Working with a Film: Suffragette

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1 Working with Film: Suffrgtt Aoring to th sujt urriulum for this ours, stunts r to ommnt on n isuss soil stuis issus in English-spking ountris. Suffrgtt is film from Grt Britin tht xmins th srious issu of th struggl for womn s voting rights n from rly in th twntith ntury. Th film n rnt or ought hr. Sn from th film Bfor viwing Choos on of th ountris in th timlin low n r up on th struggl for womn s right to vot thr. Prsnt th informtion you fin to your lss.

2 1 GETTING STARTED Whn w tlk out how film pturs th viwr s ttntion, w oftn rfr to th 5 w s. Tht is, how sussfully th film stlishs who, wht, whr, whn n why. Th why rfrs to th ovrll thm of th film; th othr four rfr to proviing th nssry informtion tht will hlp you vlop intrst in th story n hrtrs. Wth th first tn minuts n hlf minuts of th film n stlish how w lrn out th: Who Wht Whr Whn f g Disuss in groups. Hs th opning of th film n sussful in stlishing th four w s ov? Hs th film ptur your ttntion? Wht is th fft of th voi-ovr of ml politiin vois whil th womn toil in hr lour? Wht is th fft of stting th historil sn y putting writtn sttmnts out th sitution on th srn? Th voi-ovr souns lik th vois of ml Mmrs of Prlimnt spking in th hmr. Summris th rgumnts thy giv for not llowing womn th vot. From your prsptiv in th twnty-first ntury, how vli o ths rgumnts ppr to now? Wht is your opinion of th min hrtr, Mu Wtts, ftr wthing th opning minuts? How o you think Mu Wtt s hrtr will vlop from hr? Wht is th moo of this opning squn, n how is this stlish through us of lighting, olour, musi n stting? Now wth th rst of th film n work with th tsks low.

3 2 GENERAL IMPRESSION Di th movi vlop s you thought it woul? Who is th hro in th film? Is thr mor thn on? Wht o you fl out th ning of th film? Whih of th sttmnts low o you think st sri th film? Th film is out th fil mrrig of Sonny n Mu. Th film is out rlling ginst th sttus quo whn hng is n. Th film is out th it fforts of Insptor Arthur St to prott th lws of th ountry. Th film is out th hroism of Emmlin Pnkhurst. Th film tlls th story of Mu Wtts n th srifis sh mks for th suffrgist us. Th film is out th tough rsistn womn f whn fighting for si from n th right to vot. 3 UNDERSTANDING THE FILM: THE WHAT Answr th qustions low out th film. f g h Wht hppns whn Mu is to livr th pkg in th Wst En? Mrs Millr (Violt) sys to Mu: If you wnt m to rspt th lw, thn mk th lw rsptl. Wht is sh rfrring to hr? Wht os Mu o with hr wgs? Mrs Ellyn sys: It s s not wors tht will gt us th vot. Who is sh quoting n wht os this suggst out th witnss sttmnts to prsnt for Lloy Gorg? Wht tion r th uthoritis plnning to tk ginst th Suffrgtt movmnt? Wht is hppning to young girls in th lunry, s xmplifi y wht Mggi nurs? Whn Mu sys tht Mggi rmins hr of wht it ws lik whn sh ws Mggi s g, wht is sh implying? Wht os Sonny fr oul hppn if Mu gts too involv with th Suffrgtt movmnt?

4 i j k l m n o p q r Who is Ali Hughton? Wht os hr husn sy to hr s h ils hr out of prison? Dos h gr to il out th othr womn? How r th womn trt in prison? Is Sonny onrn for Mu whn sh oms hom from prison? Wht os Mu offr to o? Wth th squn with th sph y Emmlin Pnkhurst (from pprox minuts). Summris hr sph. Do you fin it uplifting? Wht o you think is th most imprssiv prt of hr sph? Wht hppns to Mu s hil? Wht os insptor St offr Mu, n wht is Mu s rspons? Wht o th prison uthoritis o to Mu whn sh is on hungr strik? Wht hppns t th hors r with th King in ttnn? Wht is th puli rtion to th vnt t th hors r, n wht i this mn for th Suffrgtt movmnt? Wht os Mu o for Mggi? 4 TALKING: THE WHY This is film with lr politil mssg. Dos it su in giving n ojtiv pitur of th sitution, or o you fl tht th story is too on-si? In rnt yrs thr hs n onrn out rollks on womn s rights, not lst u to n Amrin rsint who hs m rogtory ommnts out womn. On th othr hn, thr hv n movmnts lik #MToo tht hv xpos us of womn, oftn y puli figurs. Disuss this film s soil ritiism. How fftiv is it in mking us wr of womn s rights t tim whn womn s issus r oftn isuss in th mi? Is it importnt to rmmr th history hin struggl tht mny lim hs n won? Explin your nswr. Mny qustion whthr th rl Emily Wiling Dvison intn to srifi hr lif for th us. It hs n point out tht sh h vry lr plns for th ys following th vnt. How os th film portry hr ision n why o you think th irtor m th hoi to pit Emily in this wy?

