Presentation Planning

PowerPoint slide. To include:

• Title question
• Posters from each of my focus films
• Picture of Meadows

Spoken text: To include a brief biography of Meadows, detailing his up-bringing and his introduction to film work. State my question and then state each of the films I will be looking at.

Spoken text or PowerPoint Slide. To include sub-questions:

• Does Meadow's use his own cultural knowledge and experiences to shape his films?
• How Does he use social and political contexts to drive the narrative in these films?
• How are these contexts show within the characters?

PowerPoint Slide. To include:

• Theatrical poster of 'This is England'
• Next to this, state release date, cast and crew, production company ect.

Spoken text: Provide a brief outline of the plot an characters. Include information on the social and political context of the 1980's and how they are explored in the film, using catalogue entries to help. Include how Meadow's created the film based on his own childhood experiences, as detailed in my catalogue entries.

Visual clip: Extract from 'This Is England' of Shaun being shaped to fit skinhead subculture, as prompted by Woody.

Visual clip: Extract from 'This is England' of Combo expressing nationalist viewpoints.

Spoken text: Summary of film and these clips. How they influence the characters and narrative of the film. Include press responses, using catalogue entries to help.

PowerPoint slide. To include:

• Theatrical poster of 'Somers Town'
• Next to this, state release date, cast and crew, production details ect.

Spoken text: Brief outline of the plot and characters of the film. Include notes the social and political context of the King's Cross/St. Pancras redevelopment, using catalogue entries to help. Explain how this was Meadow's first film to be shot outside of the Midlands and what the actors thought of the shooting process and how effective it was.

Visual clip: Mariusz at work on 'St.Pancras/King's Cross station as this implicates a key cultural theme having an effect on characters.

Visual clip: Argument in the flat between Marek and Mariusz, as this displays elements of kitchen sink drama.

Spoken text: Closing summary of clips and film in general. include Meadow's reflections, using catalogue entries to help.

PowerPoint slide. To include:

• Theatrical poster of 'Once Upon A Time in the Midlands'
• Next to this, state release date, cast and crew, production companies ect.

Spoken text: Brief outline of the plot and characters. Explain the controversies surrounding the social accuracy of the Midlands, using catalogue entries to help with this. Explain Meadow's thoughts on this, using his own experience of the Midlands, using catalogue entries to help.

Visual clip: Scene from 'Once Upon A Time in the Midlands' where Dek, Shirley, Carol and Charlie discuss the arrival of Jimmy, as it shows the close community formed between the array of different accents.

Visual clip: Scene from 'Once Upon A Time in the Midlands' where Dek is seen referring to his car 'baby' or Dek working in the garage, as this indicates the reference to the high number of motoring manufactures that are located in the Midlands.

Spoken text: Summary including press feedback and Meadow's comments, using catalogue entries to help.

PowerPoint slide. To include:

• Theatrical posters of all three films.
• A reflective comment on each of these films, using my catalouge entries to help me we with this.
  

Spoken text: Summary of presentation, explaining how I have answered my focus question and the sub-questions. Use a separate paragraph/section covering these questions for each film. End with a 'Thank you'-style sentence.