3e - Unit 1 : Serial Watchers

Serial watchers

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Unit 1

Serial watchers

Introduction

Vocabulary

• at the bottom : en bas
• at the top : en haut
• in the middle : au milieu
• on the left : à gauche
• on the right : à droite
• in the background : à l'arrière-plan
• in the foreground : au premier plan

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Unit 1

Serial watchers

Introduction

Vocabulary

• at the bottom : en bas
• at the top : en haut
• in the middle : au milieu
• on the left : à gauche
• on the right : à droite
• in the background : à l'arrière-plan
• in the foreground : au premier plan

Describe the picture.

Describing a photo

advert / ad

In this picture, we can see an ..................................... for "Stranger Things", on a huge billboard in Times Square in New York City . This series was first .................................... (diffusée) by Netflix in 2016. The story is about a group of............................................ looking for (= searching for) their friend, Will, ...................has mysteriously ........................................ . A strange girl with supernatural ....................................will help them find him.

broadcast

teenagers

who

disappeared

powers

who or which?

Section

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Pour donner des précisions sur une personne, un objet ou un lieu.

On emploie une proposition relative. Pour donner des précisions sur:

_une personne: j'introduis la relative par le pronom WHO

_un lieu : j'introduis la relative par le pronom WHERE

_un objet : j'introduis la relative par le pronom WHICH

where

Will is the boy..................disappears.

"Stanger Things" is an American series ................ was released in 2016

Hawkins is the city ................Will and his friends live.

who

which

which

who

where

who

where

which

Refresh!

Blindtest

Level 1 : Listen to the theme music from a few series: which ones do you recognise

Blindtest

Are you ready?

Let's go!

How many TV series did you find?

The Umbrella Academy

Pretty Little Liars

Riverdale

The 100

Elite

Stranger Things

Dark

The Crown

Daybreak

La Casa de Papel

13 Reasons Why

Friends

Game of Thrones

The Big Bang Theory

Peaky Blinders

Vikings

Level 2 : Have you ever seen these TV shows/ series?How many times? never? already? once? 10 times? (present perfect)

ex: I've never seen "Daybreak" and I've never heard of it but I've already seen the first season of "Dark". What about you? What have you seen?

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- setting? It takes place in .......- characters? + story? It's about .........

use: who, which, where

Level 3 : What is specific about a series as opposed to a movie?

Films are generally two hours or less, while tv series can be anywhere from half an hour to an hour per episode and can go on for seasons.

Spot the actions.

1. (In Squid Game,) They are running away. 2. Wednesday is playing the cello. 3. He is listening to music. 4. They are riding a horse. 5. They are talking together. 6. They are dancing the tango.

Level 5: How do you feel watching these series? Why?

Pour décrire des actions qui se déroulent au moment où l'on parle/ pour décrire une image.

On utilise le présent BE+ V-ing

Ex: They are all looking at the blond girl with a pink handbag. Attention à l'orthographe:

_Le "e" final de la BV s'efface: dance dancing

_La terminaison de -ie devient -Y: lie lying/ die dying

Si on parle d'une action habituelle, on emploie alors le présent simple. (ex: The girl with a pink handbag attends an American High School)

is raining.

are singing.

are running

are

doing

is coming.

am writing

Jenny and Chris aren't baking cupcakes today

Are Jenny and Chris baking cupcakes today

You aren't making a mistake.

Are you making a mistake.

She isn't watching a movie with her friends.

Is she watching movie with her friends

The policeman isn't running after a criminal.

Is the policeman running after a criminal

Why are you crying?

What are you doing?

Are you lying or are you telling the truth?

What are you complaining about?

are you doing

am writing

working

Is

is listening

loves

misses

am

exaggerating

is lying

is

watching

Lesson 1 : Profiling my series

1. Let's watch trailers!

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Vocabulary: guess the genre

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Vocabulary

• a musical :
• a science fiction :
• a fantasy film :
• an action film :
• an animation :
• a horror film :
• a disaster film :
• a cartoon :
• a comedy :

• a love story :

• a horror series :
• a documentary :
• an adventure film :
• a western :
• a biopic :
• a war film :
• a drama :
• a thiriller :

Vocabulary

• a documentary : un documentaire
• an adventure film : un film d'aventure
• a western : un western
• a biopic : un film biographique
• a war film : un film de guerre
• a drama : un drame
• a thiriller : un thirller

• a science fiction : un film de science fiction
• a fantasy film : un film fantastique
• an action film : un film d'action
• an animation : un film d'aniamtion
• a horror film : un film d'horreur
• a disaster film : un film catastrophe
• a cartoon : un déssin animé
• a comedy : une comédie
• a love story : une série romantique
• a horror series : une serie d'horreur
• a documentary : un documentaire

a. Watch the 4 trailers and identify these elements to name their genres.

