AS 90379 – Visual Text (film study)/FILM UNIT - Full Metal Jacket
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A great film to view, discuss and learn from. The following are a loose collection of notes, activities & response-ideas which are tied together with a unit plan & a lesson-by-lesson outline. Feel free to adapt & contribute further.
Contents
Pre-Viewing Material
There is oodles of material covering the Vienam War to be found on YouTube should you wish to sift around for a visual background to look at.
Notes to Note
- Notes to Note: Synopsis, Structure & Genre
- Notes to Note: Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
- Notes to Note: Private Pyle
- Notes to Note: Private Joker
- Notes to Note: Opening Sequence
- Notes to Note: Duality of Man
- Notes to Note: IDENTITY in FMJ
- Notes to Note: Stanley Kubrick
- Notes to Note: Mickey Mouse Motif
- Notes to Note: Music in FMJ
Student Activities
- Pop Quiz, then Reviews
- Initial Response: Flim Review
- FMJ Quiz
- Close Reading Grid
- Character Deconstruction - HARTMAN
- Character Deconstruction - JOKER
- Character Deconstruction - PRIVATE PYLE
- Brainstorm Sheet - Character Wrap
- Close Reading Exercise
Responses
- Essay Response: Contrast
- Essay Response: Ending
- Essay Response: Production Techniques
- Essay Response: Production Techniques II
YouTube Resources
The transient nature of YouTube resources means that the following links may not always be current. Please give them a try and if they do not work properly, try to find the correct link?! Or make a note of the problem at least.
- Stanley Kubrick Documentary
- FMJ - Between Good and Evil pt1
- FMJ - Between Good and Evil pt2
- FMJ - Between Good and Evil pt3
- FMJ - Between Good and Evil pt4
- FMJ - Detailed Analysis pt1
- FMJ - Detailed Analysis pt2
- FMJ - Detailed Analysis pt3
- FMJ - Detailed Analysis pt4
- FMJ - Detailed Analysis pt5
- FMJ - Detailed Analysis pt6
- Hartman Re-enactment (for laughs)
