Under the Skin IDEOLOGY [EDUQAS Film A Level]

This pack contains a 26 slide PowerPoint presentation addressing IDEOLOGY and meaning in J Glazer’s Under the Skin

The pack also contains a student handout, a complete (assessed) response, essay plan, additional reading materials.

I have also attached a YouTube link to a video version of this lesson students can use to consolidate their knowledge and understanding.

This lesson is ideal for anyone teaching UTS as part of the EDUQAS AL Film: Component 1 - Section C: British cinema, module.

This lesson contains a lot of content, is primarily focused on linking theory/ideology with the textual elements of the film.

The lesson covers:

Starter - re-cap sci-fi genre conventions

Introduce exam question

Starter 2 - 'How are binary oppositions used in the film Under the Skin?

Feedback - discussion of the techniques filmmakers can use to construct women on screen.

1 - Opening scene analysis - watch scene - students to analyse the opening

Detailed feedback on slides

2 - The ‘White Room’ scene -students to analyse the scene

Detailed notes on slides

3 - The ‘MALL and VAN scenes’ - adoption of gender signifiers - students to analyse the opening

Detailed notes on slides

4 - Alien in the Van / Stalking of men scene - students to analyse the scene

Detailed notes on slides

5 - The ‘disfigured man’ scene - students to analyse the scene

Detailed notes on slides

6 - Ending - chase in the woods/death of the Alien - students to analyse the scene

Detailed notes on slides