Wed Jan 7 & Thurs Jan 8: MOVIES

REMINDER ABOUT THE SCHEDULE FOR JANUARY 2015.

Monday Jan 5: 119 Listening and Pronunciation (as normal)
Wednesday Jan 7: Reading and Writing--combined class 
**Students in Oral Communication who normally attend on Wednesdays because they have other classes on Thurs please attend this Wednesday; your speech is still due **
Wednesday Jan 7 1-4pm: 119 Listening and Pronunciation make up class
Thursday Jan 8: Oral Communication --combined class (topic: Movies. Speeches due)

Monday Jan 12: 119 Listening and Pronunciation (as normal) **Essay assignment due**
Wednesday 14 January: 123 Oral Communication combined class DREAMS
Thursday Jan 15: Reading and Writing--combined class (Prof. Lola)

If you have any questions about the schedule, please contact me or post in the comments below.

MOVIE VOCABULARY
Genre: a type or kind of movie; genres include comedy, horror, thriller, sci-fi, documentary...
Director: the person responsible for the artistic side of making a movie
Producer: the person responsible for the business side of making a movie
Blockbuster: a very successful movie which makes a lot of money
Flop: a movie that doesn't do well at the box office/does not make a lot of money
Trailer: a short advertisement or preview of a movie
Matinee: a movie shown in the daytime

The topic for the next Oral Communication class will be MOVIES. This is also the topic of your speech assignment. You may give a speech on any subject related to movies, but please don't just summarize the plot of a single movie. Some ideas include:
-favourite movies, favourite genres of movies
-famous actors, actresses, and/or directors and their careers
-special effects in movies
-music in movies
-movies based on books
-awards for movies
-history of movies
-animation
-movie mistakes

Please also make sure that the speech is your own work, not something copied off the internet/books etc. Be sure to prepare your speech and practice it before class. 


For class discussion, please consider the following:

• Do you have a favourite movie? A favourite actor, actress, or director? Why do you like their work?
• How often do you watch movies? How often do you go to the cinema? Is there a difference between watching a movie at home and at the cinema? Which do you prefer?

The BBC Archive's Hollywood Voices collection offers interviews with the stars of the 'golden age' of Hollywood, including Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hollywood/

Many movies today are offered in 'regular' and 3-D versions. Do you ever watch black and white films? How does the format affect your experience viewing the movie? An article fromThe Guardian discusses these, and other, issues:http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/may/30/john-patterson-black-white-films