Captain Fantastic and Ideology

ideology in captain fantastic

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What is the 'American dream'?

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Dominant ideology

Why do we believe certain things and behave the way we do?

The dominant or ruling ideology of society is called ’hegemony’.

These ideologies are held by those ‘in charge’, and they are usually, ‘traditional’, male POV, hetero-normative and white-centric.

How do the ‘ruling classes’ see the world? Or how the world should be?

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After the video, describe the CONSERVATIVE (right wing) hegemonic, dominant ideologies of western/American society of the following areas...

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Parenting

Education

Politics

Gender roles

Religion

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Now consider a more liberal (left wing) ideology of these areas. For example, what is Ben's ideology be about these areas of society?

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Parenting

Education

Politics

Gender roles

Religion

Considering your answers here, what ideology does Ben appear to have rejected?

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Context of ideology

Ideologies are context dependent; a country’s dominant ideology can shift - is this true of your film? captain fantastic was made at a time of ideological change in USA? THis created huge division in left and right wing ideologies

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Task 3 - Does your film uphold these DOMINANT ideological beliefs?

Choose the most relevant answer and write a 200 word statement providing examples from the film to reinforce your opinion

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We established what the american dream is

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personal freedom and prosperity

and we established that this can mean different things depending on your ideological position, particularly a political one.

we considered how ben and jack's ideological position is different on many things due to their left and right wing perspective including...

parenting

religion

education

gender roles

we also considered how the context of when the film was made has possibly influenced the debate as america was going through ideological change in 2015/16 due to the trump/clinton election

this resulted in varied responses as to whether the film subverts mainstream ideas (hegemonic ideologies) or reinforces them

Task 4 - Before moving on to the next task, spend five minutes reading this review of captain fantastic's ideology. Click on the link button.

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For the previous task you probably wanted to say this...

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Task 5: With a partner, answer the questions on the screen in preparation for feeding back.

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You have 10 minutes

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Task 6 - how are these ideologies visualised?

In your pair, you will be given an ideological area (click here) We will consider how these ideologies are visualised from a left wing and right wing persepctive. Pick a scene and select a screen grab that visualises the ideology. Annotate why you think it represents the ideology.

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Task 7

Research into the director's intentions. View the video opposite and then read the article, but search for more info that will help you to answer the questions on the next page.

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Task 7 (cont)

with your partner, answer these bulletpoint questions as a powerpoint. once complete, upload it to your padlet and prepare to debate your points

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using canva, search for a magazine article template. write a review of the film using the title:

does an ideological perspective enhance your appreciation of captain fantastic?

Ideologicial Areas

• Parenting
• Education
• Gender Roles
• Religion