Unit 3
more than real: special effects in movies
Start
Index
4) Special effects
Intro
2) Revolutionizing cinema
5) Iconic quotes
3) Creating characters
6) Rewrite the scene
Unit 4
introduction
introduction
Our scenario : you are new screenwriters recruited for Netflix, and your specialties are science-fiction movies and special effects. For the next few weeks, we will explore the innovations and new technologies used in movies and TV shows in particular, and the possibilities they allow.
introduction
Our final task - EO (10 min)
introduction
Types of shows/ movies?
Favourite characters?
Movies and TV shows
The last thing you watched recently?
Best scene / best ending / best plot-twist?
introduction
EE – Write your top 3 movies and TV shows of all time, mentioning the type of show, the plot, your favourite character and one particular scene or episode! 1) Write your top three, in three different paragraphs2) Share your top three with your neighbor, and say if you agree or disagree, and why!
Unit 4
2) revolutionizing cinema
2) revolutionizing cinema
Examples?
Types of special effects?
Special effects in movies
Benefits?
2) revolutionizing cinema
Take a look at these 2 scenes: how do you think they did it?
2) Revolutionizing cinema
Your task today – Learn about all the special effects in movies: we are of course trying to have all the innovations at our disposal at Netflix, and today we will read about the special effects we can use in our movies and shows! 1) Read the text and focus on :
2) Revolutionizing cinema
3) Watch the 2 scenes explained:
3) creating characters
Your task today – write and create new characters for a new Netflix project: welcome back screenwriters! Today, Netflix wants you to work on a brand new project: a science-fiction TV show with major special effects, but also great stories and captivating characters, who need to have special abilities or superpowers. 1) Look at the requirements and think of some ideas!
3) creating characters
2) Write your character, respecting everything! – 150 words:
3) creating characters
FREEZE THE WRITING - game 1) Begin to imagine and write your character, respecting what you saw. 2) When I say "FREEZE", you stop immediately, and you transfer the piece of paper to the group next to you. 3) Read, correct, improve what the previous group has written, and continue!
4) What would it look like without CGI?
Listen to this sound...
4) What would it look like without CGI?
Your task today – explain the special effects on the last season of Stranger Things Welcome to the set of Stranger Things, Netflix writers! Today, we are answering questions from fans of the show about the special effects behind the most iconic scenes and characters:
4) What would it look like without CGI?
1) Take a look at some of the fans' questions:
4) What would it look like without CGI?
2) Watch the original scene and guess what they did:
4) What would it look like without CGI?
3) Watch the "behind-the-scenes" and discover the technical aspects!
4) What would it look like without CGI?
4) Write the answers for the fans’ questions – you are the special effects team: explain the technical aspects behind the scenes and the difficulties for you and the actors!
Grammar point °2 - Les structures en make + V
5) Movie quotes
Your task today – test your movie and TV show culture: today, your bosses decide to quiz you about famous movies and TV shows! 1) Matching game – associate the quote with the movie or the TV show
5) Movie quotes
2) Translate the quotes as faithfully as possible!
5) Movie quotes
3) Pair work – “Who said that?”: create a matching game of movie or TV quotes for your partner
6) What is the next part?
6) What is the next part?
Warming-up - theatre games
6) What is the next part?
Your task today – write a script for a movie scene: today, we have a real screenwriting task on our hands: Netflix is giving us a scene from a movie, but we just have the images, and not the sound:
6) What is the next part?
1) Watch the scene without the sound and complete the storyboard: identify the characters and the scenes and complete your storyboard! -Identify the scenes and the types of shots!-Identify the number of characters and their attitudes-Describe the scenes briefly
6) What is the next part?
1) Watch the scene without the sound and complete the storyboard
6) What is the next part?
2) Look at the pitch and write the script of this scene: imagine what is happening, and write the dialogue between the characters!
