BRIT FILMS #7 – Accompanying material for media education THE SECRET OF KELLS Ireland, France, Belgium 2009, 79 min. German certification: minimum age 6 recommended for 10 years and older Director omm !oore "cri#t Fa$rice %iol&o'ski (rt director )oss "te'art *diting Fa$ienne (lvare,-Giro !usic Bruno .oulais #$at THE SE RET !F "ELLS i% a&out Ireland in t/e 9t/ century: fearing t/e imminent attac& of t/e 0i&ings, ($$ot .ellac/ decides to $uild a /igh 'all around t/e a$$ey to #rotect it. 1is ne#/e' Brendan, on t/e ot/er /and, is far more interested in t/e #recious $oo& 'it/ t/e golden co+er '/ic/ Brot/er (idan, fleeing from "cotland, /as $rought 'it/ /im. Brendan is fascinated $y t/e 'onderful dra'ings 'it/ '/ic/ (idan turns e+ery #age of t/e $oo& into a 'ork of art 2 and /e is e+en more delighted '/en t/e old a$$ot asks /im for /elp, and introduces /im to t/e secrets of $oo& illumination. 3/en Brendan lea+es t/e safety of t/e a$$ey for t/e first time in /is life 2 'it/out t/e &no'ledge of /is uncle 2 to searc/ for $erries to ma&e in& for t/e illuminations, /e meets t/e mysterious 'oodland fairy (isling. /e $oy 'ill need /er /elp again later on. For a special crystal is needed to complete t/e illustrations of t/e $oo&, '/ic/ is su##osed to $ring /o#e to /umans. (nd t/at crystal is t/e eye of t/e .rom .ruac/, a creature t/at /ides in a ca+e in t/e forest. In t/is outstanding animated film, omm !oore lin&s t/e story of a $oy learning to stand on /is o'n t'o feet and disco+ering /is talent 'it/ Irish /istory and myt/ology and t/e genesis of t/e Boo& of 4ells. 1e $rings to life t/e medie+al art of $oo& illumination $y telling of its #o'er and at t/e same time cle+erly imitating its features in /is images. /e follo'ing 'orksheets focus on • references to /istorical e+ents and Irish myt/ology • t/e relationshi# $et'een ($$ot .ellac/ and Brendan • t/e significance t/at t/e Boo& of 4ells /as for t/e c/aracters • t/e 'ay t/e film incorporates ty#ical .eltic &not #atterns in its images, and t/e images of t/e film $ecome artistic ornaments t/emselves, imitating t/e Boo& of 4ells 'u&li%hing information 5u$lisher: (ut/or: (G Kino – Gilde deutsc/er Filmkunstt/eater "tefan Stiletto )an&estra6e 31 stiletto9filme-sc/oener-se/en.de 10789 Berlin 5/oto credits: :es Armateurs/0i+i Film;.artoon Saloon; France2.inema< O#timum Home >(ll t/e stills are from t/e D0D T1E S*.)* OF K*::", released in Great Britain by Optimum Home. T/ey ser+e as image quotations, to ena$le study of t/e film’s content, and not as illustrations.) 1 History and location% Brendan@s c/aracter is an in+ention of t/e film. /e Boo& of 4ells, /o'e+er, actually exists: it 'as #ro$a$ly in t/e 9t/ century t/at mon&s on t/e "cottish island of Iona $egan to co#y and ela$orately illustrate t/e four Gospels. 3/at /istorical e+ents of t/e #eriod do you learn a$out in 1* "*.)* =F 4*::"C DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD But numerous myt/ical creatures also a##ear in 1* "*.)* =F 4*::". 3/at do you learn in t/e film a$out t/e follo'ing creatures from Irish myt/ologyC DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD (isling DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD >Gaelic: dream, +isionA DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD .rom .ruac/ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 5angur BEn DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :oo& for more information a$out t/ese figures on t/e Internet 2 e.g. on t/e *nglish-language Wi&i#edia #ages at /tt#:/;en.'i&i#edia.org :oo& for t'o important locations of t/e film on a ma#: t/e island of Iona in "cotland and t/e ($$ey of 4ells in Ireland. 2 'rotection from t$e Vi)ing% .om#arisons: /o' does ($$ot .ellac/ #lan to #rotect t/e ($$ey from t/e 0i&ings? (nd '/at is Brendan@s #lanC A&&ot ellac$ Brendan DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD * DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD +nusual image% 3/at is 'rong 'it/ t/is #icture? >for example, loo& at t/e arrangement of t/e in& #ots, or t/e #age Brendan is 'riting on.A DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 3/y might t/e director /a+e deli$erately dra'n 'it/ incorrect #ers#ecti+e? >)emember in '/at #eriod t/e film’s story ta&es #lace, and '/at it is a$out.A DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 7 Boo) illumination /e mon&s '/o ela$orately decorated >religious) $oo&s are also referred to as Filluminators”. /e 'ord comes from Latin and means Fto shed lightG or FenlightenG. 3/at do you t/in&: '/at 'as $oo& illumination meant to Fshed lightG onC DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1ere you can see an image from t/e film. In t/e scri#torium of t/e a$$ey, ($$ot (idan is teac/ing Brendan /o' to illuminate $oo&s. >"cri#torium is t/e name gi+en to t/e room in an a$$ey '/ere t/e mon&s used to co#y and illuminate $oo&s. /e name comes from t/e Latin 'ord Fscri$ereG, meaning Fto 'riteG.A 1o' does t/e film sho' /o' Fenlightening” Brendan@s $oo& illumination is? 5ay #articular attention to t/e colours used to #resent t/e scri#torium 'it/in t/e a$$ey, and also t/e night. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Discuss 'it/ t/e class '/at $oo& illumination means to Brendan. Hou should also talk a$out '/at o$stacles Brendan /as to o+ercome on /is #at/ to $ecoming a $oo& illuminator. Become an illuminator yourselfI 3rite your name in ca#itals on a large sheet of #a#er, and decorate t/e indi+idual letters 'it/ delicate #atterns, ma&ing t/e colours as $right as #ossi$le. 5ut toget/er your illuminated names to ma&e a #icture gallery. J !rnaments, pattern% and %$ape% /e follo'ing images come from t/e scene in '/ic/ Brendan lea+es t/e a$$ey for t/e first time, goes into t/e forest, and meets (isling t/ere. 1 2 7 J :oo& especially at t/e $ranc/es of t/e trees and at t/e 'reat/s of mist in t/ese images. .o#y #atterns or sha#es '/ic/ a##ear re#eatedly >for example &not #atterns or spirals). Discuss '/at similarities exist $et'een t/e film 1* "*.)* =F 4*::" and t/e real Boo& of 4ells. > o find #ictures of t/e real Boo& of 4ells on t/e Internet, go to t/e 'e$site of rinity .ollege Du$lin at /tt#:/;digitalcollections.tcd.ie, and enter t/e &ey'ord F&ells” in t/e searc/ field.A K.
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