Television and New Media
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Year 11 Film, Television & New Media
The Princess Bride (1987)
Director: Rob Reiner
1. Technologies
Choose a scene from the film and discuss what filmic technologies may have been use to create it in 1987. What technologies may be used to create the same scene if it was being remade today?
The scene I choose is
2. Representations
Give descriptions of the representations of the following characters:
* Heroes
* Villains
3. Audiences
When it was released, the film appealed to both male and female audiences. Give examples from the film that may appeal to males, to females and to both genders.
Year 11 Film, Television & New Media
The Princess Bride (1987)
Director: Rob Reiner
1. Technologies
Choose a scene from the film and discuss what filmic technologies may have been use to create it in 1987. What technologies may be used to create the same scene if it was being remade today?
The scene I choose is
2. Representations
Give descriptions of the representations of the following characters:
* Heroes
* Villains
3. Audiences
When it was released, the film appealed to both male and female audiences. Give examples from the film that may appeal to males, to females and to both genders.
* Is the film still appealing to a contemporary audience?
Choose one of the following quotes from film reviewers and give examples of scenes that would support their opinion.
* It is filled with good-hearted fun, with performances by actors who seem to be smacking their lips and by a certain true innocence that survives all of Reiner's satire.
* Kinda cute, occasionally amusing
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