The Selfish Giant - Research

Please complete this research in an unformatted (no fancy fonts or layout, but a few pictures could be useful)Word Document. After you have completed this task, please email your research to Michael, who will then take elements from everyone's work to create the ultimate Selfish Giant fact-file.

There is far too much to complete in one lesson, so pick and choose what you find most interesting.

The Selfish Giant

• Actors (profiles, previous films, etc)
• Director (name)
• Budget
• Casting
• Promotion
• Distribution
• Production
• Reviews (quotes)
• Regulation (age certificate, find the report on the BBFC website and quote it)
• Etc

Clio Barnard

• Filmography
• Influences
• Directorial style (short paragraph)
• Quotes
• Future projects

Social realism

• History
• Key films
• Notable directors
• Comparisons with The Selfish Giant

The Selfish Giant (Oscar Wilde, 1888)

• Read the story, hosted on this blog
• What comparisons are there with The Wilde story and Barnard's film?
• Is The Selfish Giant (2013) an adaptation?

Film Four

• History
• Purpose
• Ideologies
• Notable films

BFI

• History
• Purpose
• Ideologies
• Notable films

Moonspun films

• History
• Filmography