CHILDHOOD AND MATURITY

Study Plan

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Stand by Me - Rob Reiner, USA, 1986
My Life as a Dog - Lasse Hallstrom, Sweden, 1985
The 400 Blows - Francois Truffaut, France, 1959
Whistle Down the Wind - Bryan Forbes, UK, 1961

Essential Organising Question 1:
Plot, Setting and Relationships
How do children see things, how do adults see things?

• Knowledge and Innocence
• Friends of Foes
• Youth and Age
• Heroes and Villains

Essential Organising Question 2:
Character Study
How do events shape the child’s personality and vice versa?

Essential organising question 3:
Dramatic Analysis
How is growing up portrayed in film?

Comparing the way in which childhood experiences are
presented in their cultural and thematic contexts