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How does this play with our expectations? Who is it most geared to? How do you know?
Modern Times (1936)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
1. What makes Chaplin's style appealing and humorous? Name a comedian who uses Chaplin's style today.
2. Explain what is being satirized in Modern Times. What comment is Chaplin making?
3. Choose one key scene from the film and explain how the scene is still funny. What makes it work?
4. Select an issue that is of some significance in our society today. With a partner prepare a short skit (ex. 5 mins or less) to present to the class that addresses this issue in a humorous but effective way.
Alternately, you may prepare a political cartoon independently with the same aim.
2. Explain what is being satirized in Modern Times. What comment is Chaplin making?
3. Choose one key scene from the film and explain how the scene is still funny. What makes it work?
4. Select an issue that is of some significance in our society today. With a partner prepare a short skit (ex. 5 mins or less) to present to the class that addresses this issue in a humorous but effective way.
Alternately, you may prepare a political cartoon independently with the same aim.
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Directed by Billy Wilder
Skim through the Billy Wilder script for Some Like it Hot by clicking the poster above.
1. Locate THREE ironic or humourous passages from the script.
2. Explain why your choices are funny in the context of this film.
3. Provide an example of a scenario similar to this movie that might work today, but which might challenge views / taboos of today's world.
1. Locate THREE ironic or humourous passages from the script.
2. Explain why your choices are funny in the context of this film.
3. Provide an example of a scenario similar to this movie that might work today, but which might challenge views / taboos of today's world.
Sexism in Film - Read James Jackson's "The Sexism Inherent in James Bond Films"
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Read “Women Prevailing Despite Sexism in Slowly-Changing Below-the-Line Industry” above and respond to the following quotes:
1. “Men get hired because they have a license. Women get hired because they know how to do their job.”
2. “In 2013, women comprised 2% of composers, 4% of sound designers, 9% of supervising sound editors, 2% of special effects supervisors, and 5% of visual effects supervisors on the 250 top-grossing films...”
3. “They need to make it the rule, not the exception, that women make the same amount of money for the same jobs, and get the same guarantees as men.”
4. “If I had small kids, and had to pull them out of school so I could go work in South Africa or London, I don’t know if I’d be doing this.
5. “It has everything to do with (starting) when our daughters are 3 or 4 years old, and telling them there are other things to do than playing with dolls,” she says. “Every night, I tell my daughter she’s excellent at math. We can change the next generation.”
1. “Men get hired because they have a license. Women get hired because they know how to do their job.”
2. “In 2013, women comprised 2% of composers, 4% of sound designers, 9% of supervising sound editors, 2% of special effects supervisors, and 5% of visual effects supervisors on the 250 top-grossing films...”
3. “They need to make it the rule, not the exception, that women make the same amount of money for the same jobs, and get the same guarantees as men.”
4. “If I had small kids, and had to pull them out of school so I could go work in South Africa or London, I don’t know if I’d be doing this.
5. “It has everything to do with (starting) when our daughters are 3 or 4 years old, and telling them there are other things to do than playing with dolls,” she says. “Every night, I tell my daughter she’s excellent at math. We can change the next generation.”