I promised a little activity with this short video on the film The Artist. The interviewees are French speakers so it helps to get a grasp of different non-native accents in English.
As an initial activity I asked you to pay attention to the actress' intonation patterns (she has a very native-like musicality to her speech); in this case I'm providing you with some gapped sentences for comprehension practice. Please note that there may be more than one word in each gap, and that the wording of the sentences will usually vary from that of the video. Please make your answers fit the gapped sentence regarding grammar, negative/positive statements, tenses, etc.
Enjoy the video, and the film if you're planning to watch it! I did, and I had a great time. If you want to forget about everything for some hour and a half, this is the film to watch, if you ask me!
Please comment to share your answers with the rest of us!
The male protagonist is described as a joker, a seducer and a man who is (1)___________________ .
The female protagonist falls in love with him and remains (2)_____________________ even when he’s no longer a movie star.
The director had wanted to film a silent movie for (3)_____________________ .
To him, the most amazing thing about the format is (4)_____________________ the audience. It allows them to (5)_____________________ so many things, from the (6)_____________________ of the voices to the sounds of the (7)_____________________ and (8)_____________________ .
Participating in the film OSS (where these actors had previously worked with the director Michel Hazanavicius) was helpful to Bérénice because she had (9)_____________________ before. Jean, however, did not prepare (10)_____________________ differently.
The male protagonist is described as a joker, a seducer and a man who is (1)_selfish, and overdone___ .
The female protagonist falls in love with him and remains (2)__faithful___ even when he’s no longer a movie star.
The director had wanted to film a silent movie for (3)_ten or twelve years___ .
To him, the most amazing thing about the format is (4)___how it works in___ the audience. It allows them to (5)___recreate___ so many things, from the (6)____texture_ of the voices to the sounds of the (7)_city___ and (8)__the sounds of the cars and the people____ .
Participating in the film OSS (where these actors had previously worked with the director Michel Hazanavicius) was helpful to Bérénice because she had (9)__never done comedy___ before. Jean, however, did not prepare (10)____his role_________________ differently.
The male protagonist is described as a joker, a seducer and a man who is (1)a looser, selfish and with no instict for the future.
The female protagonist falls in love with him and remains (2)_faithful to him__ even when he’s no longer a movie star.
The director had wanted to film a silent movie for (3)ten- twelve years_ .
To him, the most amazing thing about the format is (4)how it works in_ the audience. It allows them to (5)____recreate__ so many things, from the (6)___texture____ of the voices to the sounds of the (7)__citie__ and (8)___the people__ .
Participating in the film OSS (where these actors had previously worked with the director Michel Hazanavicius) was helpful to Bérénice because she had (9)_met__them____ before. Jean, however, did not prepare (10)___his role differently.
The film was amazing and, by the way, What a smile he has!!!
Hi!
ReplyDeleteThis is my guess:
The male protagonist is described as a joker, a seducer and a man who is (1)_selfish, and overdone___ .
The female protagonist falls in love with him and remains (2)__faithful___ even when he’s no longer a movie star.
The director had wanted to film a silent movie for (3)_ten or twelve years___ .
To him, the most amazing thing about the format is (4)___how it works in___ the audience. It allows them to (5)___recreate___ so many things, from the (6)____texture_ of the voices to the sounds of the (7)_city___ and (8)__the sounds of the cars and the people____ .
Participating in the film OSS (where these actors had previously worked with the director Michel Hazanavicius) was helpful to Bérénice because she had (9)__never done comedy___ before. Jean, however, did not prepare (10)____his role_________________ differently.
Hello!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Encarna and I would add in (1)... arrogant and without instinc for the future...
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ReplyDeleteAlways a pleasure to see you back here... Thank you for doing the activity! I hope you're doing it before checking the comments, David... ;)
Very good job, I'll give you the key as soon as we get some more activity around here in the comments...
Cheers!
Yes, I did it before but I didn't feel like writing all the gaps again!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the vote of confidence.
I saw the movie and I must confess I expected more physical comedy and gags .... but It's a quite enjoyable film.
By the way, John Goodman looks younger and thinner than 10 years ago!
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ReplyDeleteThe male protagonist is described as a joker, a seducer and a man who is (1)a looser, selfish and with no instict for the future.
The female protagonist falls in love with him and remains (2)_faithful to him__ even when he’s no longer a movie star.
The director had wanted to film a silent movie for (3)ten- twelve years_ .
To him, the most amazing thing about the format is (4)how it works in_ the audience. It allows them to (5)____recreate__ so many things, from the (6)___texture____ of the voices to the sounds of the (7)__citie__ and (8)___the people__ .
Participating in the film OSS (where these actors had previously worked with the director Michel Hazanavicius) was helpful to Bérénice because she had (9)_met__them____ before. Jean, however, did not prepare (10)___his role differently.
The film was amazing and, by the way, What a smile he has!!!
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Great job again Belén... I just have a thing to mention: the spelling of the word "loser" (long u, /u:/, but spelt with one "o").
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked the film, I couldn't agree more about his smile! Absolutely charming!
Thank you!