ENGLISH, CINEMA & BLOGS

ENGLISH ACTIVITIES ONLINE

2009-05-21T06:54:00.000-07:00

THE WEB: http://www.anglesonline.org/

I have made some activites of Hanna Montana and I watched the trailer. Also I did one song and activites of the song. It was very funny and easy.

Today I worked the film: CampRock. I did the Trailer Activity. It was very very easy, but interesting.
Also I did the song THIS IS ME. I completed the words in the letter.
I have made the activitie SEVEN POUNDS trailer. It was good, but I don't like the film.
I have made one Listening Activity of the film Slumdog children in millionairie world. The level was pre-intermediate.

I AM LEGEND (:

2009-05-21T06:06:00.000-07:00

Answers these five questions:
1- Why did the bridge fell?
Because something shot it.
2 - Robert Neville did live alone or accompanied?
He did live alone. Well, with a dog.
3- Why did Robert Neville close the windows at night?
Because they appear monsters.
4 - Where did happened the actions?
In New York city.
5 - Why did Robert Neville takes a weapon?
Because they are some wild animals.

Write True or False
Robert Neville is a very good policeman.
True.
Sometimes he played golf.
True.
The monsters go out in the morning.
False. They go out in the night.
His son and her wife flee by ship.
False. They flee by helicopter.
His dog is very dangerous.
First no, but later yes. It has an infection.

A CINDERELLA STORY (:

2009-05-20T06:16:00.000-07:00

THE ANSWERS OF WIKIPEDIA

·What year was the film made?
Was made in 2004
·Whos' the director?
The director is Mark Rosman
·What other famous films has he directed?copy the names and pictures
The perfect man
Lizzy McGuaire
·Who are the main actors/actresses?names and pictures
Hilary Duff
Chad Michael Murray
Jennifer Coolidge
Regina King
Dan Byrd
Julie Gonzalo
·What type of film is it? a comedy? a tragedy?
It's a romantic comedy film

THE ANSWERS OF THE VIDEO-TRAILER

What happened with Sam's father?
He dead.
·Who is she living with?
Fiona and her two sisters.
·Why Austin Ames was hanging posters?
Because he don't know who is she.
·What's her best friend name?
Carter
·Do you think that finally Sam and Austin will be in love?
Yes, of course. They stay in love.

TRUE OF FALSE?
·Sam and Carter are brothers.
False. They are friends.
·Sam works in a restaurant.
True. In the restaurant of his father.
·Brianna and Gabriella are Sam's confidence.
True.
·Sam went to the Halloween party as "the zorro".
Fals. Went to Cenicienta
·She's a very popular girl in the high school.
False.

SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (:

2009-05-13T06:48:00.000-07:00

What year was the film made? The film is made in 2003.
whos' the director? the director is Nancy Meyers
What other famous films has he directed?copy names and pictures
-The holiday
- What Women Want
- The Parent Trap

Who are the main actors/actresses?names and pictures
Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson

What type of film is it? a comedy? a tragedy?
I'ts a romantic comedy.

Exercices of the scene

What's Erica's job?
Erica is a writter
What's her play about?
It's about one woman that she's divorced
Has Harry ever benn married?
No, he hasn't
How old is he?
He's 63 years old
How old is Erica?
She's 56 years old
Do the sisters like the music?
Yes, they love music
What happened to Harry after dinner?
he has a heart attack and he has go to the hospital
What was Harry doing when his pain started?
He stayed kissing beautiful girl: Mary.
Did Harry take viagra?
Yes, he did.
Does he tell the truth about it to the doctor?
No, he doesn't tell the truth.
What does the doctor tell the women about Harry?
He's going to be OK.

2009-05-06T06:20:00.000-07:00

MY FILM ACTIVITIES

STEP UP-THE STREETS

1. TRAILER
Watch the trailer and answer the questions.
Search information in wikipedia.

Questions:

1. Who is the choreographed?
2. What was the release date of the film?
3. Who are the main actors/actresses? Say the names and add pictures.
4. What type of film is it? a comedy? a tragedy?
5. What country made the film?

2. WATCH THE SCENE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1. Who is the boy that Andie knows in the party ?
2. What answer Andie to Chase when they dance ?
3. When Andie and Chase dance alone in the track, what do sophie?
4. What do the boy with the mobile phone ?
5. Why can't they kiss?

2009-03-19T07:17:00.000-07:00

4. personal opinion
Is the film talking about racism?
Yes, the lot of time. The film is talk always for this topic.
why?/why not?
Because the two black boys there are obsest by racism.
did you like it? why?why not?
Yes, the film I like a lot.
It's beautiful and there are scenes that there are very interesting and exciting.
I recomend it. The racism is easy to represent.

2009-03-18T07:35:00.000-07:00

3. vocabulary: feelings and emotions
Every day we are faced with reactions.
How we interpret a situation colours our perception of life.
go to the website and do the exercises.
find one of the scenes and upload it in your blog
Write the words you've chosen related to the scene.

I choose this photograph because I think that it's exciting and emotional.

