All work for our novel study and the notes for your external exam on The Shawshank Redemption are located here.
Category: Film Study (2.2)
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The Shawshank Redemption Guiding Questions
If you think you need some help getting your head around the key aspects of the film, construct some answers to the questions in the handout below. Treat them like essay style paragraphs for extra …
Interesting TedTalks around the justice system…
Take a look at these, they might help you develop your ideas around the treatment of convicts and think about what freedom means.
A glossary of film terms and techniques.
You may find the following glossary useful if you struggle to get your head around film terms and techniques. In light of our next class task, this could be your saving grace… Hint, hint.
A helpful analysis…
While you were building your lessons for this week, I read an interesting analysis of The Shawshank Redemption. It explores the ideas we have discussed in class and provides a lot of external quotes from …
Student led lesson on symbols in The Shawshank Redemption
Today, the group in charge of summarizing symbols and their meaning in the film presented this lesson, via Kahoot and Google Slides to the class. http://<iframe src=”https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1E1IdXivcv5NztBEmt8dzoBv3U1oxKMgBVGhcIIsHVBg/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000″ frameborder=”0″ width=”960″ height=”569″ allowfullscreen=”true” mozallowfullscreen=”true” webkitallowfullscreen=”true”></iframe>
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The Shawshank Redemption Presentations
During our close viewing, you have sat in your “film element” groups. I have encouraged you to note things down when we have discussed them together. Your task now is to create a set of …
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
These are additional readings around the film Philadelphia. I hope they help you understand the impact this film had on many people and help you direct your thinking towards this idea of being innocent but …
The easy way to write a thesis statement…
If you are really stuck about the thesis statement for your essay, take a look at this very basic, easy to understand guide of how you can get your argument across.