SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
About the man
◦Great friends with Wordsworth
◦One of the founders of Romanticism
◦Suffered from anxiety and depression
◦Had an intense opium addiction
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner◦Longest poem Coleridge had written
◦Poem was told from the perspective of a mariner recounting the tale to a man on his way to a wedding
◦Wordsworth claims that the poem was inspired by their tour of The Quantock Hills
Adaptions
Now it’s your turn!
◦Get into groups and come up with your own movie adaption for this poem! Pitch it to the
class
Questions to consider◦ Casting?
◦Who would you chose as the director?
◦What type of genre of film is it? Exploitation? Action? Romance? Comedy?
◦ Time period? Modern? Ancient? Future?
◦ Black and white or color? Silent?
◦ Animated? Live action? Claymation?
◦ Aiming for Oscar bait?
◦ Consider what type of audience you will be aiming for. (adults, children?)
◦Will this be for more low or high brow audiences?
◦How will you go about marketing this film?