This document provides guidance for a film study of the movie "City of Ember". It outlines the learning focus, success criteria, key vocabulary, and activities. The learning focus is on identifying the protagonists (Lina and Doon) and themes (will to live, utopia vs dystopia, survival, oppression) in the film. Students will analyze the characters, discuss events and themes in groups, and identify the overarching theme of the movie.

1. 3 Film Study
City of Ember

2. Learning Focus
Learning Intention
 To identify the
protagonists and
themes in City of
Ember (the will to
live, uptopia v's
dystopia, survival,
oppression)
Success Criteria
 I can define what a
protagonist is and
name the protagonists
in City of Ember.
 I can list the themes in
the film.
 I can discuss the
themes giving
examples from the
movie.

3. Key Vocabulary
 themes
 protagonists
 narrative
 characters
 setting
 Plot

4. GKR
 Character
(protagonist)
analysis.
 Research the
definition of
protagonist.
 Create character
profiles for Lina and
Doon.
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?

5. Group discussion
Discuss the roles of Lina and Doon and their
impact on the story line.
Create a profile for both Lina and Doon.

6. Movie events
 In small groups, brainstorm all of the
events in the movie, including what you
know about Lina and Doon.
 Once you have a list of 10 or more events,
prioritise the events in order of
importance/impact on the plot.
 Summarise the events in a paragraph.

7. Themes
 Share and discuss summaries.
 Now, sum up each summary in one word
– the overarching theme
 Now we are going to create a class
display of the themes.

8. Review
 A protagonist is ...
 The main theme of
City of Ember is ...
 The learning
actions I used
today were ...