Batman Begins

The beginning....

Theory
Arthur Miller's essay "Tragedy and the Common Man" sets the tone for our investigation of the modern tragic hero and his adaptation from his Ancient Greek predecessors.



Film
The Director:  Christopher Nolan

For starters, we investigated Nolan's background and created a graphic organizer with the interesting, off-beat information that we located. Here are some samples.

Following our reading of an Interview with the director,"A Sense of Ending," we used comic book templates to organize the main/supporting details from the interview that were pertinent to our film study.

Storyboards:  What can we learn from these?

Next, we move to the film review itself, as we examine how to write about movies? What elements or aspects of the film do we focus on in our analysis or interpretation? We read Darghis's "Dark Was the Young Knight Battling His Inner Demons."

The Narrative Structure of the Film:  "The Alcott Analysis: Batman Begins"

Harkness Discussion