1. 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. 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

3. 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?

4. 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

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 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