FILM FESTIVAL!

1. FILM FESTIVAL! Click on the movie screen to enter the Film Festival!

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS • Slide 1 – Title Page • Slide 2 – Table of Contents • Slide 3 – Objectives • Slide 4 – American Movie Culture • Slide 5-7 – Movie Vocabulary • Slide 8-11 – Movie Genres • Slide 12-16 – Movie Quiz • Slide 17 – Intermission • Slide 18-19 – Movie Activity • Slide 20 – Act it Out • Slide 21 – The End • Slide 22 – Credits • Slide 23 – Cut! Try Again! • Slide 24 – Great Job! • Click on the arrow throughout the slide show to go on to the next slide.

3. OBJECTIVES • Students will be able to identify different movie genres. • Students will be able to describe a movie using new vocabulary. • Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of vocabulary and characteristics of different movie genres.

4. American Movie Culture • Americans love going to the movies! • American movie studios make hundreds of movies every year. • There are many different kinds of movies that interest different people. • Although movies are different from each other, they are made up of the same basic parts.

5. Movie Vocabulary

6. Movie Vocabulary FOR EXAMPLE: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

7. Movie Vocabulary There are many different movie genres. Below is a list with some of their basic features. Then the following slides look at genres more closely. • Comedy very funny • Action stunts & fight scenes • Science-fiction spaceships, outer space, aliens • Horror very scary, monsters • Drama very serious movie • Animated cartoon • Musical singing & dancing • Romantic Comedy funny movies about love http://www.5minuteenglish.com/apr23.htm

8. Movie Genres COMEDY Comedies are very funny movies that are designed to make us laugh! ACTION Action movies are high-energy and contain lots of stunts and fight scenes. http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html

9. Movie Genres MUSICAL In a musical there is always a lot of singing and dancing! SCIENCE-FICTION Sci-Fi movies are very imaginative. The setting is usually on another planet or a far-away land with unknown aliens. They usually take place far into the future. http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html

10. Movie Genres HORROR Horror movies are made to scare you! There’s usually a monster! DRAMA These movies are very serious with powerful characters and a strong plot. http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html

11. Movie Genres ROMANTIC COMEDY The plot of romantic comedies is usually about two people who fall in love and have funny things happen to them. ANIMATED An animated movie looks like a cartoon. The characters can be human or animals. It’s common for famous actors to provide the voices for some of the characters. http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html

12. Movie Quiz! DIRECTIONS: • There are 4slides in the Movie Quiz. • For each slide, click on the answer you think is correct. • Click on the popcorn & movie tickets to enter the Movie Quiz!

13. Movie Quiz! Question 1. Which one is NOT a movie genre? PLOT ACTION COMEDY

14. Movie Quiz! Question 2. A movie that has a lot of singing and dancing is called a: HORROR DRAMA MUSICAL

15. Movie Quiz! Question 3. Look at the image from a movie below. Which genre does it belong to? ANIMATED SCI-FI DRAMA

16. Movie Quiz! Question 4. Watch the movie clip. Which genre does it belong to? HORROR ANIMATED MUSICAL

17. Intermission! • Excellent job on the Movie Quiz! You’re getting rave reviews!! • There’s more movie entertainment on the way! • Click on the movie camera to see what’s coming up next!

18. Movie Activity! • Get into groups of 2. • On a separate sheet of paper, design a word web about a movie you’ve seen. Then, describe it to your partner. • Use the word web on the next slide as a guide.

19. Movie Activity Word Web It’s about ____ (plot) It’s a _____ (genre) _______ is in it. (actors) MOVIE TITLE It’s set in ______ (background) He/She plays ____ (character) I ___________ (your opinion)

20. Act it out! Now it’s your turn to be in a movie! • Get into groups of 4 • Each group will choose a well-known movie. • Decide on a scene that best represents the movie, the plot, and the genre. • One person in the group will narrate the setting and when the movie takes place. The others will be the actors and will act out the scene. • The other teams have to guess the movie AND the genre, and the actors, if they know them. • Be imaginative! The team that has the most correct guesses wins movie tickets!

21. Great Job!

22. Credits • http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html - film genre information • http://www.5minuteenglish.com/apr23.htm - film genre information & general vocabulary VIDEO • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxRmS54Ifvk&feature=related IMAGES • http://www.miamibeach411.com/news/ace-ventura - Ace Venture image • http://www.rankopedia.com/Best-Die-Hard-Movie/Step1/6616/.htm – Die Hard image • http://www.mymusiclists.com/albums/greatest-movie-sountracks-scores/ Star Wars image • http://celebratiesrock.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=81286869 – Mamma Mia • http://www.mediacitygroove.com/awritersgroove/tag/novels- Nightmare on Elm Street • http://www.impawards.com/1991/silence_of_the_lambs_ver2.html - Silence of the Lambs • http://www.amazon.com/Lion-King-Movie-Collection/dp/B0002V7T5Q - Lion King • http://www.channel24.co.za/Movies/Features/Pretty-Woman-20081201 - Pretty Woman • http://atrevathan.piratepup.com/2010/01/16/the-little-mermaid/ Little Mermaid