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EXPLORABLE NARRATIVE SCHEMATIC Our Schematic is as tall 8 Yellow Vans Stacked up EXPLORABLE NARRATIVE SCHEMATIC Yellow- Primary Characters Other Colours- Secondary and Tertiary Characters Teal - Main Plot points in the overall Narrative Horizontal Lines between Characters - Interaction between characters Horizontal Lines between Characters and a Teal Box - Event that affected the main narrative Comparing the Film to The Hero’s Journey Character development and Archetypes The music Frederik Chopin Franz Schubert Alfred Cortot A challenge to “Psycho” Use of colour and light Weather as technique The Residents of Gloucester Crescent “There was a gap between our social position and our social obligations. It was in this gap that Miss Shepherd (in her van) was able to live.” Talk about the neighbours, the type of people they are. Middle class, flaunt their mediocre achievements/ their children’s achievements. They patronise Ms Shepherd. Their real life counterparts pitched in to bring the lady in the van to the big screen. “liberal artsy types of the newly-gentrified neighbourhood”. “liberal, slightly guilty intellectuals.” “One very real benefit in the film is the communal humour that comes from the other street-dwellers of a pocket of London whose ostensible liberalism is tested by having this smelly old termagant in their midst.” The Lady in the Van Mary Shepherd/ Margaret Fairchild “One seldom was able to do her a good turn without some thoughts of strangulation.” Alan Bennett Writer/Concerned Neighbour “There was one bit of me (often irritated and resentful) that had to deal with this unwelcome guest camped literally on my doorstep, but there was another bit of me that was amused by how cross this eccentric lodger made me and that took pleasure in Miss Shepherd’s absurdities and her outrageous demands.” Character arc, main traits, motivation, his position in society, how his mother sees him, as opposed to how Miss Shepherd sees him, how his neighbours see him. They are all aspects of his personality What did Miss Shepherd teach you about the act of caring? “"It's about s - - -," because it's about cleaning up after people. And there was a lot of cleaning up to do over Ms. Shepherd.” Conclusion of the film. Implicit/explicit meaning, maybe some film critic reviews? “And then as you get older it just ceases to matter.” ARTEFACT IDEAS ● Front of The Van ● Old Coat ● 3D Pop up Book ● Council Blue Plaque ● Hand Brake ● nEwspaper Article Final Artefact Idea Final arTEFACT iDEA Alan-Have you put on the Handbrake Miss s-I am about to do so Alan-Where upon she applies the handbrake with such determination that like Excalibur it can never afterwards be released. uSE OF ExcalibuR iMAGERY The Big Reveal Demonstration of artefact explain the meaning behind what we have inc Explanation and Conclusion Bibliography ● Macbirmingham.co.uk. (2017). The Lady In The Van | mac birmingham. [online] Available at: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/the-lady-in-the-van [Accessed 28 Feb. 2017]. ● Thefilmexperience.net. (2017). The Furniture: The Lady with the Van Paints a Crime Scene Into a Home - Blog - The Film Experience. [online] Available at: http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2016/4/25/the-furniture-the-lady-with-the-van-paints-a-crime-scene-int.html [Accessed 28 Feb. 2017]. ● NPR.org. (2017). For 15 Years, The Real 'Lady In The Van' Lived In This Playwright's Driveway. [online] Available at: http://www.npr.org/2015/12/12/459212329/for-15-years-the-real-lady-in-the-van-lived-in-this-playwrights-driveway [Accessed 28 Feb. 2017]. ● Higgins, C. (2017). Alan Bennett: ‘I didn’t see the point of coming out'. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/31/alan-bennett-lady-in-the-van-film-interview [Accessed 28 Feb. 2017]. ● Bennett, A. (no date) Available at: https://proscenium.org.uk/productions/assets/0283-lady-in-the-van/programme.pdf (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● Calkin, J. (2016) Maggie Smith on the real lady in the van: ‘Nobody will ever understand why she ended up like that’. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/maggie-smith-real-lady-van-nobody-will-ever-understand-ended/ (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● Credit, Paddison, T. and Shutterstock, R. (2015) Alan Bennett: The playwright and the bag lady. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-lady-in-the-van/alan-bennett-hay-interview/ (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● Higgins, C. (2017) Alan Bennett: ’I didn‘t see the point of coming out’. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/31/alan-bennett-lady-in-the-van-film-interview (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● McDowall, C. (2016) ‘The lady in the van – Dowager Duchess to delightfully Dotty’, 28 February. Available at: http://www.thecultureconcept.com/the-lady-in-the-van-dowager-duchess-to-delightfully-dotty (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● Schweiger, D. (2017) Interview with George Fenton: Film music magazine. Available at: http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=15606 (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● Shoji, K. (2016) ‘The lady in the van’: Getting old can sometimes cause a stink | the Japan times. Available at: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/12/07/films/film-reviews/lady-van-getting-can-sometimes-cause-stink/#.WLBIs_mLS01 (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● Weiland, K.M. and KMWeiland (2014) How to write a flat character arc, Pt. 3: The Third act. Available at: http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/flat-character-arc-3/ (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● Sketches and Animations by Glenn O’Neill www.glennloneill.wordpress.com ● & Annotations ● Bennett, A. (no date) Available at: https://proscenium.org.uk/productions/assets/0283-lady-in-the-van/programme.pdf (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● (Bennett, no date) ● Calkin, J. (2016) Maggie Smith on the real lady in the van: ‘Nobody will ever understand why she ended up like that’. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/maggie-smith-real-lady-van-nobody-will-ever-understand-ended/ (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● (Calkin, 2016) ● Credit, Paddison, T. and Shutterstock, R. (2015) Alan Bennett: The playwright and the bag lady. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-lady-in-the-van/alan-bennett-hay-interview/ (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● (Credit, Paddison, and Shutterstock, 2015) ● Higgins, C. (2017) Alan Bennett: ’I didn‘t see the point of coming out’. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/31/alan-bennett-lady-in-the-van-film-interview (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● (Higgins, 2017) ● McDowall, C. (2016) ‘The lady in the van – Dowager Duchess to delightfully Dotty’, 28 February. Available at: http://www.thecultureconcept.com/the-lady-in-the-van-dowager-duchess-to-delightfully-dotty (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● (McDowall, 2016) ● Schweiger, D. (2017) Interview with George Fenton: Film music magazine. Available at: http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=15606 (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● (Schweiger, 2017) ● Shoji, K. (2016) ‘The lady in the van’: Getting old can sometimes cause a stink | the Japan times. Available at: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/12/07/films/film-reviews/lady-van-getting-can-sometimes-cause-stink/#.WLBIs_mLS01 (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● (Shoji, 2016) ● Weiland, K.M. and KMWeiland (2014) How to write a flat character arc, Pt. 3: The Third act. Available at: http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/flat-character-arc-3/ (Accessed: 28 February 2017). ● (Weiland and KMWeiland, 2014).