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Trailers

Characters

Music

Genre

Places

b) What elements of a series help you to define a TV genre?

places

A genre depends on the ..............., the ........................ and the ..........

music.

characters

c. What series do you enjoy watching?

Expressions que l'on peut utiliser : I'm a fan of...../ I 'm into..../ I'm crazy about... I enjoy.......like.......love.......prefer .......... I' m addicted to.... = I 'm hooked on....

why?

Practise your phonology! Recopie l'exercice dans ton cahier.

1. Les sons de la lettre "o". Ecoute et répète les mots.

hero, dialogue, emotion, more, comedy, clothes, know, for, code, knowledge, soppy, show, episode, only

2. Place-les dans le tableau selon la prononciation de la lettre "o".

goat

low

dog

horse

emotion

hero

clothes

dialogue

comedy

more

show

code

know

knowledge

for

episode

soppy

only

lousy

funny

Find the synonyms

amazing

moving

awful

dull

gripping

boring

sentimental

hilarious

touching

cheesy

bad

wonderful

awesome

thrilling

soppy

captivating

Find the synonyms

• dull = boring
• soppy = sentimental = soppy
• hilarious = funny
• gripping = captivating
• moving = touching
• amazing = wonderful = awsome = thrilling
• awful = bad = lousy

Find all the adjectives which refer to FEAR.

exciting

spooky

brilliant

tasteless

scary

spectacular

great

eerie

frightening

creepy

entertaining

Find all the adjectives which refer to FEAR.

• creepy
• scary
• frightening
• spooky
• eerie

Recopie l'exercice dans ton cahier.

1. Les sons de la lettre "i". Ecoute et répète les mots.

2. Place-les dans le tableau selon la prononciation de la lettre "i".

binge, tonight, science, film, things, addict, dinosaur, aggressive, life, gossip, describe

binge

film

things

tonight

science

dinausor

addict

aggressive

life

describe

gossip

Pour donner des précisions sur une personne, un objet, un lieu.

+ V -ed (participe passé).

On emploie le présent perfect

Ex: Entertainment has always offered a way to escape from the pressures of daily life.

has / have + Participe passé du verbe 3e personne du singulier

Verbe irrégulier

Verbe régulier

Forme à apprendre !

-ED

Le locuteur s'interesse à une action passée :- qui a un lien avec le présent - qui est toujours d'actualité.

On trouve ce temps avec des adverbes comme :- ever : - already : - never : L'adverbe se place entre l'auxiliaire have et le participe passé.

Have you ever been addicted to a series? Have you already watched the lastest season of Prison Break? I've never been addicted to series.

have never seen

has always fascinated

has watched

has bought

Have you ever met

haven't had

What elements of a series help you to define a TV genre?What are their characteristics?

Write about a TV genre and try to give a definition and characteristics): comedy, drama, detective, teen, horror, sci-fi, a biopic, an action series

RECAP

In a .............series, there is/ are.....................

The plot is about........ who/ which...................

Something ................ happens..........................

The action takes place in.................................

a sci-fi series

in a drama

in horror series

in a teen series

in a drama

jokes

In a comic series, there are a lot of ........... and you can hear .............. , like in "Friends" or "the Big Bang Theory".

laughers

character

In a detective series, one .................... investigatesa ....................or a case with the help of a friend, like in "Sherlock"

crime

In a teen series, the plot is about the life of teenagers at school, their love ............. and their breaks-up, their dreams . ("Looking for Alaska")

stories

monsters

-In a horror series, there are .................., ghosts, paranormal elements and ........... places (Stranger Things...)

spooky

-In a sci-fi series, the action takes place in ........ on a ................... or in the future, like in "Star Trek" .

space

spaceship

a. Look at the wheel and connect the types of characters with the words that sound appropriate.

b. Present each type of character with complete sentences.

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The characters

The hero/ heroine is heroic, ............ and courageous. He/She has a lot of qualities. He/She fights .................... . He/ She looks for the ............ and he/she solves ....................

brave

villains

truth.

problems.

The villain is ............ He has a lot of f................... He fights the .............. and he .................... chaos. He wants to ................. good guys.

evil

aults.( = qualities)

hero.

creates.

kill

The sidekick helps the ................... . he is a good .................... . He always has good .............

hero

friend

(Supergirl, Eleven)

(Dr Brenner)

(Dustin and Lucas in Stranger Things)

ideas.

laugh

hillarious

The clown is funny / ......................He makes people ................ . He always has a good ...................

joke

(Harry in Resident alien)

gadgets.

lonely.

The geek is often ................. and he has a lot of .....................

solves

He ................. problems for the hero.

