breaker morant: breaking in the breaker
Breaker Morant: Breaking In The Breaker
Gary Simmons
ISBN 1 920805 04 4
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features
- an analysis of the film's context
- a detailed running sheet
- section on the use of film language
- a critical perspective
- practical activities
- sample questions based on the English Study Design.
table of contents
Breaking In Breaker Morant
Glossary of Important Film Terms
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Breaker Morant Trivia Quiz
An Introduction to Breaker Morant - Genre and Context
Reading Non-Print Texts
What to Look for When Viewing Non-Print Texts
Structure and Meaning in Feature Films
Complex Meaning Systems
Shared Meaning Systems
Features
Film Language and Breaker Morant
Activity
Some Practical Advice for Students
Getting the Most out of the Film
Suggested Starting Points
Preliminary Questions on Breaker Morant
Activity: Preliminary Questions
Activity: Establishing Some Definitions
Activity: Images and Their Effectiveness
Chapter 2 The Film in Detail
Running Sheet
Running Sheet for Breaker Morant
Narrative Structure and Breaker Morant
Analysis of Key Scenes
A Set Up?
A Sample Close Analysis of the Opening Scene
B Judgment Day
A Sample Close Analysis of the Closing Scene
Chapter 3 Themes and Interpretations
Perspective on Breaker Morant
An Anti-War Polemic
Activity
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Activity
Chapter 4 Breaker Morant across the SACS
Unit 3 English/ESL
Outcome 1 Activity
Outcome 2 Activity
Unit 4
Outcome 1 Activity
What the English Exam Will Look Like
Part 1
Part 2
Outcome 2 Activity
Oral Presentation
References and Resources
about the author
Gary Simmons has been teacher of English, literature and more recently the moving image for as long as he can remember. From 1992-94 he was Education Officer at the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English, and he taught at University High School in 1995-96 before undertaking postgraduate study in cinema studies. In 1999 he taught in a Junior College in Singapore. He is currently a Secondary Education Programmer at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, while working part time on his Master's degree exploring representations of masculinity in Australian film.
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