Activities
In this section students continue to explore the novel and the film of Oliver Twist, examining issues around both texts' context, content and construction. Through various activities, students can look at Dickens' use of opposition and contrast, the marketing of both the book and the film and what to consider in adapting sections of the text for the big screen. Students can put Dickens in the dock and debate whether he really addressed the social problems of the time, or play an interactive comprehension game to save themselves from prison, deportation or worse!
In the clip analysis section, students can follow the link below to watch clips from the film and answer questions about them:
- why were these scenes filmed in this way?
- What impressions of the characters do you get?
- How would you have filmed them differently?
In
addition, they can listen to what the filmmakers have to
say about their work in clips from interviews with director
Roman Polanski and scriptwriter Ronald Harwood.