LEAVING CERTIFICATE FILM LECTURES IN THE CLASSROOM
Lecturer:            Brian Desmond, B.A., M.A.
This guest lecture is designed to provide students with a concise and focused master-class in the film they are studying for their Leaving Certificate.  The lecture will provide a framework, through which the students can read and critically interrogate the film they are studying.   The following points will be covered during the lecture:

• LC FILMS – MY LEFT FOOT, TWELVE ANGRY MEN, WITNESS, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, IL POSTINO & THE TRUMAN SHOW
• The significant themes explored in the film. 
• The film in the context of cinematic genre and the global film industry. 
• The environment and ecology of the film (cultural context). 
• The director and the director’s vision. 
• The style and techniques used in the film, and the aesthetic choices made by the director.