• What does Dystopia mean?
• What characterizes a dystopian society?
• What are the causes of Dystopia?
• How does society function in a Dystopia?​

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TODAY WE WILL:
Investigate Color as Theme

List Characteristics of Dystopia

​VIEW -Mojo's Top 10 Dystopian Films

Paste Magazine's 50 Best Dystopian films

Explore Color in Film

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Directed by the Hughes Brothers

As you watch the film, consider the following elements in this Book of Eli Notes page.​

• How is "blindness" a metaphor in the film?
• What is a "Divine Calling"? Example?
• Discuss the theme of "The Promised Land"
• How is man governed after the Apocalypse?​
• How are "possessions" treated in the film?
• How do the goals for the protagonist and antagonist differ?
• Carnegie vs Eli (so the names have significance?)
• Can this film be considered a New Western? How?

 Book of Eli Study Guide - Assigned on Google Classroom

​Book of Eli Quiz (on GC)

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Film 2

​Wrap up BOE - Study Guide & Quiz

Begin Planet of the Apes

VIEW & discuss-
China's new Social Currency Model

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Themes

• Asks, " What are our origins and where are we going?"
• The politics of Planet of the Apes
• ​Race - Intolerance - Man vs Nature - Religion as a controlling agent

 Planet of the Apes (1968)

• Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
•  Loosely based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle
• Rod Serling was one of the writers (Original Twilight Zone series)
• In 2001, Planet of the Apes was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
  
• Tim Burton's remake Planet of the Apes in 2001

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• Discuss the films color palate as metaphor.
• Making of "the car" scene
• Color palates in film
  

Directed by Alphonso Curon

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Children of Men Study Guide
​(On GC)

​COM Quiz - code is children (on GC)