ALL ABOUT MOVIES!

What is a movie genre?

A genre is a type of movie, song or book.

You will be given a card with a movie genre.

When that genre is mentioned, you will read out the question to someone who is far away from you.

Classic Movies

What makes a movie a classic?

A classic movie isn’t just an old black and white movie, but a memorable movie.

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Action Movies

What do you need to make an action movie?

To make an action movie, you need thrills, spills and chills.Read the card.

Macho Movies

What does macho mean?

This means masculine - a strong man.

Who does this movie appeal to, men or women?

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The Big Heist Movie

What does heist mean?

This means to steal lots of money, from a bank or casino.Read the card.

Based on a true story

What is the difference between a period movie and a movie based on a true story?

A period movie is set in a time period, but the story may not be true.Read the card.

Chick Flick

What does chick mean, and what is flick?

Chick is another name for girl, and flick is a movie.

These movies are often love stories.

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Horror – Suspense – Thriller

What is the difference between these genres?

Horror is usually about ghosts.

Suspense is a movie that makes your heart pace.

Thriller is similar to horror, but with a crazy guy trying to kill someone.

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Sci - Fi

What is the definition of Sci and Fi?

Sci = science – Fi = fiction

Any movie about space, time travel and technology.

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Disaster Movie

What defines a movie to be a Disaster movie?

Something bad happens, and the characters must find a way to solve the problem.

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Musical

All movies have music in them, but what makes a movie a musical?

When the characters sing and dance.Read the card.

Murder Mystery

What is the difference between this genre and a horror movie?

This type of movie is about solving the crime, to make you think, but not to scare you.

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Comedy

Which comedy do you like best?

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Feel Good Movie

What is the difference between this genre and a comedy?

This type of movie is not always humorous.

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Adventure Movie

What is the difference between this genre and an action movie?

This type of movie is about going on a quest.

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Tear Jerker

What is the meaning of this genre?

Any movie that has a sad ending, and makes you cry.

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Western

Does this genre mean a movie set in the country side?

No, this genre is set in the 1800’s of western USA.

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Fantasy

What’s the difference between this genre and Sci-fi?

This genre is about magic and mystical creatures.

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Movie vocabulary

Movie culture and history

Movie discussion

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1: Do you prefer watching movies in the cinema or downloading them?

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2: Remaking classic movies, do you think that Hollywood should not remake these movies, or do you not mind?

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3: If a new movie came out and everybody said it was bad, would you still go and watch it, why?

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4: If you are with a group of friends what type of movie should you choose to suit everybody’s taste?

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5: What type of movie would you watch if you were on a date, why?

Which is better to go and watch on a date, horror, comedy or a chick flick?

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6: When watching English movies do you listen in English or Chinese, if you listen in English do you prefer to read English or Chinese subtitles?

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7: What type of movie would you watch if were feeling sad?

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8: Could you spend an entire day from morning to night just watching movies?

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9: Do you choose the movie because of the famous actor or the famous director?

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10: Would you watch the same movie many times?

If so, which movie you have seen the most?

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1: what do you call the bad guy in a movie?

The villain.

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2: in a movie, the hero is in trouble, we don’t know whether he will find a way out of his problem or not.

Then the movie cuts to another scene, what do we call this?

A cliff hanger.

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3: when there is a surprise in the ending of a movie, something that you didn’t think was going to happen.

What do we call this?

A twist.

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4: what do we call a movie that makes a lot of money?

A block buster.

What do we call a movie that fails to make a profit?

A flop.

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5: when a second version of a movie is made, is called what?

When movie is made about what happened before the original, is called what?

When there are three movies made, this is called what?

A sequel.

A prequel.

A trilogy.

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6: what do we call a horror movie that has a lot of blood, and dead bodies?

Gory.

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7: to make a Sci-Fi movie, they need to make space ships, aliens and explosions.

What is this called to make something look real in a movie?

Special effects.

Using CGI – computer generated images, models and miniatures, make up design, stop motion animation.

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8: what is another name for a handsome actor?

A heart throb.

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9: what type of comedy did Charlie Chaplin used?

Slapstick.

When a comedy is based on real life events is called what?

Satire.

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10: what do we say when a girl is in trouble, and the hero must rescue her?

A damsel in distress.

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1: fans like to dress up as their favourite hero, this is called what?

A: Cos-Play

B: Fan Activity

C: Movie Club

D: Strange Party

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2: it was very popular, you drive your car, park in a space and put a smaller speaker inside your car.

What is this called?

A: car cinema

B: auto cinema

C: drive-in cinema

D: outdoor cinema

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3: apart from mobile phones being used in the cinema, which other bad habit is the most annoying for other people.

A: clapping

B: talking out loud

C: eating food

D: laughing out loud

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4: old silent movies of the early 20th century were only comedy movies, such as Charlie Chaplin?

True

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5: we call some movies – a movie.

We call some other movies – a film.

What is the reason? A: film just means it is very old.

B: film means a movie that is classified as an art form.

C: Americans say movie, film is British English.

D: just personal choice to say movie or film.

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Culture and history

6: 3D movies

three dimensional movie

Which year did the first ever 3D movie was released?

A: 1952

B: 1942

C: 1932

D: 1922

This movie was called the “Power of Love”

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Culture and history7: Indian movies are referred to as what?

A: Indian Hollywood

B: Hindu movies

C: Bollywood

D: just movies

Bombay (now called Mumbai)

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Culture and history8: what kind of cinema is this?

A: a cinema where you can drink beer

B: it’s not a cinema but only a DVD store

C: it was a cinema in the past but not anymore

D: this has nothing to do with movies.

The Bagdad Theater is a movie theater in the Hawthorne District of Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Culture and history9: movie fans will act out along with the actual movie muted, this is called what?

A: fan films

B: Movieoke

C: movie club

D: home movie

Movie+

Karaoke =

Movieoke

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Culture and history10: animation is the method of using images in film to create movement.

Which was the first feature length animated movie, with sound and colour?

A: Pinocchio

B: Bambi

C: Beauty and the Beast

D: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves