C. Scott Combs» idiosyncratic thesis that death in cinema has always depended on registration, either diegetic or non-diegetic, is clearly stated, and allows him to conduct rich
textual analyses of a wide range of mainstream films,
including Electrocuting an Elephant (Thomas Edison, 1903), The Country Doctor (D.W. Griffith, 1909), The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, 1927), Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950), Steel Magnolias (Herbert Ross, 1989), and The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999).
A challenging comprehension and
textual analysis worksheet for pupils in Y8 and Y9, focusing on Peru as a case study but targeting topics
including tourism, development, indicators and graph - drawing.