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Essentially British?: Stonehenge, Panorama of the Ancient Druidical Remains (1900)
 
Focus Questions

These questions can be used to focus students' thinking while watching the film and/or to develop their understanding of film language.

CAMERA

  • How would you describe the movement of the camera?
  • Why do you think this film is made up of a two shots only?

CHARACTERS AND PEOPLE

  • Who do you see as the camera pans past and how are the two shots different?
  • Why do you think the filmmaker included the policeman and the lady in the panorama?

NARRATIVE

  • This panorama doesn't tell any sort of story. Why might this panorama have been filmed?

SETTING

  • Can you identify the setting?
  • Why do you think the Stonehenge was the chosen setting for this panorama?
  • People would have paid to see films like this at local fairs or music halls. What does this suggest about people's interests at the turn of the century?

EDITING

  • You will be used to seeing films that use complicated editing techniques. Why is there no editing in this film?