Types of film

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Types of Film

Adventure Film: Indiana Jones

Action Film: Taken

It has a lot of action scenes including violence (fightning, shoot-outs), car chases and often lots o f explosions.

It's a journey that often takes place in exotic locations and can involve exploration.

Animated Film: Inside out

Comedy: Bridget Jones

Instead of real actor, drawn images (nowadays computer generated ones) are used to tell the story. Real actors are used for the voices.

The main idea is to make the audience laugh. The main characters are constantly involved in funny situations.

Fantasy film: Harry Potter

Drama: Shutter island

These films are serious and focus on the emotions of realistic characters and the conflicts they have.

Situations, places and/or events that don't comply with natural laws or settings. They often involve some form of magic.

Historical film: Alexander

Horror film: It

The objective is to scare the viewer. They often feature a monster, some type of evil entity or terrible situation.

Based on real events in the past or sometimes just the time period is used as the setting and all events are fictitious.

Romantic film: Love actually

Love stories that focus on the romantic involvement of the main characters and the development of their relationship.

Musical: Grease

Songs are sung by characters as a part of the narrative and usually help advance the plot or develop the film's characters.

Thriller: Shutter island

They evoke excitement and suspense in the audience.

Science-fiction: Iron Man

Fictional stories based on science. They can be about the future or other worlds/beings, often include spaceships and advanced technology.

Western: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Fictional stories based in the American West during the late 19th century. They feature cowboys, horse riding and gunfights.

Types of TV Programme

Cooking show

Cartoon

Game show

Sitcom

Weather forecast

The news

Talent show

Live sport

CHARACTERS

The protagonist (main character)

The antagonist (villain)

Mentor character

Secondary character

Romantic interest character

PLOT

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Practical effects

Props: accessori di scena

Makeup

Virtual effects

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FILM ANALYSIS WORKSHEET

Title: The Lion King Year: 2019 Directed by: Jon Favreau

Distribuited by: Walt Disney Studios Country: The USA Language: English

Questions:

When and where was the film released? What did you expect from the film because of its title? Did you enjoy watching the film? What did you enjoy the most (scene/character/message/peculiar aspect)?

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Main Themes: Choose the main themes between: War / Justice / Nature / Death / Human Values / Human relations / Family relations / Personal ambitions / Adolescence / Violence / Friendship / Education / Work / Cultural barriers / Love

Plot: Briefly summarise the story (opening scene/development/end of the film).

What are the three most important scenes in the film? What scene constitutes the film's climax? Why? What about the final scene of the film?

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Setting: Where and when is the story set? Is the setting important for the development of the main themes?

Characters: Who is/are the main character/s? What are the characters like and what is their purpose in the film? Are there secondary characters? Are they important? Why?

Sound/Soundtrack : Is sound or silence used to create drama or heighten tension? When?

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Context: What is the director’s purpose? What is influencing the film (social/cultural ideologies, historical/social/cultural events, personal life)?

Favourite and most disliked scene: I thought this movies was... because...

Hollywood

And the Winner is...

Oscar Night is an extremely glamorous and unmissable evening held every year in February at the Dolby Theater, in Los Angeles. The Oscars are awared each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an organization founded in 1927 in California with the aim of supporting the development of US cinema. The Academy is composed of 7,258 juros with the right to vote at the Oscars. These jurors are divided into many categories. Each member of a category votes for that category. For instance, the actors vote for the four categories of actors, the scriptwriters for the two regarding the script, the costume designers for the costumes, and so on. All the members can vote for the Best Film Category, even those who do not belong to any specific category. Academy members are 77% male, the average is 62, and only 15% of the jurors are under the age of 50. There were 24 categories in 2019: best film, direction, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, non-original screenplay, animated film, set design, photography, costumes, editing, sound, sound editing, visual effects, documentary, short documentary, foreign language film, make-up, original song, soundtrack, short film and animated short film. The Oscar Awards ceremony used to last 5 hours, but later it was decided to shorten it to no more than 3 hours.

And the Winner is...

The famous winning statuette is 34 cm high, weighs almost 4 kilos and is made by R.S. Owens od Chicago in gold plate. It represents a knight in the Art Deco style. There are many legends regarding the origin of the name "Oscar", but the most famous one say that Margared Herrick, secretary of the President of the Academy, first was the statuette, and said: "It looks like my uncle Oscar!"

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