The store run by Farhad and his wife Shereen (Marina Sirtis) has a door which will not close properly, so they call a locksmith, Daniel. Farhad's suspicion of others is compounded by his difficulty understanding English; he does not heed Daniel's warning that his shop door needs replacing, believing Daniel intends to cheat him, and as a result suffers a break-in. Shereen reacts to the slurs written on the walls of the store: "They think we're Arab. When did Persian become Arab?" Blaming Daniel for the invasion and racially-motivated destruction of his store, and angered by the insurance company rejecting his claim on the grounds of negligence, he confronts Daniel at his house, wielding his gun. Farhad fires at Daniel but accidentally shoots Daniel's daughter Lara, to the horror of both Daniel and Farhad. Fortunately, unknowingly to Farhad, the gun contains blanks. Farhad leaves without further incident, later telling his daughter that his "fereshteh," his guardian angel, protected himself and his family.

I think that the words that describe this scene are:
Criminal
Degraded
Angry
Hot
Loving
Angel
Protect
Neighbour
Brave

2009-02-25T06:27:00.000-08:00

2. Storylines and characters
write down the names of every story in the film
to illustrate it:
find a scene/video or add a photo with the names
describe the story

Rick and Jane Cabot

Sandra Bullock plays Jean Cabot
Jean Cabot is Rick's wife, whose racial prejudices escalate after the carjacking. At the end of the film, following an accident in her home, she realizes that the person who is the nicest and most helpful to her is Maria, her Hispanic maid, while her snobby friends are too busy with shallow pursuits to help her out.

Brendan Fraser plays Rick Cabot
Rick Cabot Rick Cabot is the white District Attorney of Los Angeles who manipulates racial politics in order to further his career. His wife is Jean. He is a Democrat and African Americans and Hispanics are his key constituents.

There are a couple that are carjacked by Anthony and Peter, both of whom are black. Anthony and Peter steals his car and ran away.

Chris Bridges plays Anthony
Anthony is an African-American inner-city car thief who steals vehicles for a chop shop owner. He believes that society is unfairly biased against blacks and in the final of the film he justifies his actions by claiming he would never hurt another black person.

Larenz Tate plays Peter Waters
Peter Waters is Anthony's friend and partner in crime. He is also Detective Waters' younger brother. Like Anthony, he is black, but he humorously scoffs at Anthony's paranoia over racism.

Officer Hansen, picks him up in the Valley, hours after their failed carjacking of Cameron's Lincoin Navigator and mistakenly shoots him after assuming he is drawing a gun during an escalating argument. In reality he was reaching into his pocket to show the cop a figure of Saint Christopher, identical to the one Officer Hansen had stuck to his dashboard. As he is dying, he has a expression of surprise and holds out his hand and dies.

Peter and Anthony steal vehicles for a chop shop owner. Then, they have money. Steal the car of Rick and Jane Cabot.

Don Cheadle plays Detective Graham Waters
Detective Graham Waters is an African-American detective in the Los Angeles Police Department. He is disconnected from his poor family, which consists of his drug-addicted mother and criminal younger brother.
At finally that brother is eventually revealed to be Peter, the hitchhiker who is killed by Officer Hansen.

Jennifer Esposito plays Ria
Ria is a Latina detective, as well as Graham's partner and girlfriend.Hispanics. She is shown to be racist toward Asians, as she criticizes an Asian woman's driving.

Ryan Phillipe plays Officer Tommy Hansen
Officer Tommy Hansen is a Los Angeles police officer who, after observing his partner Officer John Ryan pull over Cameron Thayer and Christine Thayer and sexually molest Christine, requests a change of partner because of feelings of guilt over the incident

Matt Dillon plays Officer John Ryan
Officer John Ryan is a bigoted white police officer who physically molests Cameron's wife, Christine, under the pretense of searching for a weapon after pulling over their vehicle and accusing them of endangerment due to Christine performing fellatio on Cameron while he was driving. Meanwhile, Ryan is trying to get help for his father, who possibly suffers from prostate c ancer but has been diagnosed with a bladder infection, despite the ineffectiveness of treatmentRyan later puts his own life on the line to save Christine, the woman he molested earlier, from certain death in a fiery car wreck.

Keith David plays Lieutenant Dixon
Lieutenant Dixon is Officers Ryan and Hansen's shift Lieutenant. In order to get away from Officer Ryan, he then suggests that Officer Hansen ride in a solo car claiming to have a conditition of "uncontrollable flatulence."

Terrence Howard plays Cameron Thayer
Cameron Thayer is a black television director.In an emotional moment, he fights off Anthony and Peter when they try to steal his car, takes away Anthony's gun, and argues fiercely with armed white police officers. Just when it is very likely that he will be shot to death, Hansen intervenes on his behalf and prevents any outbreak of violence.

Thandie Newton plays Christine Thayer
Christine Thayer is Cameron's wife. She is molested by Ryan after when she and Cameron are pulled over for her giving oral sex to her husband while he was driving them home.he next day she is trapped in an overturned car due to a car accident and, by a twist of fate, Officer Ryan is the man who willingly endangers himself to save her life.

2009-02-25T06:25:00.000-08:00

1. What's the meaning of CRASH in the film?

Crash is a provocative treatise on racism woven together with a series of overlapping threads. Talk about the differents thinks, and everything have a double meaning. At the final of the film you see that the topics are related and finaly all do a CRASH.