film making
Subject vs main idea vs theme Subject: What the essay is about Main Idea: Statement summarizing the important parts of the text Theme: Literary, central message—not necessarily in biographical information What would be the subject of today’s reading?
Biographical Essay Tim Burton: Wickedly Funny, Grotesquely Humorous Read in partners Highlight in one color people, ideas, etc. that have influenced Tim Burton in his life Highlight in a second color key characteristics of his style as a director and filmmaker At the bottom of page 134, make a “T” chart listing what you’ve found Influences Style Characteristics
Film View: Vincent (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQcBKUPm8o How does the film Vincent characterize Burton’s style? How do the influences mentioned in the article play into the film?
Main-idea statements, p135 What adjective phrase can we create the support how Burton’s films are characterized, based on his influences? Fairy tales Because Tim Burton was influence by ____________, _____________, and ________, his films are characterized by _____________________ and ___________________. Edgar Allan Poe Dr. Seuss Gothic darkness A childlike innocence
Check for Understanding: Writing prompt Write a paragraph supporting your main-idea sentence Choose details about Burton and his style that support for topic sentence Follow the ideas of a CQC model You may also use IMDB to look up other films Burton has created to support how his films are characterized