Btrr Films and thrillers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2-4

1. Films and Thrillers

Look at the two pictures. Suggest some words to complete the sentences.

Susan has an important test today.

She is feeling....

Isaac is going on holiday to Thailand tomorrow.

He is feeling........

2a. Discuss the questions below with your classmate.

Which of these situations make you feel nervous? Explain.

• doing a test
• giving a presentation or a speech
• travelling a long distance
• meeting somebody for a romantic date
• going to a big party or social event
• doing a job interview
• talking to your teacher
  

2b. Thriller!

• A thriller film is usually about a crime or a dishonest plan. It makes the audience feel nervous but also excited. Can

you think of an example of a thriller film or a series? Describe the story.

• Why do people like watching thrillers?
  

an air marshal

to kill

a set-up

to hijack

to save

a criminal

a police officer who works as a security guard on aeroplanes

to end the life of somebody or something

A false situation which makes a good, honest person see.

to take control of an aeroplane/train/car

to rescue

a person who has broken the law

3. Watch the trailer for the movie Non-Stop . This is a thriller about an air marshall who discovers a big problem while he is working in an aeroplane.

• After watching the trailer you will get  questions you will have to answer.

trailer NON-STOP

https://youtu.be/nODrjQUR5YU

The air marshal doesn't like travelling by aeroplanes.

1. True
2. False

If the criminal doesn't receive money, he/she will kill the pilot

1. True
2. False

The criminal wants to receive $100,000,000 (one million dollars)

1. True
2. False

The criminal wants the money to go to a secret bank account.

1. True
2. False

The authorities think the air marshall is responsible for the problem.

1. True
2. False

3c. Speaking: Discuss with your classmate:

• How do you usually feel when you travel by plane?
• Have you ever seen other movies about aeroplanes? (e.g. Seven Days, Air Force One; Snakes on a Plane; The Aviator; Con Air, etc)
• Why do you think it is common to make films about aeroplanes?
  

4a Read.

• Open the bookwidget. Write down the correct film titles
  

Films and titles

https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/LE4Q6P

Wordweb Vocab Thriller

https://learningapps.org/display?v=pab9ragac18

Vocabulary:

serial killer

psychopath

immediately

shark

role

require

blood

to break up a relationship =

1. to break
2. to leave
3. to end
4. to get

to dump somebody = to ...........your boyfriend/ girlfriend

1. leave
2. kill
3. get rid of
4. get involved

to threaten somebody = to............ somebody you will hurt him or her

1. leave
2. tell
3. yell
4. explain

to be missing= nobody can .......you.

1. see
2. hurt
3. watch
4. find

to stalk somebody = to secretly follow or ........somebody in an obsessive way.

1. watch
2. hit
3. hurt
4. explain

'there is another side to the story'= 'the situation ......different interpretations'.

1. explains
2. has
3. is
4. likes

5a. Listen and Speak

Watch this scene from Gone Girl(2014) This is about a woman who disappears.  In this scene, her husband visits her ex-boyfriend to try to find information,

Gone Girl

https://youtu.be/GIdhXAc7atE

True or False?

1. This is the first time that the two men have met.
2. The husband found the blonde's man address on the internet.
3. The wife and the blonde man were in a relationship for five years.
4. When the relationship ended, the blonde man reacted very badly.
5. The husband doesn't believe everything his wife had told him.
   

5b. Speak: Discuss with your classmates:

• How do you think the story continues in the movie Gone Girl? (If you have seen the movie, describe it a little - but no spoilers!)
  
• Describe some reasons why people disappear.
• Can you think of any examples of people who have disappeared? (This could be from a news story or from a movie/TV)
  

Task!

Work in small groups of 3 or 4 students. Imagine you are Holywood producers. Each group needs to invent an idea for a new thriller. Select one of the items from each column of the table on the next slide. Then decide the basic story of the film.

You might think it nice to make a real movie of it!

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Write the blurb!

• 
  
• Make a poster of your invented movie
• Write a story board: A kind of comic of every scene of your film.
  
• You have left some time: Make your own movie of 10 - 15min.
  

Write a blurb

https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/JE4R4S