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. Important Vocabulary Genre – kind of movie
Student A
Student B
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
Critic – someone who reviews a movie

4. Interview 4 classmates

5. “Lou”
Made by Pixar

6. Genre What kind of genres are there? What is genre?
Action
Sci-Fi (Science Fiction)
Horror
Romance
Comedy
Thriller
Drama
Adventure
Historical drama
Documentary
Cartoon/Animation
What is genre?
Genre – category or type
Romantic Comedy
Rom-Com
vs.

7. Setting What are the kinds of settings? Fiction What is setting?
Non-fiction
Utopia – perfect world
Dystopia – bad (scary) world
Future
Past
Virtual
Alternate history
What is setting?
Setting – time and place of a story
What is the setting of “Lou”?

8. Conflict What is Conflict? What are the kinds of conflicts?
Conflict – means struggle
What is the conflict in “Lou”?
What are the kinds of conflicts?
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Technology
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society

9. Characters Several types of characters: Protagonist – good guy; hero
Antagonist – bad guy; anti-hero
Dynamic Character – personality changes
Flat Character – personality never changes
Main Character – the central character of a story
Minor Character – helps or hurts main character
What characters in “Lou” were like these?

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

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

12. 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

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

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

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

16. 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, _____________________________________

17. “The Pawnshop” Charlie Chaplin film Made in 1916
Pawnshop – a shop where you sell something you don’t need anymore
Discharged – means being fired
In 1916, $5 (about ₩5,588) is $ (₩135,229) today

18. “The Pawnshop”

19. Today’s Class:
Talking about Movies
Genre, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Climax, Actors
Next Week: Movie Preference Essay