TASK 1

• what English settings the film has shown

The film has shown the following settings: the British Museum Ash's house, London Library, Maud's house, Lincolnshire (Sir George Bailey's house, LaMotte's grave), Lincoln University, Yorkshire, Hodershall (cemetery).

• what important institutions the naïve reader comes across

The role of academy is a central one: the naive reader comes across literary institutions like libraries, centres of research, British Museum, Academies.

• how the role of academy comes into play

The role of academy comes into play through character's study of books, documents and letters

• how documents and letters come to the forefront

Documents and letters come to the forefront because they are the bases from which the story develops. Roland comes across two drafts of a letter that Ash had sent to La Motte, but all the other documents and letters found are the consequence of an incessant research.

• how Victorian and modern London are presented (what does the director focus his camera on)

Victorian and modern London are presented through setting: the director focuses his camera on the rooms where the most important events took place, houses, streets and vehicles.

There are different ideas of possession: physical love, mental love, will to keep precious letters and documents.

• how literary erudition is shown in the film (dialogue exchanges, pictures, audio, music, other)

Literary erudition is shown in the film through deep dialogues and through some texts.

• how the characterizations of the four protagonists are created

The characterizations of the four protagonists are created through their thoughts actions, movements, expressions and decisions

• how the director shows the bond developing between Maud and Roland

The director shows the bond between Maud and Roland parallel to the love story between Ash and LaMotte.

• how the juxtaposition of present and past is developed (montage, close-up, long shot, two shot, point of view shot , medium shot, flashback, flash forward, panoramic effects, other)

The juxtaposition of present and past is developed through montage (alternative sequences), flashback and  panoramic effects. In some scenes the director keeps fixed the landscape changing the Victorian lovers with the modern ones.