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Finding the Theme in a Film
Let’s Start With What We Know!
What does theme mean when it applies to literature?
THEME
SUBJECTTON
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PLOT
Explain the differences among these literary terms
SubjectTonePlotTheme
THEME
SUBJECTTON
E
PLOT
Subject Who or What the story is about
Tone The mood or attitude the author creates in the story
Plot The sequence of events that happen in the story
Theme A “big idea” or opinion about life, human nature, or society that the writer wants to share with the reader
Usually not directly stated, but inferred or implied
What is NOT the theme? What IS the theme?
SubjectTonePlot
What is the author’s “big idea” about life, human nature, or society?
Does the title of the story give us a clue?
Is there a significant place in the story where the big idea is state?
How we Find Theme
What is a theme in Night?
a) Elie gets sent to a concentrations camp, goes through awful experiences with his father, gets moved to different camps, his father dies, and he is freed.
b) Sad, depressing, hopeless.c) People are capable of great evil and
inhumanity.d) Concentration camps during the Holocaust
What is a theme in AMSND?
a) Silly, Funny, Comicalb) Helena is in love with Demetrius, but he
doesn’t love her back.c) A story takes place in Athens, The Woods,
and The Play.d) Love can be transforming and magical or
blind and foolish.
How do we find theme in a film?
By looking at different Film Elements that support a theme:
Costume Music Setting Subtext Camera Frame Character Relationships Dialogue Plot
Costume
Can show status in societyCan show characterizationChange in costume can mean a change in a
relationship
Costumes
Music
Music can add to the theme by indicating tone
What are the lyrics of the song? What do they tell you about theme?
Is the music upbeat? Slow? How does that add to theme?
How does the music set the tone of the scene?
Music
So much more than this provincial life 5:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVovQfq7
U0wTale as old as time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qtTPTxvoPA
Start at 1:00 Wolf Scenehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btUlfkPAN-w- Beginning Instrumentalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFXvB8ODUjA
Setting
Where the story takes placeHow does the setting affect the tone and the
theme?Describe the setting:
What’s the weather like? Are the characters inside or outside? What does it
look like? Are the colors in the scene bright or dark?
Setting
Subtext
What emotion are the characters showing the audience?
How are their emotions connected to theme?
Scene Frame
Everything the audience can see in the frame of the camera
Close up
Close up: When the director focuses in on smaller aspects of the setting; fills up the entire frame of the camera
Why would a director choose to zoom in on a character’s face? How does that help to show a theme?
Long Shot
When the camera zooms out; the audience can see everything in the scene in the camera shot
Why would a director choose to include more parts of the setting in the camera shot? How might this help us understand the theme?
Framing/Subtext
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms05La1pDIU&feature=related
Character Relationships
How do relationships between characters help us to understand the theme?
Dialogue
Conversations that happen between characters
How does dialogue help us to understand the theme?
Dialogue
Thank you, for saving my lifehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH_vcb2fQ
2cProloguehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__x8CYAV
MbkStart at 2:00 Beast lets her gohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-JyoT6RC
Q8&feature=related
Plot
Name the parts of the plot diagram!
Plot
Name the parts of the plot diagram!
Exposition: Setting, Characters
Rising Action: Introduce Conflict
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Themes in Beauty and the Beast?