Comedy round up!

Revision of the British Comedy Unit

1. Comedy Round-Up! LO: To revise key points from the topic

2. What are we going to do? We are now going to revise the comedy topic we have just finished – to make sure you are exam ready! You should create a PowerPoint over the course of this lesson. The things you need to include in the PowerPoint will become clear as you move through the slides. Use a new slide for each topic discussed. Please email me your work

3. The Genre – answer the questions on your PowerPoint How can we tell it is comedy? What locations would be typical? What kind camera work & editing would be typical of B ritish comedy? What themes and values would typically be present? Within your answers refer to ways in which the case studies fit with the genre or break the conventions of the genre.

4. Character Types Audiences know what to expect from the character if they can be categorised- they understand the characters role in the film.

5. Add to your PowerPoint For each type of character listed. Tell write about the key features of the character type. Pick a character from the case studies: Love Actually or Four Lion’s and explain how they fit the character type. The Square The Bully The Goofball The Charmer The Sage You can look on the Characters p/p on the blog to help

6. “ Britishness ” Social Realism and Social Commentary – Four Lions Romantic Comedy/Urban Fairytale - Love Actually On your PowerPoint discuss how the case studies fit with these aspects of essential British films. For example Love Actually fits the Romantic Comedy as …

7. Finally Mind Map responses to the following exam questions: Include: The key points you would make – and any counter points How you would link it with the case studies? Explore how the films you have studied for the topic use genre conventions In what ways can the films you have studied for this topic be said to be “British”