Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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Transcript of Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Directed by
Jonathan
Dayton and
Valerie
Faris
Christine Wells
2006
Learning Intentions
Think critically to identify and describe the key aspects of a visual text.
Develop self direction, responsibility, initiative, cooperation,
adaptability, and accountability while working with others.
Develop creativity and innovation skills by creating an original and
engaging film.
Develop critical thinking and evaluation by writing blog posts.
Develop ICT literacy skills.
5 credits
each
Success Criteria
Demonstrate knowledge of the key aspects of a visual text by
creating and producing an engaging film and writing 2 blog posts.
Demonstrate social responsibility by working collaboratively and
cooperatively in a group.
Demonstrate improvement in ICT literacy by showing initiative,
flexibility and adaptability.
Demonstrate global awareness by publishing your film and blog
posts on the line.
Plot
Describe what is
happening in each
picture and include
dialogue where
appropriate.
Include images
from the film to
help show the plot.
Create a 10 point
timeline to show the
main events in the
film.
Film Techniques
• Establishing shot
• Long shot
• High angle
• Low angle
• Medium close up
• Mid shot
• Close up
• Extreme close up
• Extreme long shot
• Ditch tilt
After watching the video on film
techniques, work in pairs to create your
own presentation to explain film
techniques.
Include
Gathering
Processing
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing
View the opening scene. Record
notes in the following chart:
Character Film Technique Purpose: what do we learn
about the character?
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing
Gathering
Processing
Olive
1. Locate 3-4 pictures of Olive and import into PicCollage.
2. Around the outside, write down as many adjectives as you can.
3. For 3 of your adjectives, write down a film technique that helps to show this characteristic.
For example: Passionate about beauty pageants – close up of eyes with reflection in glasses of beauty pageant on TV.
Thinking
Using language, text and symbols
Managing self
Participating and contributing
Gathering
Processing
Olive
1. How old is Olive?
2. Describe what she looks like – what does
she wear etc.
3. Explain what Olive is interested in and
how she spends her time.
4. What are some of the things that Olive
worries about? Identify and explain an
example from the film.
5. Who inspires and supports Olive in her
family? Give at least 2 examples and
explain how.
6. Create a flow chart to describe Olive’s
journey in the film.
7. Create a Venn diagram to compare and
contrast Olive with another character.
Dwayne
1. Locate 3-4 pictures of Dwayne
and import into PicCollage.
2. Around the outside, write down
as many adjectives as you can.
3. For 3 of your adjectives, write
down a film technique that
helps to show this
characteristic.
For example: Disciplined –
overshot of Dwayne working out.
Gathering
Processing
Thinking
Using language, text and symbols
Managing self
Participating and contributing
Dwayne
1. How old is Dwayne?
2. Describe what he looks like – what does he wear etc.
3. Explain what Dwayne is interested in and how he spends
his time.
4. What are some of the things that Dwayne thinks about?
Identify and explain an example from the film.
5. Explain how Dwayne changes throughout the film. What
causes these changes?
6. Create a flow chart to describe Dwayne’s journey in the film.
7. Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Dwayne
with another character. Don’t compare with Olive if you have
already!
Important Relationships
In pairs, complete the following:
1. List the important relationships in the
film.
2. Choose one and answer the
following:
• Describe what kind of relationship
they have.
• List 3 reasons why you believe it was
important.
• For each reason, describe an event in
the film which supports this reason.
Gathering
Processing
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text and symbols
Managing self
Participating and contributing
Describe the relationship
between 2 main characters
and explain why it was
important.
Explain how film techniques
have helped you to
understand a main
character.
10
ESSAYSChoose an essay to write. You need to write at least 350
words and include visual/verbal features to support your ideas.
You essay is due...
Post on your blog.
Chapter 21
Theme 1: The Importance of Family
Event: The Beauty
Pageant
Describe the specific part
of this sequence.
Describe how the theme is
shown.
Identify the film
techniques that are used.
