The document provides information about analyzing movie trailers and discussing science fiction films. It includes activities where students work in pairs to discuss film trailers and descriptions, match films to topics, identify quotes from a trailer, and generate a list of the top five sci-fi films. The document aims to develop students' English skills through activities analyzing visual media and having conversations about films.

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MOVIE TRAILERS
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1 Work in pairs. Look at the photos.
Ask and answer the questions about
each film.
1 Have you seen the film? How long
ago?
2 Did you like it? Why/why not?
3 What can you remember about it?
4 Would you like to see it again?
Metropolis (film still)
Clockwork Orange (publicity photo) The Road (publicity photo)
Avatar- CC Brett Jordan

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2 Work in pairs. Read one of the film descriptions and complete
the factfile for it.
FACTFILE: Name: ………………. Metropolis was directed by Fritz Lang and was based
Basic information ……………………………………………………. on a novel by Thea von Harbou. It came out in 1927
Stars/main characters:…………………………………………….. and starred Brigitte Helm as Maria and Gustav
Frohlich as Freder.
Story set in: …………………………………………………………….. The film is set in a utopian and ultra-modern city of
What happens:……………………………………………………….. the future where all the residents are wealthy and
Main themes in film:………………………………………………. happy. One day, Freder, who is the son of the city’s
founder and its leader, sees a beautiful young woman
with a group of children. The group disappears and
Freder follows them down into a hidden underground
Clockwork Orange was directed by Stanley Kubrick and was
world which is dark, dirty and noisy and full of
based on a novel by Anthony Burgess. It came out in 1971 and
machines. This is where the workers live; they keep
starred Malcom McDowell as Alex.
the city functioning and are poor and exploited.
The film is set in the UK in the future - some time in the 1990s.
Freder talks to the beautiful Maria and finds out that
Alex is the leader of a gang of violent young hooligans called
she was showing the poor children what life for the
“Droogs”. Every night, they go out and engage in violence for fun
rich inhabitants is like. Maria wants to connect the
– for example they badly beat up an Irish beggar in a subway
people from the two different worlds. Freder feels
tunnel. Then they break into a big house, attack its owner leaving
sorry for the workers and wants to help them but his
him paralysed and gang rape his wife. Finally, Alex is arrested and
father finds out about his plans and is determined to
convicted for his various violent crimes. While he is in prison,
stop any revolution…….
Alex hears of a programme called “aversion therapy” and
volunteers to take part in it to reduce his prison sentence. He is
given drugs and shown films of violence which make him feel
very ill - after this any thought of conflict makes him feel sick. 3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer
When Alex finally comes out of prison, he meets the people he
knew before but now he is in a much weaker position …… questions about the films.

4. 4 Watch the movie trailers twice. Do not try to understand the language.
Concentrate on the images and sounds.
Rate the trailers for these things:
a) What is its visual impact? ……. /5
b) What do you learn about the content of the film? .……/5
c) Does it persuade you to watch it? ……../5
MOVIE TRAILERS:
a) Clockwork Orange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN-1Mup0UI0
b) The Road: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLgszfXTAY
c) Metropolis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSExdX0tds4
d) Avatar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdxXPV9GNQ
5 Match the topics (1-8) with the films above (1-4).
1 the environment 2 violence 3 social revolution
4 people and technology 5 physical disability
6 the end of civilisation 7 love and romance
8 crime and punishment 9 family relationships
10 survival 11 the future
12 young people in society

5. 6 Watch the Avatar trailer again. Complete the extracts from it.
a) You Jake Sully? We’d like to talk to you about a fresh 1……… in a new world. You’d be making a difference.
b) I became a 2………… for the hardship. I told myself I could pass any test that a 3…….. can pass. All I ever
wanted was a single thing worth 4……… for.
c) Ladies and gentlemen. You’re not in 5………. any more. You’re on Pandora.
d) We have an indigenous population called the Na’vi. They are very hard to 6………….
e) This is why we are here. Because this little grey rock sells for 7……….. million a kilo. Their village happens
to be in on the richest deposit and they need to 8………….
f) These savages are threatening our whole 9…………. We’re on the brink of 10………. and you’re supposed to
be finding a 11………….. solution.
g) The concept is to drive these remotely-controlled bodies called avatars. They are grown from
human mixed with the DNA of the 12……….
h) A marine in an avatar 13…………. That’s a potent mix. You get me what I need. I’ll see to it that
you get your legs back. 14……… legs.
i) Just let your mind go blank. It shouldn’t be 15………… for you.
j) Jake. It’s real simple. I want you to learn from the inside. I want you to get their 16………….
k) You should not be here. Go 17…………!
l) All this is your 18………..
m) I need your help!
n) You haven’t got lost in the woods, have you? Did you forget what 19……… you’re playing for?
o) You’re going up against gunships with bows and 20…………
p) They’ve sent us a message that they can take whatever they want. Well, we can send them a message.
That this, this is our 21……….!
7 Who said the things above?
Jake Sully / Colonel Quaritch / a mining boss / one of the scientific team / Neyteri (Na’vi
woman) / government officials /

6. 8 Work in pairs. What are the top five sci-fi films ever? Choose from the list below and add
films of your own.
Terminator
Alien
Matrix
2001: A Space Odyssey
Independence Day
Mad Max
Blade Runner
Star Wars Trilogy
Back to the Future
Jurassic Park
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
ET
Planet of the Apes
Metropolis
The Road
Avatar
9 Present your list to the rest of the class.