Talk about English - Film 1 pt3 | Текст песни

• Тексты песен
• Talk about English
• Film 1 pt3

https://vk.com/englistening

Callum: You're listening to Talk about English, live from London. I'm Callum
Robertson

Jackie: I'm Jackie Dalton

Callum: And still with us is BBC Arts Reporter Vincent Dowd. Vincent in this part of
the programme we're going to be talking about how to write a review of a film.
I wonder if you could pass on any tips for what you think are the important
things to go into a review.

Vincent:
• Who is the audience? Keep in mind who the review is for.
• Review has elements of fact and also personal opinion
• Factual information about the film e.g. genre, cast, director, can mention what
else they've done that might be well known to audience
• Outline of the plot – without giving anything away
• Personal opinion about the film – quality of acting, direction, script etc. what you
liked/didn't like
• Maybe recommendation or not.

Callum: Well to help understand this more fully we're going to look at an example now.
There is a new film Children of Men which has recently been reviewed across
the BBC. Here's Mark Coles from World Service programme 'The Ticket'
talking about it. Which part of the review is this and is he giving factual
information or personal opinion about the film.

REVIEW PART 1
New Movie Children of Men is a thriller set in the year 2027 and the planet is in a right mess.
The human race dying out. Global infertility means that no babies have been born for 18 years

and to make matters worse the world's youngest citizen has just died. Mankind now facing the
likelihood of its own extinction.

Jackie: In this part of the review we hear about the genre, it's a thriller and also about
the plot. It's set in the future.

Callum: This is a useful expression when talking about movies- it's set – we use it to
talk about where or when the action of a film takes place. Here we heard that
the film is set in 2027. And it's exactly the same when using it for places. The
film is set in London, the action of the film happens in London.

Jackie: There is also a brief introduction to the plot. The human race is dying out
because of global infertility; no one can have children any more.

Callum: The information we've heard so far is fact about the film. Listen to the next part
of the review, what do we learn here?

REVIEW PART 2
The film follows Theo, a disillusioned bureaucrat played by Clive Owen who reluctantly finds
himself coming to the planet's rescue. A lone pregnant women is discovered, the human race's
last remaining hope and it's Theo's job to keep her alive.

Jackie: In this part we learn a little more about the plot, and we also find out about one
of the characters, Theo and who he is played by.

Callum: ' Played by' is another useful expression when talking about films and it's the
verb we use to talk about the character that the actors play. In this film the
character of Theo is 'played by' the actor Clive Owen.

Jackie: And the character Theo finds himself trying to save the planet by protecting a
woman who is found to be pregnant.

Callum: We now go on to learn some more about the film

REVIEW PART 3
Children of Men is based on a novel by the British writer PD James. It also stars Michael
Caine and Julianne Moore and was directed by the acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Alfonso
Cuaron whose past films include Y Tu Mama Tambien and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban

Jackie: Now we learn a little more information, we hear about the director and what
other films he has made, there's more about the cast – the film also stars
Michael Caine and Julianne Moore – and we learn that the film is based on a
novel – it's based on.

Callum: This expression means that the story for the film originally came from a novel
– it's based on a novel.

Jackie: That's just about it for the start of the review, let's listen to that all together.

REVIEW PART 4
New Movie Children of Men is a thriller set in the year 2027 and the planet is in a right mess.
The human race dying out. Global infertility means that no babies have been born for 18 years
and to make matters worse the world's youngest citizen has just died. Mankind now facing the
likelihood of its own extinction.
The film follows Theo, a disillusioned bureaucrat played by Clive Owen who reluctantly finds
himself coming to the planet's rescue. A lone pregnant women is discovered, the human race's
last remaining hope and it's Theo's job to keep her alive.

Children of Men is based on a novel by the British writer PD James. It also stars Michael
Caine and Julianne Moore and was directed by the acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Alfonso
Cuaron whose past films include Y Tu Mama Tambien and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban.

Callum: So that's the start of a review – the information we've heard is mostly factual,
telling us about the plot, the cast and the director. But now it's time to hear
something that has a bit more of a personal touch. Here is film critic Nigel
Floyd. What do you think his opinion is, what tells you whether he likes or
doesn't like the film?

REVIEW PART 5
What keeps this film going and what keeps the audience on the edge of its seat is that it
moves forward all the time. There are amazing hand held camera scenes where the camera
sort of dives in through the front of abuilding, follows the characters up the stairs, through a
series of rooms, down corridors, out the window, out into the garden and it all appears to be
one continuous shot. It's almost as if the camera's become like another character in the film,
sort of like a rather curious character that's following the action. That's sucks you in and then
every now and then there's a setback and there are these plot switches which absolutely take
your breath away?

Callum: Vincent, from that part of the review, do you think it's a positive or negative ot
netral review

Vincent: Positive:
Keeps the audience on the edge of seat
Amazing hand held camera scenes
Plot switches which take your breath away.

Callum: Let's listen again

REVIEW PART 5 (REPEAT)
What keeps this film going and what keeps the audience on the edge of its seat is that it
moves forward all the time. There are amazing hand held camera scenes where the camera
sort of dives in through the front of abuilding, follows the characters up the stairs, through a
series of rooms, down corridors, out the window, out into the garden and it all appears to be
one continuous shot. It's almost as if the camera's become like another character in the film,
sort of like a rather curious character that's following the action. That's sucks you in and then
every now and then there's a setback and there are these plot switches which absolutely take
your breath away?

Jackie: Now one reason we've been talking about reviews today is that this is the
theme of our new competition

Callum: Yes, if you would like to try and win a BBC Learning English mp3 player and
have your work displayed on this site, then why not enter our competition. We
want you to write a review of a film you have seen.

Jackie: Think of the different things that go into a review as we've talked about today.
Tell us the facts about the film, who's in it and who directed it, what's it about.

Callum: Also tell us what you thought about it, what did you like or not like and would
you recommend it. And don't forget useful expressions like 'set in' , 'based on'
and played by

Jackie: Entries should be no more that 400 words long and should be sent to
talkaboutenglish@bbc.co.uk The closing date is Monday 9
th
October. For full
details see the website.


Callum: And I'm pleased to say that on the phone right now we have the winner of our
last competition, Asim from Pakistan

Callum in call with Asim

VOTE RESULT

Jackie: And quickly before we go, it's nearly the end of September which means we
will soon be having a new Country of the Month! In October the country we
are focussing on is …. England!

Callum: Yes, to learn all about England, ask and answer questions, see photos and much
more visit the Your World section of the site.

That's all from this edition of Talk about English – thank you to our guest
Vincent Dowd

ALL GOODBYES

Talk about English еще тексты