SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

About the man

◦Great friends with Wordsworth

◦One of the founders of Romanticism

◦Suffered from anxiety and depression

◦Had an intense opium addiction

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

Adaptions

Now it’s your turn!

◦Get into groups and come up with your own movie adaption for this poem! Pitch it to the

class

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?