Movie+Unit+for+32s

Unit should take approx two & 1/2 weeks 217 minutes total movie time ~ 20 min discussion & mini-lesson; 20 min watching each day


 * Day One: Introduce unit **
 * Guiding Questions: **
 *  What are the characteristics of a thriller?
 *  How does each director use dialogue, setting, camera angles, lighting, and music to convey an emotionally tense atmosphere?
 *  If each of these movies hinges on watching surreptitiously, how are we the audience implicated in the act of voyeurism?
 *  Did the director of //Disturbia// commit copyright infringement of //Rear Window//?


 * Thrillers **
 * captivate through use of tension and suspense
 * include menacing situations with unlikely escape
 * feature a hero(ine) who must uncover and thwart the plot of the enemy (or reveal mystery to help catch villain)
 * psychological thrillers are affected by the characters’ own motivations, fears, experiences; in other words, what s/he sees is guided by who s/he is

//Rear Window//. Alfred Hitchcock. 1954. Paramount Pictures, 2005. DVD. Neat trivia about //Rear Window//: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/trivia (share some of it only after viewing because there are spoilers)

1. What is wrong with Jeffries? 2. What has happened? 3. Why would this situation be particularly hard for him? 4. Why is the heat a factor in the action? 5. What is the focus of his “neighbor watching”? 6. What are his worries about marriage?
 * Day One questions (watch through scene 4):**
 * Part I: Exposition**

Fill out chart on characters:

Course case article: decision: http://entertainment.newsplurk.com/2010/09/disturbia-did-not-steal-rear-window.html http://www.filmnight.org/rear.htm <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/english/assets/pdf/psycho.pdf <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/rear-window/25112 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://bztv.typepad.com/moviessquared/2007/04/disturbia2007vs.html