2. About the man
◦ Great friends with Wordsworth
◦ One of the founders of Romanticism
◦ Suffered from anxiety and depression
◦ Had an intense opium addiction
3. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
◦ Longest poem Coleridge had written
◦ Poem was told from the perspective of a
mariner recounting the tale to a man on
his way to a wedding
◦ Wordsworth claims that the poem was
inspired by their tour of The Quantock Hills
5. Now it’s your turn!
◦Get into groups and come up
with your own movie adaption
for this poem! Pitch it to the class
6. Questions to consider
◦ Casting?
◦ Who would you chose as the director?
◦ What type of genre of film is it? Exploitation? Action? Romance? Comedy?
◦ Time period? Modern? Ancient? Future?
◦ Black and white or color? Silent?
◦ Animated? Live action? Claymation?
◦ Aiming for Oscar bait?
◦ Consider what type of audience you will be aiming for. (adults, children?)
◦ Will this be for more low or high brow audiences?
◦ How will you go about marketing this film?
