Films to use in MEDIA CLASS
Here's a recommendation of films to use in media educational class for youngsters and students. Filkms which has media as a main theme, and above all films which are great to use for educational due to upbuilding, structure, dramatization as well as discussion.
(Film til bruk i mediaundervisning som anbefales på grunn av dramaturgisk oppbygning, mediatema, diskusjonsgrunnlag, filmatiske virkemidler og andre sentrale temaer i media.)
(Film til bruk i mediaundervisning som anbefales på grunn av dramaturgisk oppbygning, mediatema, diskusjonsgrunnlag, filmatiske virkemidler og andre sentrale temaer i media.)
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- DirectorHenry Alex RubinStarsJason BatemanJonah BoboHaley RammA drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.A mosaic-of-life film which beautifully depicts some of the challenges of social media with a very enganging plot. May be used on many levels; concequences of social media, youth use of social media, the anonymity problem of internet aso.
- DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsJared LetoSarah PolleyDiane KrugerA boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.An advanced gem of a mind bender film which quie possibly be life changing for young people in making future choices in life, involving the trouble of choices, regrets, about taking chances and chaos theory.
Though having a non-linear upbilding and many parallell possible realities, tis film is one of the best ever made.
Before showing it, make students open their minds, and be patient even if they don't understand everything along the way. They will be rewarded! A masterpiece! - DirectorChristopher KenneallyStarsDerek AmbrosiMichael BallhausAndrzej BartkowiakThe documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsArno FrischAngela WinklerUlrich MüheA 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.Very controversial about dangers of "video violence" and ethics shown by parents. Will make aroused discussions in your class.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim CarreyEd HarrisLaura LinneyAn insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.Filmed before reality show "Big brother" this foresaw the dilemma of reality TV. But amazingly enough this film doesn't at all feel dated, but is still a great discussion-starter.
Themes: Reality TV, TV ratings, human rights. - DirectorEskil VogtStarsEllen Dorrit PetersenHenrik RafaelsenVera VitaliForsaken in a new Oslo apartment, a frail blind woman battles to come to terms with her condition, as she slowly retracts into an elaborate fantasy bubble. Are her stories fanning her suspicions, or is this what total blindness looks like?Quite amazingly different film about a blind woman and what she sences on what's going on around her. Great is you want to start discussions, but beware; not without controvercy.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFabrice LuchiniVincent SchmittErnst UmhauerA high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.Amazing film showing a perfect story about a teacher wanting to inspire his students in doing better work, backfiring in a story which a students starts secret surveillance of a neighboring family.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartJohn DallFarley GrangerTwo men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death.Amazing "one take" movie, made out of 8 reels of film. 5 of them are easy to recognize, the two ofters are impossible.
Adresses ideas of "over- and sub-humans", but is mainly recommrnded due to perfect excitement upbuilding and pre planning of a film shooting. - DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsStellan SkarsgårdBruno GanzPål Sverre HagenAfter his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.An amazingly funny black comedy with body count, coen-style, with a hidden theme lying underneath - men's trouble with communication.
A great satrter for a discussion theme: Communication. - DirectorTony ScottStarsChristian SlaterPatricia ArquetteDennis HopperIn Detroit, a pop-culture nerd steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.This Taranino-script filmed by Tony Scott is a loveable rich action romance which is loved by youths. A perfect tragic modern Romeo & Juliet" love story?
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.Fascinating surveillance story wich makes us gessing on how information may both mislead and start "truths" just based on the combination of seeing and believing.
Loved by youths, because it enganges fantasy, and doesn't feel as dated as you would expect. - DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.The mere start of the film is a must in the up-building of suspence and camera techniqes, and shows the main ideas of film-noir.
The use of "The hall of the mountain king" (Grieg) has never been more scary than here, even though it's just whistled.
a masterpiece, though the whole film loses some of the momnetum made by the opening, which is one of the best ever made. - DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert KnaupAfter a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.Amaing take on a non-linear story.
What if-story playing with seconds. - DirectorDavid MametStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanWilliam H. MacyRebecca PidgeonA movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.A great farce about a a large film company overtaking a small village to make a Hollywood production.
- DirectorRémy BelvauxAndré BonzelBenoît PoelvoordeStarsBenoît PoelvoordeJacqueline Poelvoorde-PappaertNelly PappaertA film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.Controversial filmabout a film maker folloing a psychotic serial killer in making a documentary. Will ensure a high risen debate, also on the violence.
- DirectorHarald ZwartStarsLiv TylerMatt DillonMary Jo SmithEvery man has a different recollection of the beautiful young woman who wreaked havoc on their lives during one heated night.Amazing star studded dark comedy and femme fatale film, which makes men look like idiots and the femme fatale as a cunning swindler.
It's well made non-linear stor which sees the same story from several men's perspective, showing how different views makes no told story the real truth.
Amazingly the boys will love this film much better than the girls, due to it's sexist decpiction of how men see upon women.
Great for discussion, and a very funny film. - DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.Amazing documentary of how a film theme actually makes non convicted torturists and killers in an dictatorship proudly explain how they acted during the killings.
Won Oscar for best documentary. - DirectorBilly RayStarsChris CooperRyan PhillippeDennis HaysbertFBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.A great depiction of a true story, also about work ethics. Should be shown after "Shattered glass" to comparison.
- DirectorBilly RayStarsHayden ChristensenChloë SevignySteve ZahnThe story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.Script writer Billy Rays debut as director is the true story about a young jounalist in "The New Republic" which cooks stories, and is unmasked.
Well liked by youths, and great for discussing media ethics.
The dramatization is the same as in Billy Rays second feature "Breach", and this should be shown afterwards showing another take on telling a a true story with known outcome on film. - DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsUlrich ThomsenHenning MoritzenThomas Bo LarsenAt Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.A dogma film with extreme hand hel dacmera, which won Oscar for best foreign film.
Amazingly the script is so enganging that the audience is kept on the edge of their seats, elling the idea of "Dogma" that you don't need advanced effects to tell a good story on film. - DirectorNishtha JainTorstein GrudeStarsSampat Pal DeviRam DulariDevratiIn Bundelkhand, India, a revolution is in the making among the poorest of the poor, as the fiery women of the Gulabi Gang empower themselves and take up the fight against gender violence, caste oppression and widespread corruption.Amazing Norwegian documetary about fight for female rights in India, and especially the right of not being raped (!) and sold and make the society stop accepting it. Amazingly important, brave and life changing film.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..A film about addiction made in a MTV-setting, with amazing cutting effects.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJesse EisenbergAndrew GarfieldJustin TimberlakeAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.The story of the start of facebook.
- DirectorPeter VlemmixStarsPeter VlemmixInez WeskiBrenno de WinterControl on our daily lives increases and privacy is disappearing. How is this exactly happening and in which way will it effect all our lives?Good documentary on societys illegal surveillance, and how they gather information on us all.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.Amazing film with a well old story from modern Iran, where we see changings protagonists along the film, amking it difficult to decide who is the ones having the best arguments in their conflicts.
Won Oscar for best foreign film. A stunner in drama film making.