Little Women - Flashcards
Who directed Little Women? Greta Gerwig
When was Little Women released? 2019
Who wrote the original novel and in what Louisa May Alcott, 1868
year was it published?
What era is the film set and where? 1860s (Victorian) New York (present, where
Jo writes) and Massachusetts (March
family home)
Who plays Jo? Saoirse Ronan
Who plays Amy? Florence Pugh
Who plays Meg? Emma Watson
Who plays Beth? Eliza Scanlen
Who plays Laurie? Timothee Chalamet
Who plays Aunt March? Meryl Streep
Who plays Marmee? Laura Dern
What kind of narrative/structure has the Non-linear (goes from past to present)
film got?
How is the story autobiographical of It depicts Jo’s story, the story of Little
Jo/Alcott’s life? Women, and could mirror Alcott’s
experience of publishing the novel
Who was the director of Yorick Le Saux
photography/cinematographer?
Who was the costume designer? Jacqueline Durran
Who was the composer? Alexandre Desplat
What kind of editing techniques are used? - Crosscuts (between timelines)
- Match cuts (link past and present)
- Repeated sequence with different
length takes (Beth’s death)
- Editing = structure of the film
reveals information to the audience
prematurely (non-linear structure)
What are some key elements of sound? - Diegetic sound: “mumblecore”
dialogue – natural
- Piano soundtrack that accompanies
the past/childhood vs silence/less
emotive soundtrack of adulthood
What are some key elements of - Mumblecore/overlapping dialogue
performance? - Breaking the fourth wall (when
reading letters – more personal)
- Character development e.g. Amy’s
young/old transformation
Who directed Little Women? Greta Gerwig
When was Little Women released? 2019
Who wrote the original novel and in what Louisa May Alcott, 1868
year was it published?
What era is the film set and where? 1860s (Victorian) New York (present, where
Jo writes) and Massachusetts (March
family home)
Who plays Jo? Saoirse Ronan
Who plays Amy? Florence Pugh
Who plays Meg? Emma Watson
Who plays Beth? Eliza Scanlen
Who plays Laurie? Timothee Chalamet
Who plays Aunt March? Meryl Streep
Who plays Marmee? Laura Dern
What kind of narrative/structure has the Non-linear (goes from past to present)
film got?
How is the story autobiographical of It depicts Jo’s story, the story of Little
Jo/Alcott’s life? Women, and could mirror Alcott’s
experience of publishing the novel
Who was the director of Yorick Le Saux
photography/cinematographer?
Who was the costume designer? Jacqueline Durran
Who was the composer? Alexandre Desplat
What kind of editing techniques are used? - Crosscuts (between timelines)
- Match cuts (link past and present)
- Repeated sequence with different
length takes (Beth’s death)
- Editing = structure of the film
reveals information to the audience
prematurely (non-linear structure)
What are some key elements of sound? - Diegetic sound: “mumblecore”
dialogue – natural
- Piano soundtrack that accompanies
the past/childhood vs silence/less
emotive soundtrack of adulthood
What are some key elements of - Mumblecore/overlapping dialogue
performance? - Breaking the fourth wall (when
reading letters – more personal)
- Character development e.g. Amy’s
young/old transformation
