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Classroom Resources
The resources below have been developed to support the publication New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History and the associated DVD material. While these units have been written primarily for Media Studies' students, they can also be used to support English and History students.
These resources follow the chronological development of a film culture in New Zealand, from humble beginnings in 1895. With summarised chapters, and heaps of downloadable resources for the classroom, you will be well enough informed to become a critic! Students are introduced to rarely seen footage and associated ephemera from the Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's Jonathan Dennis Library. They are asked to close read these resources and to begin to put the examples into historical and social contexts.
Introduction
Introduction to New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History
Chapter One
The Magic of Moving Pictures: Filmmaking 1895 – 1918
Chapter Two
The Rise of Fiction: Between the Wars
Chapter Three
Non-Fiction Films: Between the Wars
Chapter Four
Political and Alternative Filmmaking: 1940 to 1950
Chapter Five
From Holland to Holyoake: Film in the 1950s and 1960s
Chapter Six
Waking from a Fretful Sleep: Film in the 1970s
Chapter Seven
Boom Times: The Early 1980s
Chapter Eight
After the Boom: The Second Half of the 1980s
Chapter Nine
New Currents in the Mainstream: The 1990s
Chapter Ten
The 'Jackson Effect': The Late 1990s to 2005
Chapter Eleven
Into the Blue: Filmmaking in the Early 21st Century.