Lp7 symbolism
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This document discusses symbolism in short films. It provides objectives about understanding symbolism and extracting meaning from symbols. It includes examples of symbols from the films "The Most Beautiful Man in the World" and "The Man with the Beautiful Eyes" such as a pond, beetle, goldfish pond, bamboo. It asks the reader to identify symbols in the films and what they might represent. It also discusses how symbols can represent qualities, ideas, or be connected to things in people's minds. Questions are provided about what specific symbols might represent in the analyzed films.
Lp7 symbolism
- 1. IGCSE Short Film - Symbols
- 2. Objectives Understand symbolism in film Use evidence to enrich and explain ideas Extract meaning beyond the literal
- 3. Symbol Describe as many symbols as you can think of in the school environment.
- 4. Viewing The Most Beautiful Man in the World Complete this web, identifying Symbol used in the film and symbols s noting what you think they represent. Pond Beetle Etc. Etc Investigation Sensuality Omen Ambivalence
- 5. Viewing The Man with the Beautiful Eyes Complete this web, identifying symbols used in the film and Symbol noting what you think they represent. s Goldfish Pond Bamboo Etc. Etc Colour/vibrancy Life/Death Foreign Exotic
- 6. How do Symbols work in media texts? Drawing on the definition of symbolism provided, work through the different modes in the two films. Answer the questions in as much detail as possible. 1) a sign, shape or object which is used to represent something else: What is Tarzan a symbol of in The Man with the Beautiful Eyes? 2) something that is used to represent a quality or idea: What is the field a symbol of in The Most Beautiful Man in the World? 4) An object can be described as a symbol of something else if it seems to represent it because it is connected with it in a lot of people’s minds: What is the ‘fifth of whisky’ a symbol of in The Man with the Beautiful Eyes?
- 7. Extension Two Cars One Night What is the significance of the Maori warrior? What feelings, attitudes, values does he represent? Is there any symbolic significance to the stationary cars?