(Sheldon)

ambiguous

aults

The anti-hero has lots of f............ . He is ..........................and paradoxical. He ....................... the audience.

misleads

(Walter White)

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setting

characters

plot

identify with

episode

cliffhanger

be hooked on

feels the pull

is caught up in

are not my thing.

L'accent de phrase pour convaincre.

Ecoute et répète:

The plot is really gripping.

Ecoute et répète. N'hésite pas à exagérer!

It's completely addictive! I just love it! It's such a cool show! I'm really into it because it's just hilarious! It will make you feel better instantly!

Movie plot generator

1. Observe the columns and label them.
2. Pick one element from each column and create your own pitch! Make it weird!

geeky

on a plane

monkey

plans a heist

Jennifer Lawrence

robot

falls in love

in the Middle East

powerful

dinosaur

with a bear

time travels

edgy

blows stuff up

on Mars

Lincoln

It's the story of a geeky zombie who falls in love with a bear ...

kung-fu

zombie

seeks revenge

at the White House

cartoon

finds corruption

Joe Biden

in the 1950s

with Marilyn Monroe

is a cop

giant

alien

THE MUST-SEE SERIES!

It's series time! You have to convince the class to watch your favourite TV show. Present it and include:

• genre of the series

Sous-titre

• the main characters and their type
• a summary of the plot
• your impressions of the series

Make the presentation fun and lively!

Binge watching

Binge watching, a scientifical process!

Binge-watching is an easy, feel-good fix. For many viewers, binge-watching gives us an escape from the day-to-day grind. Entertainment has always offered a way to escape from the pressures of daily life, and binge-watching is no exception. "TV viewers are no longer zoning out as a way to forget about their day, they are tuning in, on their own schedule, to a different world. Getting immersed in multiple episodes or even multiple seasons of a show over a few weeks is a new kind of escapism that is especially welcomed today". The line between enjoyment and unhealthy habits. Binge-waching can be a great way to relax and de-stress, but it can easily become a problem when you regularly prioritize it over other important activities. Like gambling, or other behavioral addictions, binge-watching activates the part of our brain responsible from "reward" functions, producing dopamine : it makes us feel

good. And it takes more and more of the same activity to give us that feeling of enjoyment, making binge-watching much harder to stop.When we're forced to stop watching (usually when we finish the entire series) we quite literally "mourn" the loss of the show.Striking a good binge-watching balance.It's important to remember that there's a fine line between healthy viewing habits and addictive behavior. Commit to only watching a certain number of episodes in advance, then cut yourself off and balance your binge-watching with activities like exercise or spending time with friends.

Read the title and the 3 subtitles of the article. Guess what it is about.

What is "binge-watching"?

Read the title and the 3 subtitles of the article. Guess what it is about.

The goal of this article is to make us understand the scientific reasons why we binge-batch.

What is "binge-watching"?

The practive of watching multiple episodes of a television programme in rapid succession.

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escape

day-to-day grind

entertainment

immersed in multiples episodes or even multiple seasons ...... a few weeks

to escape the pressures of daily life and the day-to-day grind

watching more series

happiness

great happiness

watching series

brain

production of dopamine

watching even more series

"It takes more and more of the same activity to give us that same feeling of enjoyment "

When you can't watch your series, you don't have your dose of dopamine and you feel depressed.

cut yourself off

exercise

spend time with friends

Look at the title of the video and guess what it is going to be about.

Watch the video, concentrate on what you understand and check your guesses.

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TRUE LIFE

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Sam, 22 years old

a journalist

5 days a week

a condition of binge- watching series diagnosed at the age of 16 by her doctor

The Office (for the 4th time)

not many friends

Parks and Recreation

Madmen

House of Cards

lost her close friends and boyfriend

How I met your mother

Scrubs

Orange is the new black

comedies on Mondays

on her desk

more serious shows at weekends

on her bed

light series during the week because of the stress of school

at the football stadium

at the gym

at work

8 to 16 hours a day of watching series

Assess Sam's level of addiction:

Sam is highly addicted . She follows 7 series at the .......... time. She watches series at home, at work, when she does some sport.... She doesn't have much of a personal ............. Actually she doesn't do much else, she doesn't socialise.

same

life

What's your general impression after watching this video?

Is it reality or is it a parody?

Is it a true story or is it a hoax, a parody?

hoax

This video is a ....... because there are some inconsistencies.

She can't spend 8 to 16 hours a day watching series and go to .................

school

She can't work 5 days a week as a journalist and be a ......................... at the same time.

student

too

She is ............. young to be a journalist on TV.

The scene showing her at work and showing her at the stadium look ...................

fake

Guess the series!

the genre?

the setting?

The action takes place in ................

the plot?

It is about ...............

Have you seen it? give details

Don't give names!

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