1. Introduction to Movies
Talking About Movies
Introduction to Movies

2. So you think you know movies…
What is your favorite movie?
I like…
I don’t watch…
I am a fan of…
_______ movies make me feel?
I really want to see _______________.
Where is __________ showing?
Who is in _______________?

3. Simple Present
Using simple present is good for when you are talking about your preferences in movies:
What’s your favorite movie?
What kind of movies do you like?
What do you think about super hero movies?
What are some other questions that you could use from the simple present to ask about movie preferences?
How could you answer some of these questions?

4. Simple Past
When telling stories or talking about movies, simple past is best. You can use simple past to talk about:
Plot
Feelings
Specific situations
What are some past tense questions that you could ask about a movie or situation in a movie?
How could you answer that?

5. Emotions and feelings in Movies
Using past tense makes talking about how you felt from a movie easier.
“How did ‘Avengers: Endgame’ make you feel?”
“I felt very sad.”
Remember! Not all verbs have regular endings (-ed)
Some have irregular – feel -> felt; buy -> bought
Consider making talking more specifically…
“How did you feel when the movie ________________?”
“How did ____________ make you feel after you saw _________________?”

6. Important Vocabulary Genre – kind of movie
Actor/Actress – someone who is in a movie
Setting – when and where
Plot – story of a movie
Climax – the moment of highest emotion
Reviews – what someone thinks of a movie
Your Opinion – “I liked...” or “I didn’t like...”

7. Question creation and Interview
Create questions in both the present and past tenses.
Ask your classmates to learn about their movie preferences and experiences.

8. Movie Information Conversation
Get into groups of two.
One student will be Student A and another Student B.
Don’t look at the other person’s paper!

9. Genre SF What kind of genres are there? What is genre?
Action
Sci-Fi (Science Fiction)
Horror
Romance
Comedy
Thriller
Drama
Adventure
Historical drama
Documentary
Animation SF
What is genre?
Genre – category or type
Romantic Comedy
Rom-Com
A Drama is not
a Love Story!
vs.

10. Setting It takes place in... It’s set in... It’s about...
What are the kinds of settings?
Time
Year, 1990s, Past, Future, etc.
Place
Country, City, Planet, etc.
Utopia – perfect world
Dystopia – bad (scary) world
Fictitious (not real, fiction)
Alternate history
What if Germany won WWII?
What is setting?
Setting – time and place of a story

11. Characters Several types of characters: Protagonist – good guy; hero
The good guy is so _______
Handsome, kind, heroic, funny, annoying
I like/don’t like _______
I think _____ was a _____ character because ______...
Several types of characters:
Protagonist – good guy; hero
Antagonist – bad guy; anti-hero
Major Character – the central character of a story
Minor Character – helps or hurts main character
What characters are in “Avengers: Endgame”?
How can you describe them?

12. “Lou”
Made by Pixar

13. Plot What is a plot? Plot – timeline of a story Five Main Points
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

14. Exposition What is an exposition? Exposition – an introduction
Setting is revealed
Basic characters revealed

15. Rising Action What is the Rising Action?
Rising Action – the problem or tension is growing towards the climax
Longest part of the plot
New problems

16. Climax What is a Climax? Climax – highest point of emotion
A climax is where something changes
“Turning point”
Problem begins to be resolved

17. Falling Action What is Falling Action
Falling Action – problem becomes fully resolved
Shorter than the rising action

18. Resolution What is the Resolution? Resolution – conflict ends
At the resolution, the story is finished (unless there is a sequel!!)
Not always happy

19. Describing a plot Beginning: Middle: Climax: End:
In the beginning, ______________________
The movie started by ____________________
Middle:
Then, ____________ fought/fell in love with/became friends with…
Also, __________________________
Climax:
During the climax, _______________________________________
End:
At the end, _____________________________________

20. youtube.com/watch?v=O3fcjZdPbG8
“Check Please”
youtube.com/watch?v=O3fcjZdPbG8

21. (actors or characters)
Movie Riddles
Title: __________
Genre:
It’s a _______
Setting:
It takes place in... It’s set in...
It’s about...
Plot:
Beginning
Middle
Climax
Resolution?
Reviews/Opinion
The critics said...
It got ____ reviews
I liked... I didn’t like... It was... It wasn’t...
For this activity,
try not to use names!
(actors or characters)