Task 1: Read 4 short textes about famous directors and fill the gaps.
Task 2: Watch the trailers and choose the correct movie, tell the name of the directors.
Task 3: You have 2 minutes to think what about these movies are.
Task 4: try to guess the genres of following films.
Task 5: Read some interesting facts about 4 famous films and guess their name.
Task 6 (hometask): Find some information about another movie of one of these four directors.
Task 1: Read 4 short textes about famous directors and fill the gaps.
1. Peter Jackson
Fill the gaps: change parents gave up effects animation style movies local
Peter Jackson was born as an only child in a small coast-side town in New Zealand in 1961. When a friend of his ________ bought him a super 8 movie camera (because she saw how much he enjoyed taking photos), the then eight-year-old Peter instantly grabbed the thing to start recording his own ______, which he made with his friends. They were usually short, but they already had the trademark that would make Jackson famous: impressive special ______, made at a very low cost. For example, for his film "World War Two" which he made as a teenager, he used to simulate a firing gun by punching little holes into the celluloid, so that, once projected, the gun gave the impression of displaying a small fire. Jackson's first step towards more serious film-making came with an entry in a ____ contest to stimulate amateur and children's films. For this film, he used stop-motion ______ to create a monster that ruins a city in the _____ of Ray Harryhausen. Unfortunately, he didn't win. At twenty-two, he embarked on a movie-making adventure that would _____ his life. After the success of his film The Lord of the Rings, Jackson became recognized as a director and the door to fame and fortune was opened. He _______ his job at a local photographer's shop and became a well-known director of movies.
2. Christopher Nolan
Fill the gaps: positive bockbusters originally cinematographer understanding science-fiction independent
Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear story-telling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970 in London, England. Over the course of 15 years of film-making, Nolan has gone from low-budget ___________films to working on some of the biggest _______ ever made. In January 2013 it was announced that Nolan would direct, write and produce a ____________ film entitled Interstellar. The first drafts of the script were written by Jonathan Nolan, and it was __________to be directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on the scientific theories of renowned theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, the film depicted "a heroic interstellar voyage to the farthest borders of our scientific _________".[109] Interstellar starred Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Michael Caine and Ellen Burstyn, and was notably Nolan's first collaboration with _____________ Hoyte van Hoytema. Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. co-financed and co-distributed the project, released on 5 November 2014 to__________ reviews and strong box office results, grossing over $670 million worldwide.
3. Tim Burton
Fill the gaps: long-time childhood popular school talent movies poster
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), cat-themed gift shop owner, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his _________ as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was especially fond of films with Vincent Price). When he was in the ninth grade, his artistic __________was recognized by a local garbage company, when he won a prize for an anti-litter poster he designed. The company placed this _____ on all of their garbage trucks for a year. After graduating from high school, he attended California Institute of the Arts. Like so many others who graduated from that ___________, Burton's first job was as an animator for Disney. Burton directed the film Big Fish (2003) - a much more conventional film than most of his others, it received a good deal of critical praise, although it disappointed some of his ___________ fans who preferred the quirkiness of his other, earlier films. Despite the fluctuations in his career, Burton proved himself to be one of the most__________ directors of the late 20th century.
4. George Lucas
Fill the gaps: accident studios several interested records terrible
George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Downey High School and was very much _____________in drag racing. He planned to become a professional race-car driver. However, a ___________ car accident just after his high school graduation ended that dream permanently. The _________ changed his views on life. He decided to attend Modesto Junior College before enrolling in the University of Southern California film school. As a film student, he made ___________short films. Sprocket Systems was established to edit and mix Star Wars and later becomes known as Skywalker Sound. His movie was turned down by several __________ until 20th Century Fox gave him a chance. Lucas agreed to forego his directing salary in exchange for 40% of the film's box-office take and all merchandising rights. The movie went on to break all box office __________and earned seven Academy Awards. It redefined the term "blockbuster".
Task 2: Watch the trailers and choose the correct movie, tell the name of the directors.
Trailer 1 Big Fish
Trailer 2 The Lord Of The Rings
Trailer 3 Interstellar
Trailer 4 Star Wars
Task 3: You have 2 minutes to think what about these movies are.
Task 4: try to guess the genres of following films.
Big Fish.
The Lord Of The Rings
Interstellar
Star Wars
thriller
horror
drama
melodrama
western
comedy
action
science fiction
fantasy
musical
Task 5: Read some interesting facts about 4 famous films and guess their name.
1. Nicolas Cage passed up the role of Aragorn because of “family obligations.”
2. Instead of using green screen, director Christopher Nolan had the special effects company create the visual effects beforehand and then had them projected on a screen outside of the physical spaceship sets so that the actors were reacting to the very effects shown on screen, rather than staring out at green screens.
3. The man playing banjo on the porch as Edward Bloom enters the town of Spectre is the same person who famously played "Dueling Banjos" with actor Ronnie Cox in "Deliverance" nearly 50 years before.Billy Redden was 16 years old and living in Rabun County, Ga., when he was chosen for the role of "Banjo Boy" in the disturbing film and didn't appear in another movie until his brief scene in ........
4. In a story development session for Return of the Jedi, George Lucas toyed with the idea that after Luke removes dying Vader's helmet, he puts it on, proclaims "Now I am Vader" and turns to the dark side.
5. Yep, this was the first film role for 8-year-old Destiny Cyrus, who would soon become known to the world as "Miley," the nickname given to her by her dad Billy Ray. Destiny played Ruthie, a childhood friend of Edward Bloom.
6. David Prowse, the actor who portrayed Darth Vader (in form, not voice), is banned from attending official Star Wars conventions because George Lucas finds him annoying.
7. J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis had a tumultuous friendship in real life.
8. According to the book The Making of Star Wars by J.W. Rinzler, George Lucas originally planned for Yoda to be played by an adorable monkey wearing a mask and carrying a cane.
9. The space travel in the film was based on theoretical physicist Kip Thorne's work, which was also used for Carl Sagan's novel "Contact" and the film adaptation. That film also starred Matthew McConaughey.
10. John-Rhys Davies, the actor who plays Gimli, is also the voice of Man Ray onSpongebob Squarepants.
Task 6 (hometask): Find some information about another movie of one of these four directors.
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