SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Teaching pack focusing different adaptations of Shakespeare plays. Examines Shakespeare’s language, imagery in the written text and images through filmic language, the way the plays and films combine different elements, and the repackaging of Shakespeare on film for a modern audience. Video clips include Baz Luhrmann’s WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET, Roman Polanski’s MACBETH, Orson Welles’s MACBETH, Laurence Olivier’s RICHARD III, Richard Loncraine’s RICHARD III, Trevor Nunn’s TWELFTH NIGHT, Al Pacino’s LOOKING FOR RICHARD and Franco Zeffirelli’s ROMEO AND JULIET and HAMLET.

Series

Screening Shakespeares

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2005

Duration

57 mins

Availability

Sale

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama; Media studies

Keywords

cinema; drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare on film

Notes

Documentation

Accompanying 75-page text.

Uses

Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-level English and media studies.

Sponsor

Name

Barclays Bank

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Film Education

Web

http://www.filmeducation.org External site opens in new window

Notes

Closed in 2013. Succeeded by The Film Space (www.thefilmspace.org/). Was a producer of DVDs, CD-ROMs and online resources relating to individual feature films and the film industry, aimed at students studying Media Studies within the National Curriculum. Most of the resources were free to schools.