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This pack contains a 21 page PowerPoint presentation and a 14-page student booklet.

This lesson has been designed to help students understand the ideological messaging of La La Land, (feminist perspectives), foster debate amongst students, and link to how these elements of the film generate a variety of responses.

The lesson covers:

• Introduction to previous exam questions - students reflection on the questions

• Explain the ‘ideological approach’ and present alternative ideological approaches to feminism that students could use to analyse the film.

• Summary of mainstream American cinema’s historic approach to gender representation

• Task: list the ways LLL could be seen to reinforce patriarchal ideologies

• Analysis of Mia as a ‘passive’ character - analysis of the live performance scenes

• Feminist critique of the film (negative / response 1)

• ACTIVE / PASSIVE responses

• Re-assess the scenes and try to form a more positive, less critical feminist perspective (all perspectives are supported with academic/external sources)

• Discuss how to approach the feminist critique of the film / how to generate alternative responses to the film

• Re-cap - the Male Gaze

  • How can we apply Male Gaze to Mia?
    • Approach to camera, representation of Mia - evaluated and variety of responses discussed.

• The Epilogue - detailed analysis of the final montage (Mia’s dream)

• Evaluate the scene from multiple feminist perspectives

• Students to demonstrate how multiple readings/responses can be taken from the ending:

  • Promotion of patriarchal ideologies via representation of the nuclear family, or a promotion of strong, independent and active women? - both perspectives are explored, students are left to determine which reading they align with.

Assessment included.

There are several ‘real-life’ responses to film, as well as multiple feminist perspectives contained and addressed within the lesson.