Beasts of the Southern Wild - Spectatorship (EDUQAS FILM)

This pack contains a 33 slide PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student booklet that covers the following:

This lesson will show students how to analyse Beasts of the Southern Wild whilst applying theories of spectatorship. The lesson is structured to help students ‘build an A Level response’ to several spectatorship/ideology questions.

Starter:

Key term re-cap (key terms with missing vowels = student must identify the term then define it)

Example questions

Preferred reading - group task
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Students to list technical approaches that encourage a preferred reading of the film
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IDEOLOGY: - introduce the importance of ideology in driving response
Define and explore: Libeterianism and Anarchism
Tentants of Anarchism explored
Group task: students find examples of anarchistic principles found in the film
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Scene analysis - opening scene (recognition / driving the preferred response
Detailed analysis of intro scenes (including ‘community party’ sequences)
Address The Levee = anti-corporate/capitalistic ideologies
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ACTIVE RESPONSE - discussion: What does the Auroch represent?

Negotiated response
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FEMA/Hospital scene analysis
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Oppositional response

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‘Beast It’ scene analysis
Bell Hook’s response to the film
NEW CONTENT: viewing BOTSW from a 2024conservative perspective: oppositional responses in 2024
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Assessment: planning time and assessment included [optional use]