Video Resources
451 Short Film Analysis
After viewing the short film, was the characterization of Montag, Beatty, Clarisse, and Mildred in alignment to the vision you perceived from Ray Bradbury? Explain in detail and provide textual evident from the novel and anecdotal evidence from the short film.
There are many differences in this trailer of the movie that can be used as a point of compare-contrast to the novel. Pick and choose the scenes as they fit the lesson plan and/or assessment task. When analyzing the similarities and differences between the novel and the movie, pay attention to the following concepts:
- characterization
- setting
- conflict
- the imagery of the novel to the director's representation on film
- the things add to or subtracted from the novel to film interpretation--why were they added or taken away?