Montreal World Film Festival Hollywood Reporter

Post-viewing

While-viewing

Pre-viewing

1) Interpret the title. Why this /that idea seems topical to you?

Read the information about the film and say what impact it may have on the content of the film.

Year	Director	Screenplay	Genre	Studio production	Critics rate

2) Prediction exercise:

watch the film trailer (a short filmed advertisement for a feature film usually highlighting the cast and filmmakers) and say what you’ve found about the film/what do you expect to know what can catch your attention?

3) Watch the trailer and predict what will happen next? You may use the following scheme:

TOPIC	SIGHTS	WORDS	SOUNDS	SMELLS

4) Read the words from the synopsis and think of your variant of the plot of the film.

PLOT KEY WORDS

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5) Complete the synopsis given and answer the questions:

6) Read the cast list and say what hits and floats do you associate with the actors?

Character’s name	Actor’s name

7) Listen to the film soundtrack and design a music video using a questionnaire:

What’s your reaction to the song? / Do you like it? Why (not)?

How do you fell when you listen to it?

Do you think music fits the words?

What’s your opinion about singer’s voice/instruments used?

What does your visual image look like?

8) Create a poster of your own to the film. (H/W)

9). Give titles to the following scenes

Chapter	Title
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5.

10) Fill in the table: (this task is optional)

	C U L T U R E
	Observations	Comparisons	Comments
Foreign	Russian
Greetings
Home interior
Meals, clothes, haircuts, fashion
Spending weekends / free time
Family problems

11) Share your feelings at having seen this / What can it mean?

Watch the episodes and complete the table:

Time meter	Who displays the emotion?	What emotion does the character display?	How does the character display the emotion? (body language, gestures, facial expressions, etc)	When? Describe what is happening around

How did you feel about the emotion in the film?

Was it: A) just right B) too much C) too little to the situation?

12) Write short bubbles to the interior monologue / deep thoughts of the film characters.

Character	Thoughts
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2.
3.
4.
5.

13) Discuss the questions using topical vocabulary (see Appendix#):

What did you like/dislike about the film? Why?

What, if anything you learn from the film?

What were the filmmakers trying to tell us? Do you think they were successful? Why? Why not?

What are the key incidents in the film? Which was the most memorable scene for you? Why?

Which character in the film did you like best/least? Why?

Which events in the film were the most realistic/unrealistic?

Did the ending of the film seem appropriate? Why (not)? How would you have ended the film?

14) Do you agree? Find and comment on critics’ remarks given.

Ion Martea (viewer response from London UK)

15) Choose the most appropriate film strap-line (a line advertising the film written under its title).

a) b) c)

Create a film strap-line of your own.

Mind that a strap line should reflect the summary of the film.

16) What kind of award (if any) would you personally give to this film and why?

(see film rewards information Appendix #2)

17) Write a film review about 250 words. Use the guideline provided.

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