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing
Gathering
Processing
Theme 1: The Importance of Family
In pairs, complete the following:
1.Describe the family at the beginning of the film.
• How did they relate to each other?
• What did they think of each other?
• Include examples.
2. Describe an event in the film that shows the family supporting each other.
3. Describe the family at the end of the film.
• How do they relate to each other?
• What do they now think of each other?
• Include examples.
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing
Gathering
Processing
Theme 2: Success vs
Failure
Prior to writing the script, Arndt read
in a newspaper about Arnold
Schwarzenegger speaking to a
group of high school students and
saying "If there's one thing in this
world I hate, it's losers. I despise
them." As a result, Arndt developed
his script lampooning the thought
process: "And I thought there's
something so wrong with that
attitude ... I wanted to ... attack that
idea that in life you're going up or
you're going down ... So to a degree
a child beauty pageant is the
epitome of the ultimate stupid
meaningless competition people put
themselves through."
Co-director Jonathan Dayton also commented on the importance of the pageant to the film: "As far as the pageant goes, it was very important to us that the film not be about pageants. It's about being out of place, it's about not knowing where you're going to end up..."
Read Gathering
Theme 2: Success vs
FailureRead
• The Hoovers are consumed by fantasies of success that keep them locked in their separate worlds, struggling to measure up to impossibly high standards.
• Over the course of three harrowing days on a road trip, the Hoovers come face to face with the cruel limits of their dreams, opportunities and possibilities. One by one they fail, despite their best efforts, their sincere desire to succeed and their many merits as people.
Gathering
• Choose 3 characters and identify the dream that each one is trying to achieve.
• Explain whether they are successful or not.
• Describe each character’s reaction to their success or lack of success. Include a quote or film technique.
• Identify a dream that you would like to achieve.
• How will you feel if you don’t achieve it?
• What do you think you would do?• Share your ideas with your neighbour.
Theme 2: Success vs
FailureGathering
Processing
Applying
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing
Theme 2: Success vs
Failure
Examples of Success Examples of Failure
In pairs, list examples of
success and failure from the
film.
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing
Gathering
Processing
Symbols: The
Volkswagen
Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colours used to
represent abstract ideas or concepts.
• The Volkswagen van is old, battered, first gear doesn't work, and
the horn keeps going off. But it is in this van, the characters are
transformed.
• It reinforces the importance of family, working together for change
rather than be separated as individuals. For example, when just
one family member tries to start the van by himself he has trouble,
but when they all work together, as seen in the end of the film- they
have no trouble and even have a laugh about it.
Read Gathering
Symbols: Mirrors
• When we gaze into a mirror, our reflection returns to us, and we
see ourselves through our own eyes. What reflection we see in
our own mind can either be reality or distortion. Psychiatry
research has actually termed a body image distortion disorder for
those who look in the mirror and see themselves as something
they are not. The image reflected in the mirror can have a
profound effect upon us.
• The reflections in mirrors of some of the characters shows that
their personality is under pressure from various expectations
imposed upon them from society or from their family.
Read Gathering
Symbols: Dwayne's
Notebook
• Dwayne’s notebook is a symbol
of his vow of silence and
commitment to get into the air
force.
• It also means that he does not
have to put a lot of effort into
relationships with the people
around him by taking time to talk
to them. He is quite depressed
and not wanting to communicate
can be a symptom of
depression.
Read Gathering
Symbols
Use PicCollage to create a poster which
includes the following:
• A picture of each symbol
• An explanation of why each symbol is used.
• A description of where we see each symbol.
• Identify the character(s) that you would
associate with each symbol.
• Identify which theme you would associate
with each symbol.
Gathering
Processing
Applying
Thinking
Using language, text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing
Identify a key theme in the
text and explain how
visual/verbal techniques
helped you to understand the
theme.
Identify a symbol(s) from the
film and explain how they
helped to portray an idea.
10
ESSAYSChoose an essay to write. You need to write at least 350
words and include visual/verbal features to support your ideas.
Your essay is due...
Post on your blog.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine
References