This event deals with What Richard Did, one of the most acclaimed films of 2013 in the UK. The film has an accessible theme and content – teen rivalries and peer group relationships – but also an interesting approach via narrative development and representation strategies, especially in terms of how much the audience needs to be told about characters. Further, it asks questions about personal morality. What would you do in Richard’s position? Analysis of the film will focus on the key concepts of Narrative, Genre and Representation. It will be suitable for A2 students of Film & Media consolidating their understanding of Key Concepts.
This session will be led by Roy Stafford, Freelance Film Educator.
Screening: What Richard Did (15)
Dir Lenny Abrahamson / Ireland 2012 / 87 mins / Jack Reynor, Róisín Murphy, Sam Keeley, Lars Mikkelsen
Richard is a charming and talented young man – a golden-boy athlete, undisputed leader of his privileged South Dublin friendship group – living his teenage years with a world full of endless optimistic possibilities ahead. During the long, easy summer days before university, Richard meets Lara, a friend of a friend who offers him the mature relationship that he’s yearning for. But his good sense soon slips and a mindless moment of violence pushes him to the edge of reason, devastating the lives of the people closest to him. Can Richard save his world from crumbling around him and emerge unscathed?