Now let’s consider (again?) the importance of a film’s context to its overall effect. What is meant by “context”\ufffd? If a film was watched out of context (however you define it), do you think its meaning would be lost? So, first, select a movie you are familiar with and identify its context. For example, think of a children’s or adult movie you saw as a child (something perhaps like The Wizard of Oz) or some inane teenage flick you saw as an adolescent (e.g., Bevis and Butthead or Scary Movie IV or that one about high-school girls making another girl’s dating life miserable). What if anything did that movie have to say then, and what if anything does it say now? And what if anything did you and your contemporaries “hear”\ufffd then, versus what if anything would viewers of that age group hear now? And what tools would you use to (re)place it in the proper context?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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