HW lesson 2 Fears and films

HW lesson 2

Date: 14/06/22​

Title: Fears and films

​See joining code on whiteboard

Open Ended

Why do you think Arrival of a Train was considered to be the scariest film at the time?

Draw

DO NOT FORGET TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR DRAWING

Draw you monster! You must label it's features. Don't forget to lable it when you are finished. You will need your design later.

Poll

Select your biggest fear from the list

• Arachnophobia – fear of spiders

• Acrophobia – fear of heights

• Claustrophobia -fear of enclosed spaces

• Ophidiophobia - fear of snakes.

Open Ended

Can you think of any events in the United States of America in the 1950s-1960s that might have caused these films to happen?

Multiple Choice

What were horror films in the 1950s dominated by?

• Monsters

• Cars

Open Ended

In your book, make a list of similarities between these two images. Consider especially:

Size/scale: how big are they compared to their surroundings?

Power: how big of an impact do they have?

Setting: where would people be affected by it?

List just one of your three similarities to share with the class.

Open Ended

What modern development might have happened in society at this time, that meant that people could become out of control – something that teenagers were (and still are) vulnerable to?

Open Ended

List just one of your three similarities to share with the class.

•Use of light and dark

•Who/what looks powerful and who/what looks powerless

•How people are made to look vulnerable

Open Ended

What modern historical events might cause this fear of hidden villains, or fear of sudden destructive events?

Open Ended

List just one of your three similarities to share with the class.

Consider especially:

How the attacking group feels about its victims

How people get brought into these groups

Why it might be hard to identify members of the group

Poll

Choose one of the following formats to create your horror film with your newly created monster or villain.

Which of the formats are you going to use?

• A storyboard of 6 clear images.

• A Nova Fiction story (a 9 sentence long short story)

• A Script for a film

Poll

Do you agree or disagree with this quote?

• Agree

• Disagree

Open Ended

What do you think the purpose of horror is?

Open Ended

What are the influences on horror villians?

Try to use words from the Key Word List in your response:

•Horror

•Villains

•Context

•Fear