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Dystopian Society

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  • 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?
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 Book of Eli Study Guide - Assigned on Google Classroom

​Book of Eli Quiz (on GC)

Film 2

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​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
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Directed by Alphonso Curon

Children of Men Study Guide
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(On GC)

​COM Quiz - code is children (on GC)

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    • Stop Motion & Animation
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    • Why Study Film?
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    • Slumdog Millionaire
    • Night of the Living Dead
    • The New World
    • Science Fiction >
      • We Are Not Alone
    • Man Alone - Literary Conflicts in Film
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    • Hollywood Musicals
    • Crime
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    • Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
    • Let's Be Real
    • Parkland
    • The Patriot
    • Glory
    • Big Fish
    • Special Effects
    • Frame of Mind
  • Journalism & Digital Media
    • Journalism for Broadcast & New Media
    • Function & History of Journalism
    • The First Amendment
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