Prepare your final task
Your final project - write and present a movie idea for Netflix (500 words):
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Unit 3
more than real: special effects in movies
Start
Index
4) Special effects
Intro
2) Revolutionizing cinema
5) Iconic quotes
3) Creating characters
6) Rewrite the scene
Unit 4
introduction
introduction
Our scenario : you are new screenwriters recruited for Netflix, and your specialties are science-fiction movies and special effects. For the next few weeks, we will explore the innovations and new technologies used in movies and TV shows in particular, and the possibilities they allow.
introduction
Our final task - EO (10 min)
introduction
Types of shows/ movies?
Favourite characters?
Movies and TV shows
The last thing you watched recently?
Best scene / best ending / best plot-twist?
introduction
EE – Write your top 3 movies and TV shows of all time, mentioning the type of show, the plot, your favourite character and one particular scene or episode! 1) Write your top three, in three different paragraphs2) Share your top three with your neighbor, and say if you agree or disagree, and why!
Unit 4
2) revolutionizing cinema
2) revolutionizing cinema
Examples?
Types of special effects?
Special effects in movies
Benefits?
2) revolutionizing cinema
Take a look at these 2 scenes: how do you think they did it?
2) Revolutionizing cinema
Your task today – Learn about all the special effects in movies: we are of course trying to have all the innovations at our disposal at Netflix, and today we will read about the special effects we can use in our movies and shows! 1) Read the text and focus on :
2) Revolutionizing cinema
3) Watch the 2 scenes explained:
3) creating characters
Your task today – write and create new characters for a new Netflix project: welcome back screenwriters! Today, Netflix wants you to work on a brand new project: a science-fiction TV show with major special effects, but also great stories and captivating characters, who need to have special abilities or superpowers. 1) Look at the requirements and think of some ideas!
3) creating characters
2) Write your character, respecting everything! – 150 words:
3) creating characters
FREEZE THE WRITING - game 1) Begin to imagine and write your character, respecting what you saw. 2) When I say "FREEZE", you stop immediately, and you transfer the piece of paper to the group next to you. 3) Read, correct, improve what the previous group has written, and continue!
4) What would it look like without CGI?
Listen to this sound...
4) What would it look like without CGI?
Your task today – explain the special effects on the last season of Stranger Things Welcome to the set of Stranger Things, Netflix writers! Today, we are answering questions from fans of the show about the special effects behind the most iconic scenes and characters:
4) What would it look like without CGI?
1) Take a look at some of the fans' questions:
4) What would it look like without CGI?
2) Watch the original scene and guess what they did:
4) What would it look like without CGI?
3) Watch the "behind-the-scenes" and discover the technical aspects!
4) What would it look like without CGI?
4) Write the answers for the fans’ questions – you are the special effects team: explain the technical aspects behind the scenes and the difficulties for you and the actors!
Grammar point °2 - Les structures en make + V
5) Movie quotes
Your task today – test your movie and TV show culture: today, your bosses decide to quiz you about famous movies and TV shows! 1) Matching game – associate the quote with the movie or the TV show
5) Movie quotes
2) Translate the quotes as faithfully as possible!
5) Movie quotes
3) Pair work – “Who said that?”: create a matching game of movie or TV quotes for your partner
6) What is the next part?
6) What is the next part?
Warming-up - theatre games
6) What is the next part?
Your task today – write a script for a movie scene: today, we have a real screenwriting task on our hands: Netflix is giving us a scene from a movie, but we just have the images, and not the sound:
6) What is the next part?
1) Watch the scene without the sound and complete the storyboard: identify the characters and the scenes and complete your storyboard! -Identify the scenes and the types of shots!-Identify the number of characters and their attitudes-Describe the scenes briefly
6) What is the next part?
1) Watch the scene without the sound and complete the storyboard
6) What is the next part?
2) Look at the pitch and write the script of this scene: imagine what is happening, and write the dialogue between the characters!
Prepare your final task
Your final project - write and present a movie idea for Netflix (500 words):