HW 47: Film Ideas

1-Challenging the "leader" of the class: In each of these movies the class has a leader of some sort and for the super-teacher to gain their respect they must first gain the respect of their leader by beating them at their own game, understanding where they come from and why they act the way they do, or showing them the respect that no one else in their lives have shown them.

2-Using visuals and metaphors that the students can understand: the kids in these movies will have a hard, in our film we could connect the subject to the students life. As a parody this could be relating math to drug dealing and drive-by shootings or if we do a serious movie this could involve using simple physical objects to illustrate an abstract concept, much like the apples used in "Stand and Deliver".

3-Teaching non-traditional subjects or ideas: In "Dangerous Minds" the teacher taught her students karate and in "To Sir, with Love" Sidney Poitier taught his students cooking and many different subjects that aren't traditionally taught in core classes. In our movie we have to have some sort of subject like this to show that the teacher wants their students to survive or enjoy life. The teacher needs to give their students practical skills outside of the core classes

4-Going against curriculum: The teacher needs to reject some sort of standardized text book or a certain way of teaching to show that they have more faith in their students than the school board does, showing the teachers ability to see potential in their students.

5-A rival Honors class: Having the teacher make their students smarter than the honors class will show how great they are, that they can take ghetto ignorant kids and make them smarter than the rich intelligent kids. The honors class must have an average teacher to show that the students are easily manageable by comparison and to show that the main teacher is above average.

6-A test/performance: To truly show that the kids have learned they have to take some big scary test to show how much they've learned. This can literally be a test that they take that every one thinks they're too stupid for or participate in a science fair, play, art exhibition, whatever. As long as everyone doubts the students whatever test they take will work. Weather or not they pass or fail depends on how realistic the movie is going to be, failure might be a good idea for a parody.

7-Teacher Sub-plot: We need to see what the teacher is like outside the classroom, in serious movies the teacher still thinks about their students showing that they care about them and sincerely want to make a difference in their lives. A funny idea for a parody might be to have the teacher completely forget about what happens at school and live a completely separate life showing they don't care about their students.

8-Field Trip: This shows the students the outside world and their possible future, this shows the kids that they can leave their homes and go somewhere better. In serious movies this will show the students possible careers they could have if they go to an office building or science lab, in a parody the teacher might take their students to a meth lab or jail to show them their possible future. Or the teacher would take them to those places to discourage that future and educate them about how horrible those places are, tone is a major factor in deciding how those places are viewed