Textual Analysis: Ready Player One Research

Ready Player One Research


In today's lesson we are preparing to watch the film Ready Player One.

TASK: Complete the following research and write down the answers in your exercise books.

1. When was Ready Player One released?
2. What was the budget for the film?
3. Who directed it?
4. Write down at least five names of cast members and the characters they played.
5. Briefly summarise the film's plot. What happens?
6. Explain who you think the target audience is.
7. How much money did the film make at the UK Box Office?
8. Where does the term 'Easter Egg' come from?
9. What is intertextuality?
10. What was the production company called who made it?

EXTENSION: Watch trailers of the film on YouTube and write down what is similar and different in each of them? Explain how they appeal to the target audience.

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