5 Disuss th rol of th Insptor in th film. Wht os his rol rvl out th uthoritis? Th h of th Suffrgtt movmnt ws Emmlin Pnkhurst. Why o you think w s so littl of hr in film out movmnt sh l? 5 ANALYSING CHARACTERS THE WHO Disuss Mu s hrtr n th srifis sh mks. How woul you jug hr from th point of viw of 1912, n how o you jug hr toy? Wht o you think out Sonny? Cn you unrstn his tions? Writ on or two prgrphs in whih Sonny sris Mu, n thn writ on or two prgrphs in whih Mu sris Sonny Disuss th rols of Violt n Mggi Millr. Choos on of ths sonry hrtrs n sri his or hr funtion in th film: Eith Ellyn, Hugh Ellyn, Ali Hughton, Bnit Hughton, Miss Withrs, Dvi Lloy Gorg. 6 ANALYSING FILM TECHNIQUES: SETTING THE WHERE AND WHEN Wht is th fft of th pition of womn t work? Dsri Mu s hom. Wht os this sy out hr lif? At on point, Mu puss to look rmily t th isplys of xpnsiv prouts, things sh oviously nnot ffor vn though sh works hr. Wht is th fft of linking hr rmy winow-shopping with th sun strt violn us y th Suffrgtts throwing roks t th winows? 7 ANALYSING STORY-TELLING AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS Som of th hrtrs in th film pit rl popl, for xmpl Emmlin Pnkhurst, Emily Wiling Dvison, th Hughtons n Lloy Gorg. Othr hrtrs r fitionl, for xmpl Mu, Sonny, Violt Millr n Eith Ellyn. W n prhps ll thm omposit hrtrs who rprsnt th untol storis of working-lss womn. Wht is th fft of mixing rl popl with fitionl hrtrs? Do you onsir this lgitimt pproh, or is mixing fition n ft form of mnipultion?

6 Wht is th fft of showing uthnti historil film footg from th funrl of Emily Wiling Dvison? Wth th squn gin whr w r introu to Emmlin Pnkhurst (40.45 to 45.30) Disuss th inmti thniqus us in this squn. This inlus mr ngls n th us of hn-hl mr, how th row sns r prsnt, th utting from sn to sn, inluing th poli prpring to rk up th mting, th us of lighting n th musi. How is ll this us to uil up tnsion? Disuss th fft of this squn n whthr it s to th ppl of Emmlin Pnkhurst. 8 WRITING Choos on tsk: Writ hrtr nlysis of Mu. Rmmr, this shoul not summry of wht sh os in th film ( rtlling of vnts). Inst, you shoul isuss th hois n srifis sh mks n how sh rspons to th vnts roun hr. Look t how hr hrtr is onstrut to nhn th mssg of th film. With this film s your strting point, writ txt out th importn of lrning out th history of th Suffrgtt movmnt. R th xtrts from film rviws low. Us thm s strting point for you own rviw of Suffrgtt, in whih you stt your own opinion out th vlu of th film n whthr it hs su in oth ntrtining n proviing politil mssg. Using Mu story s your point of prtur, writ txt out how hr it is to mk stn ginst th sttus quo in soity. You my wnt to inlu othr xmpls of popl who stoo up for humn rights in your txt. Extrts from rviws: (1) Hollywoo historin Gorg F. Custn on sri historil rms s Frnknstin s monstr th rsurrt with th i of frshr flsh. As Suffrgtt pros soity s prjuis, it is not hr to s mirrors to th morn r vryy sxism, prjui n lssiism, gnr xpttions, politil litism, vn poli misonut n protstr mistrtmnt. Fminist is still irty wor for mny, s suffrgtt on ws. Soff s w

7 might, in hunr yrs tim w my sujt to n unflttring pition s Asquith, Lloy Gorg n thir ontmporris r hr. Suffrgtt s willingnss to onfront ths is with looy vigour lvts it ov Jnury s oy Tstmnt Of Youth. But will it rw row? Ar unompromising viws worth it if fwr popl om to s wht you hv to sy? As n intns n hrtflt film, for Suffrgtt s sk, I hop so. Th story of th British suffrgtts, who rsort to militnt tion in thir mpign for womn to gt th vot, hs n prtiulrly wll oumnt from th point of viw of th rtiult uppr n mil-lss womn involv, suh s Emmlin Pnkhurst, ply hr in n fftiv mo y Mryl Strp. Mny working-lss womn howvr wr lso involv in th struggl n Morgn n Gvron hv tkn s thir ntrl hrtr omposit, fitionl working lss hroin, Mu (Mullign), wif n mothr, struggling to mk living in th hrsh nvironmnt of n Est En lunry. Mu is rwn into th movmnt y hr workmt Violt (Ann-Mri Duff). Although t first rlutnt, Mu grully oms to liv tht without th vot th livs of hr n womn lik hr will nvr improv. Th film is prtiulrly fftiv in its rrtion of th prio. Th hors rwn uss of 1912 Oxfor Strt, th horrnous onitions in th lunry run y ullying n sxully usiv oss (Goff Bll) n th gloomy Est En tnmnt loks. An it tlls its story through wll rwn n onvining hrtrs, who r muh mor thn mr mouthpis for thir us.