Gothic Topic, an introduction...
Thursday 23rd November, 2021 1. What is the Synoptic Topic ? Quick answer: it is part of your oral exam and is on the Gothic Topic. See handout and see your allotted key questions. 2. Understand you need to create a blog entry 3 times before June 2021 (see blog entry on how to create a blog entry!). 3. In your teams, watch this trailer for the British Film Industry's "Gothic Heart of Film" Trailer (two or three times). What elements of this trailer form a link with your Key Issue? Provide feedback to the class... Here are all of the film clips used in the trailer, in order: Night of the Demon (Tourneur, 1957) Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) The Innocents (Clayton, 1961) The Woman in Black (Watkins, 2011) The Devil's Backbone (Del Toro, 2001) The Shining (Kubrick, 1980) Queen of Spades (Dickinson, 1949) The Woman in Black (Watkins, 2011) The Innocents (Clayton, 1961) Nosferatu (Herzog, 1979) The Ghoul (Hunter, 1933) The Mummy (Freund, 1932) The Devil's Backbone (Del T