Movie Project Questions 1

1. What questions.
What are you reviewing? Frost/Nixon
What is it about? It's about the historical interview of Richard Nixon by David Frost
What is the plot or storyline? David Frost, a famous british entertainer and show host, wants to interview Richard Nixon the 37th president of the USA, full of controversy.
What is the theme? Politics
What is the director's purpose? Show everything behind this extraordinary interview.
What genre or classification does it fit? Supense, drama, comedy, historical, always refering to politics.
What is the tone? What is the point of view? What is the mood. The tone change through the evolution of the movie being while around ironic, funny, dramatic, serious and some others, the movie is very versatile on a lot of ways. The point of view is mainly from Frost and Nixon sides like the title said so. The mood is really sympathic. It never too deep, too big, too.. It's a good mood with a great rythm.

2. Who questions.
Who wrote, directed, or acted it? What else have they done? Directed by Ron Howard (A beautiful mind, Da vinci code, Cinderella man, How the grinch stole Christmas), written by Peter Morgan (The play version of Frost/Nixon, the Queen, the last king of Scotland, the other Boleyn girl) with Michael Sheen (The Queen, Underworld), Frank Langhella (Good night and good luck, Stardom, Superman returns), Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The prestige), Kevin Bacon (The woodsman, Where the truth lies, Mystic river), Sam Rockwell (The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford, Matchstick men, The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy) and much more (dah).
Who are the main characters in the story? David Frost and Richard Nixon
Who is the intended audience? Mostly adult, people who are familiar with thoses events and person interest by politics.
Who has said what about this? Why? Actually the movie was really appreciate by the critics and the public. He has been on many top ten of 2008 lists (13): Los Angeles times, Rolling Stone, San Francisco Chronicles and others ans he's actually number 242 in the top 250 of IMDB. The USA today give it full grade saying that: "It's hard to imagine how a film built around one-on-one interviews could be entertaining, but Frost/Nixon could not be more enthralling.". Because everything is well builded, well created and the suspense, the tension are extraordinary, mainly by the amazing performances. Well I don't want to put here a lot of excerpt of reviews, but well critics were really good.

3. Where and when questions.
When does the action take place? Mainly summer 1977
Where does the action take place? California (Some moments in England or other places..)

Asking questions

LEAP p.27
Modal-Question word / Auxiliary / Subject / Verb / Rest

Yes/No questions

Was Elizabeth loud enough ?
Is Valentine's day the same in England ?
Has everyone spoken ?
Do safaris have real wild animals ?
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Can I ask a question ?
Should I be afraid of rhinoceroses ?
Would you dare to jump from a parachute ?
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Information questions

What did Gabrielle talk about ?
Where would you like to travel?
Who would you like to be your valentine ?
When did Valerie visit PhiPhi ?

LEL #

1. Interest level: This course was really _____ (great; okay; loosy; boring)

2. Difficulty level: It was intermediate level

3. What I learned: Specific examples (I learned that commas (,) are really important)

4. My score: 60% - 80% ....

5. Rating (on 10):

Wiki treasure hunt

What is the Learning Express Library? It's the site of the Grande bibliothèque.

Where is Mr. B's office? C-150

What percentage of the course is reading and listening worth? 30%

How many students are registered in the class? 39 students are registered in this class

What are Mr. B's office hours? Office hours: Tuesdays- 1:00 – 2:00 / Wednesdays- 1:00 – 5:00

What is the 48 hour rule? If you want to retake an exam that you miss or for any other reasons, you got to ask for it within the next 48 hours following the class and you can only use this rule once.

What is the first assignment? Buy the book

What is ELLLO? ELLLO is a free online listening resource of over 1,000 listening activities designed especially for ESL and EFL students and teachers.

How many threads are found in the discussion forum? 22

Do you have to go to the Grande Bibiliotheque to register?

What is the blog URL of the last student on the class list? http://schoolblog-g.blogspot.com/

How many pages appear when you type "grammar" in the "Search this site" box? 10 items, but only 5 pages

How many items are listed in the Student Contract? 10

What is the name of the class textbook?

How many items are there in the "Writing Correction Code"? 25

Geneviève

Geneviève talks about her personal goals based on the GAINS profile.

Geneviève really is an amazing girl who got incredible skills in writing. She actually wrote a fantasy novel that she wants to publish as a short objective. She also wants to got her DEC in dramatic arts. As a long objective she wants to be happy, to get a good job, principally in the cinema area, as an actress. As others skills she's good at acting and following this direction, it's easy for her to express herself in public.

Her interests really goes in the arts direction such as music, mainly the Beatles that she characterized as cute, movies, she principally like musical one, she also likes reading, acting, writing that goes with some of her greatest achievements such as the book she wrote over 7 years of work and a play that been played in a summer camp that changed her life. As a different aspect of her interest, she likes travelling, she also did a humanitarian trip in Ecuador to help families, this was quite a dream coming true for her.

In conclusion, Geneviève is a girl leaded by arts in every way and what more to wish, if she's talented too!