Joan of Arc research and Presentation notes

1. JOAN OF
ARC

2. HISTORY & ORIGIN
• Peasant girl born in 1412.
• Began having visions of God when she was 12.
• Led the French Army into victories in the Hundred Years‟
War -> led to Charles VIII being crowned.
• Kidnapped by the Burgundians, given to the English in
exchange for money.
• Put on trial with the bishop Pierre Cauchon, and charged
with “insubordination and heterodoxy”, then burned at the
stake.
• Declared a martyr by Pope Callixtus III after 25 years.

3. CULTURAL
DEPICTIONS: FILMS

4. JEANNE D’ARC (1900)
A 10 minute silent film directed by George Méliès starring
Jeanne d'Alcy. One of the first colour films.

5. JOAN THE WOMAN
(1916)
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Geraldine Farrar, with a
framework set in the trenches of World War I.

6. FALL JEANNE D’ARC,
DER (1966)
TV movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, and starring Kathrin
Schmid.

7. BILL AND TED’S
EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
(1989)
Directed by Stephen Herek where Joan of Arc is transported
into 1980s Southern California.

8. THE PASSION OF
JOAN OF ARC (1928)
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Renée Jeanne
Falconetti. Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of the
silent era, it was initially banned in Britain.
A chronicle of the trial of Jeanne d'Arc on charges of heresy, and
the efforts of her ecclesiastical jurists to force Jeanne to recant
her claims of holy visions.

9. JOAN OF ARC (1948)
Directed by Victor Fleming, starring Ingrid Bergman, based
on the Maxwell Anderson play Joan of Lorraine
In the Fifteenth Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation
after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen
years old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven
asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the
weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the
people with her faith, forms an army and conquerors Orleans.
When her army is ready to attack Paris, the corrupt Charles sells
his country to England and dismiss the army. Joan is arrested,
sold to the Burgundians England and submitted to a shameful
political trial in Rouen castle.

10. THE MESSENGER: THE
STORY OF JOAN OF ARC
(1999)
Directed by Luc Besson, starring Milla Jovovich

11. JEANNE (2011)
An experimental feature film directed by Shahram Varza.
Premiered at the São Paulo International Film Festival 2011.

12. CULTURAL DEPICTIONS:
TELEVISION

13. CLONE HIGH
2002 – 2003 (1 season)
Canadian-American animated sci-fi/comedy
The great minds in history have been cloned and are now
attending high school.

14. JOAN OF ARCADIA
2003 – 2005 (2 Seasons)
CBS series theme inspired by Joan of Arc.
Follows a teenage girl who speaks to God and does good deeds
in her community based on his influence.

15. WONDERFALLS
2004 (1 season)
Fox TV series with the theme inspired by Joan of Arc

16. CULTURAL DEPICTIONS:
VIDEO GAMES/COMICS

17. VIDEO GAMES
• Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc (2004): PC game, title
character
• Jeanne d‟Arc (2006): PSP game set in a fantasy that’s loosely
based on the historical story
• Bladestorm: The Hundred Years‟ War (2007): PS3/Xbox 360
game with Joan of Arc as the main characters and leader of
French Army

18. COMICS/ANIMATION
• D‟arc: Histoire de Jeanne D‟arc (1995-1996): Two volume
retelling of the story.
• Top 10: Forty-Niners (2005): One of the officers is based on
Joan of Arc, dressing in chainmail and using holy powers.
• Drifters: Appears as part of villainous group of fallen historical
figures that wish to destroy the world. Joan is an insane warrior
who exchanged her humanity for the ability to control fire.
• Histeria! (1998-2000): WB series parodying figures from
history. Joan of Arc is constantly shown extinguishing fires and
speaks with a Valley Girl accent.

19. CULTURAL DEPICTIONS:
ART

20. LE CHAMPION DES
DAMES
Artist: Martin Lefranc
Painted: 1450

21. JOAN AT THE
CORONATION OF
CHARLES VII
Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Painted: 1854
Attempted to make her appear more
feminine

22. JOAN OF ARC STATUE
Artist: Maxime Real del Sarte
Sculpted: 1928
Located a few inches from
execution place

23. JEANNE
D’ARCHETYPE
Fictional character inspired by Joan of Arc. Always female,
considered an „Action Girl‟ who‟s been thrust into leadership
and danger by a greater cause. Possibly a sub trope of
Magnetic Hero.
EXAMPLES:
• Mulan
• Xena
• GI Jane
• Buffy
• Princess Leia
• Sarah Connor
• Katniss Everdeen

24. WHY IS JOAN OF ARC
SO GREAT?
• A symbol of feminism and politics during the
Renaissance.
• Rejected societies idea of what women were supposed to
do.
• Led the French Army to win a few victories in battle.

25. FILM PITCH
Set in modern day L.A, where a police officer in her late
twenties is suspended from her job as a gang murder brings
back memories of her brother’s death.
She infiltrates a gang, participating in their criminal activities;
planning to take down the gang she’s intercepted and the
opposing one.
Is taken hostage by the other gang, the leader from the gang
she infiltrated attempts to save her but is killed in the
process. With his murder causing her to find out about the
police corruption.

26. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Joan of Arc. Available:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc. Last accessed 18th
Nov 2012.
• Cultural Depictions of Joan of Arc. Available:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Joan_of_Ar
c. Last accessed 18th Nov 2012.
• Carvalho, C. Plot Summary for Joan of Arc (1948). Available:
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0040491/plotsummary. Last accessed
16th Nov 2012.
• Jeanne d'Archetype. Available:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JeanneDArchetype.
Last accessed 18th Nov 2012 .