Year 7A – Wed. 17 June
Year 7B – Thurs. 18 June
Follow the order in which I give you instructions:
Year 7, this is your last History lesson of this academic year! So, here is what I would like you to do today:
1.
To conclude the tasks based on the film about William Thatcher (or Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein), read the information below:
Eight Things you did not know about this film:
1. The entire film was shot in Prague, Czech Republic.
2. The film includes a great deal of jousting footage. The initial scene of the two knights jousting is actually footage of William’s stunt double in an accident. During filming of a later scene in the film, the lance of the stunt double’s opponent moved off target and hit him in the head. The double fell to the ground unconscious. In another incident, William knocked out one of the director’s front teeth with a broomstick when the two were demonstrating a jousting move. It took several months for the director’s mouth to heal enough to repair the damage.
3. Plenty of effort was expended creating lances that would convincingly explode upon impact without injuring the stunt riders. The body of each lance was scored so it would break easily, and the tips were made of balsa wood. Each was also hollowed out, with the holes filled with balsa splinters and uncooked linguine. Jousting armour was made by using a unique sprayed polyurethane system that was first invented for the film Gladiator. Onscreen, it is almost impossible to distinguish between the polyurethane stunt armour and steel armour. William’s armour was originally made in steel along with three polyurethane stunt replicas.
4. According to the director the film was intended to have occurred sometime in the 1370s during a six-month period in which Chaucer had apparently gone missing. The film shows what he might have done during this time, which then later on “inspired Chaucer to write his Canterbury Tales”. (The first Canterbury tale is called “The Knight’s Tale”.)
5. The scene in which the lady Jocelyn asks William to lose a joust to prove his love and then reverses her proposal for him to suddenly win, is also a direct reference to the classic tale of Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, in which Queen Guinevere asks Lancelot to do the same during a tournament.
6. The film, which notionally took place during the Middle Ages, is notable for its deliberate use of classic rock songs in its soundtrack!
7. Despite the mixed critical reception, the film won four cinematic awards!
8. Heath Ledger played the part of William. Sadly, Heath Ledger died 7 years after the film was made.
2.
Complete the survey / quiz, in Materials in Schoology, called “End of Year Review”… Do this to the best of your ability – I value your input! (Please take note: the first question, a “vocabulary” test, is “timed”…!) All the questions must be completed NOW during lesson time! It MUST be submitted before the end of this lesson!
IMPORTANT: If, for some reason, you have any problem with the survey, let me know immediately in Hangouts, so that I can sort it out.
3.
Read these Memorable quotes from the film and decide which one you like the most: (You do not have to answer this – it is just something to think about…)
“Love should end with hope”
(Kate)
“If he believes enough, a man can do anything!”
(William’s father)
“Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough”
(Prince Edward)
“Better a silly girl with a flower than a silly boy with a horse and a stick”
(Jocelyn)
“I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity”
(Chaucer)
4.
Finally, I have chosen a short film by one of the best silent movie makers ever. His name is Buster Keaton and he was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. Keaton is best known for his silent films (of the 1920’s), in which his trademark was physical comedy. So, let’s end off the Year 7 History course by seeing what films were like exactly 100 years ago!
MOVIE TIME!
This is what movies were like in the 1920’s!
Buster Keaton – Neighbors, 1920. (17:44 minutes long)
5.
Finally, in case you have not realized, you can access your marks if you click on “Grades” (on the menu on the left in the Schoology History course).
6.
Send me a private message on Schoology (use the same mail-thread that we have been using previously!) to confirm that you have completed the tasks as instructed today. And have a lovely summer holiday!
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