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Let’s Talk About Movies

Let’s Talk About Movies. Vocabulary. Genre Plot Blockbuster Sequel – Prequel - Trilogy Trailer. Genre. Action – what is it? Adventure – what is it? Comedy – what is it? Drama – what is it? Epic – what is it? Horror – what is it? Musical – Let’s see it Sci-Fi – let’s see it

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Let’s Talk About Movies

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  1. Let’s Talk About Movies

  2. Vocabulary • Genre • Plot • Blockbuster • Sequel – Prequel - Trilogy • Trailer

  3. Genre • Action – what is it? • Adventure – what is it? • Comedy – what is it? • Drama – what is it? • Epic – what is it? • Horror – what is it? • Musical – Let’s see it • Sci-Fi – let’s see it • Romantic – let’s see it • Western – let’s see it

  4. Genre • Coversation: • A: What sort of movies do you like? • B: I like action movies. • A: Really? Why is that? • B: I think they are very exciting and fun.

  5. What’s it about? • Plot • The story of a movie is called the plot. • A: I didn’t like that movie very much. I couldn’t follow the plot at all. • B: Really? I thought it was just a simple boy meets girl story. • A: Maybe. I guess I’m just not into chick flicks. Boy meets girl: Classic love story, used in many movies Chick flick: “Girls” movie, usually romantic. Also called “Date movie.”

  6. Everybody’s seen it • Blockbuster: • Big, expensive movie. Usually have a lot of hype leading up to release. • A: I don’t know why you only go see the big blockbusters. • B: Because they’re more fun than your artsy movies. Artsy: Small, little known film. Often played at film festivals instead of theaters.

  7. Haven’t we seen this before? • Sequel – Movie continuing story from before. • Prequel – Telling a story from a time earlier than the first movie. • Trilogy - Three movies telling one story

  8. Coming Attractions • A commercial for a movie is called a trailer. It is supposed to excite people to see a movie and give them an idea of the story. Let’s watch some trailers:

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