Lesson 1

Wednesday 15th April 2020

Lights! Camera! Action!

L/O: to explore the narrative structure of a film.

Starter: 

1. Tangled
2. The Little Mermaid
3. The Beauty and The Beast
4. Pocahontas 
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
6. Cinderella
7. Aladdin
8. Tarzan
9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
10. The Lion King

Film I chose: Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix.

23/25 on the quiz


Case Study Research:

• Director - David Yates
• Writer -
• Producer - David Heyman and David Barron
• Production Company - Warner Bros. 
• Distribution Company -
• Date Released - 3rd July 2009
• Genre - Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Adventure
• Main Actors - Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman, Evanna Lynch, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes

Narrative:

What happens in the beginning, middle and end of the story?

• Beginning: Harry is at a park when Dudley comes up to him to start a fight and it starts storming, they run home but get caught by Dementors and Harry has to use a spell (which he isn't allowed to do) and gets expelled from Hogwarts. He goes to where everyone is staying and sees his friend and the Order of The Phoenix and his Godfather, Sirius Black. Mr. Weasley takes him to the Ministry of Magic where there is a meeting to see if Harry should be allowed to go back to Hogwarts again. Dumbledore comes to the meeting and manages to get Harry permission to go back.
• Middle: The school is partly being run by Professor Umbridge who has very strict rules. she tries to get Dumbledore put into Azkaban as he is saying Voldemort is back and the Ministry don't want anyone to know, however Dumbledore escapes meaning Umbridge becomes the new Headmaster. Umbridge won't teach the children at Hogwarts any spells to defend themselves (practically) so Harry, Ron and Hermione set up 'Dumbledore's Army' where Harry teaches everyone to use different spells. Umbridge figures out that they have the Army but as they are hidden in the Room Of Requirement (the door only opens for those who need it), she can't find them. Eventually, they use a potion to make one of the members say where they are training and they all find out. Umbridge tells  Dumbledore that as he has an 'Army' (even though he didn't know it was happening) and he admits to it. They try to put him into Azkaban, however Dumbledore escapes meaning Umbridge becomes the new Headmaster. During the exam at the school, Fred and George set off magical fireworks in the hall and Umbridge runs away whilst everyone celebrates. Whilst celebrating, Harry gets a vision of something bad happening and they figure out he is connected to Voldemort.
• End: Harry gets a vision of his Godfather Sirius black being tortured by Voldemort so he can give him Harry's prophecy. He tells his friends and they go with him to the Ministry of Magic to get his prophecy so the Death Eaters can't. When they get there, they find Harry's prophecy when Lucius Malfoy turns up and explains that it was a trick just so they could get the prophecy from him as only the person it is about can pick it up. Harry doesn't give it to him and they end up in a fight and going to a different room. The Death Eaters take his friends whilst Lucius again asks Harry for the prophecy, when the Order of The Phoenix turn up and fight. Sirius gets killed by Bellatrix and Harry chases her, leading him to a fight with Voldemort. Harry is almost killed when Dumbledore turns up to protect Harry and they make Voldemort leave (for a while at least)