Holiday Context Preparation
March 25, 2010
Hi gang;
in order to make the transition into the “Brave New World” of the Context as painless and – more to the point – as stimulating and energising as possible, you have TWO tasks for the holidays: ONE, complete the Gattaca preview questions on the attached GattacaScenesNotes. They are designed to familiarise you with some detail of the film, but also to start you thinking about some of the concepts we’ll be dealing with in this part of the course. The SECOND task is to watch one of the films on the list below that deals with the future (here’s an info sheet: ContextFilmStudy10. When we return, we’ll each present – verbally – what we find out. To help this happen, and to broaden and deeeeepen our understandings, I have constructed a Wiki so that all this can be shared! The URL is http://futureperfectcontext.wikispaces.com/ Once you have watched your film (or, indeed, read your book!) go there, and add your bit. If your film is not among the pages already created, just add it in as a new page. If you want to add something to a film others have commented on, feel free to do so. The more, the merrier! If you check your school email, there’s an invitation from me to join (it’s a closed Wiki) so use the link to sign up and away you go. If it’s all too techo for you, email me what you write, and I’ll put it up for you. Go to it! – And ENJOY!!!!!
Please check the ratings on some of these before you watch them!
12 Monkeys
1984
2001: a space odyssey
AI: Artificial Intelligence
Bladerunner
Brazil
Children of Men
The Day after Tomorrow
The ghost in the shell
I am Legend
I, robot
The Island
The Matrix
Planet of the Apes
Solaris
The Terminator (1 and/or 2)
V for Vendetta
