Class #5 - Fantasy

Next week's class is in the classroom! - 対面 You will present your movie story on that day. I will also ask you questions about the movie in English.

Fill in the blanks on the Fantasy online form for these two trailers:

Coraline (2009) trailer / PDF / online exercise
Wonder Woman (2017) trailer / PDF / online exercise

Some Fantasy movie trailers:
Demon Slayer (2020) trailer, Japanese anime dubbed in English

Dolittle (2020) trailer

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) trailer
Aladdin (2019) trailer
Dumbo (2019) trailer; directed by Tim Burton
Captain Marvel (2019) trailer
Pokemon Detective Pikachu (2019) trailer
Avengers: Endgame (2019) trailer
Beauty and the Beast (2017) trailer
Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) trailer
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) trailer
Black Panther (2018) trailer
Deadpool 2 (2018) trailer
Dr. Strange (2016) trailer
Pete's Dragon (2016) trailer
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) trailer
The Wizard of Oz (1939) trailer
The Princess Bride (1987) trailer
Edward Scissorhands (1990) trailer
Man of Steel (Superman) (2013) trailer
Ted (2012) trailer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) trailer
Enchanted (2007) trailer
Alice in Wonderland (2010) trailer
Night at the Museum (2006) trailer
Cinderella (2015) trailer
The Little Prince (2015) trailer
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) trailer
Captain America: Civil War (2016) trailer
Justice League (2017) trailer
Twilight (2008) trailer

Today, you will ...

1. See a slideshow about Fantasy movies.
2. Do listening activities re. Coraline and Wonder Woman.
3. Watch some trailers from the Fantasy movie trailers list above and write a comment on your blog about ONE movie. Tell me which clip you watched, and what you think about it. Does it look interesting to you? Why? Do you prefer fantasy movies that have some realism, or do you prefer those that are completely unrealistic? Write 3-5 sentences. 
4. Watch a clip from The Wizard of Oz with EdPuzzle questions.
5. Review characteristics of five movie genres.
6. Five students will answer 'Hot Seat' questions.
7. Do an online quiz to review the five movie genres.

EdPuzzle - Class code: cajzagg

The Wizard of Oz

Review of Genres

Action Adventure

Characteristics of the Action Adventure genre:

• A hero (or sometimes a heroine)
• The odds are against the hero
• Excitement
• Suspense
• Fight scenes
• Chase scenes
• Weapons
• Explosions
• Characters are not well developed
• The story is often unbelievable

Some famous action movie stars:
Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Duane "the Rock" Johnson, Jason Statham, Keanu Reeves

Some famous action movie series:
James Bond series, Die Hard series, Rambo series, Terminator series, Mission Impossible series, Bourne series, Fast & Furious series, Mad Max series, John Wick series

The James Bond series
Based on novels by British writer, Ian Fleming.

Actors who have played James Bond:
Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig

Sean Connery, the first James Bond	Daniel Craig, the current James Bond

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Romance

Characteristics of the Romance movie genre:

• Love story
• Lovers overcome obstacles
• Sometimes, a couple is mismatched at first, but falls in love in the end
• Sometimes, lovers are doomed by circumstances, such as being members of families who hate each other
• Sometimes there is a love triangle
• Lovers are usually the opposite sex, but recently they are sometimes the same sex (Brokeback Mountain - 2005)
• Romance sub-genres: romantic comedy, romantic adventure, romantic drama

Some notable Romance movies:
Romeo & Juliet, Roman Holiday, West Side Story (musical), Twilight, The Fault in Our Stars, Brooklyn, many Disney movies - Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Wall-E, Beauty and the Beast, etc.
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Science Fiction

Characteristics of the Science Fiction genre:

•     Imagining the future
•     How science may affect our lives
•     Space travel
•     Aliens
•     Robots
•     Time travel
•     Dystopian future
•     Explores political, social & psychological issues
•     Special effects & CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)

Kevin's Picks (in alphabetical order):
2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Alien / Aliens, Avatar, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, Brazil, District 9, E.T. - The Extra-terrestrial, Ex Machina, Gattaca, Gravity, Inception, Interstellar, Jurassic Park, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Abyss, The Fly, The Martian, The Matrix, 12 Monkeys, Wall-E
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Historical Movies

Characteristics of the Historical Movie genre:

•     Set in the past
•     Costumes, scenery & props from the past; cars, machines, uniforms, hairstyles, etc.
•     Music from the past
•     Usually includes characters who were real people from history
•     Simplified version of past events
•     Often dramatized to make the story interesting

Some recent historical movies:
Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Vice, Dunkirk, Darkest Hour, Silence, Jackie, Hidden Figures, The Revenant, Bridge of Spies, Selma, The Imitation Game, Unbroken, The Theory of Everything, Twelve Years a Slave, The Butler, Lincoln, Argo, The Help, The Iron Lady, The King's Speech

Some famous historical movies:
Titanic, Gone With the Wind, Gandhi, Lawrence of Arabia, Schindler's List
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Fantasy

High Fantasy (also known as Epic Fantasy)

• The setting is an imaginary world
• The rules of that world are different than ours
• A struggle against evil or supernatural forces
• Some or all characters have special powers
• Often features wizards, fairies, elves, dwarves, dragons and demons
• The story is often a quest

Examples: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit

Who wrote the fantasy novels, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit?  J.R.R. Tolkien

Contemporary Fantasy (also known as Modern Fantasy)

• Set in the real world with a connection to an imaginary world
• Characters travel between the worlds
• Often there is a portal between the worlds

Examples; The Harry Potter series, Twilight, The Chronicles of Narnia, Peter Pan, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins

Two authors of Contemporary Fantasy: J. K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer. Who wrote Twilight? Who wrote Harry Potter?

Fantasy Superhero subgenre (movies based on comic books; such as DC and Marvel)

Fantasy Animation subgenre (Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, Ghibli, etc.)

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🔥 Hot Seat 🔥 today: Haruka, Reo, Kei, Haruto, Ren

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Try the online quiz below to review the first 5 movie genres.

Five Movie Genres Quiz

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To Do List
1) Watch 3 or more Fantasy movie trailers above (more is better!)
2) Do the Coraline (2009) and Wonder Woman (2017) videos and online exercises

3) Do the EdPuzzle exercise above
4) Write a comment on your blog about Fantasy; include an image; no Japanese, please
5) Take the Five Genres Quiz

6) Add comments to your blog about Action-Adventure and Romance genres by the end of August.