S.2 English Studies

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S.2 English Studies
Module 1 Media Education
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Lets take a look at the video clip

• http//www.oscar.com/
• http//www.oscars.org/76academyawards/nomswins.htm
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What do you know about Oscars?
Film-makers / movies makers
cheer
Film
Actors and actresses
Tears
Titanic
Dress up
Director
Red carpet
Nomination
speech
keen competition
Excitement
Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
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Important figures

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn

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Voting Procedures (8-9)
Step 1 In _________________ Academy members
suggest nomination for the Oscars.
January
Step 2 In ________________ a list of five
nominations for each Oscar is released very
early in the morning around 800 a.m.
February
March
Step 3 In _________________ The Academy makes
the final vote. Before the big night, only
___________ people know who the winners are.
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mid
Step 4 In _____ March Everyone with a
_____________ can go and they are asked to make a
_______________.
nomination
speech
Step 5 Near the end of March It is Oscar night,
______________ learns who has won.
everyone
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Questions

• 1. Who can vote for the winners?
• The members of the Academy?
• 2. How many members of the Academy?
• Over 5,000
• 3. Who are they?
• _____________Actors / Actresses
• (about a ____________)
• _____________Producers
• _____________ Writers
• _____________ Directors
• _____________ Others (about 50)

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Questions

• 4. Can a producer choose the Best Writer?
• How do you know? Quote a sentence in the
  reader to support your answer.
• No, he cant. A member only makes nominations
  for people who do his or her job in the movie
  business.
• 5. Can an actress choose the Best Picture?
• Then, how about directors?
• Yes, she can / they can. Everyone can make a
  suggestion for Best Picture.
• 6. What will happen to actors and actresses who
  are nominated?
• They are more popular than ever. The
  telephone never stops ringing. Some give as many
  TV and magazine interviews as possible (P.9)

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With a little help

• Titanic

There was a note from the director James
Cameron With the video
In the letter, he asked voters to please,
please See it
Studio send the movie to the voters
How about My Left Foot?
How about Donny Brasco?
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P.12-13
Host

• http//www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/
• David Letterman is the host of a
  popular night talk show.
• David has hosted this program for 5
  years.

(noun)
(verb)
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Why did Whoopi come onto the stage in queens
clothes?
Her clothes were always from the movie, Elizabeth
I.
Whoopi Goldberg
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• Why did Billy Crystal ride onto the stage on a
  horse? (ride, rode, ridden)

He was in a cowboy movie that year.
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• How many hosts in 1972? Who are they?
• Heston was late for the show. What happened then?

Five. Charlton Heston, Carol Burnett, Clint
Eastwood, Michael Caine and Rock Hudson.
Clint Eastwood had to read some of Hestons
lines. Not all of them made sense when they were
read by a different actor.
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P. 14 - 15

• 1. Who are the presenters in the Oscar show?

The actors and actresses who never win an
Oscar. Bigger stars present the more
important awards.
2. What is the most important award in Oscars?
The Best Picture
Audrey Hepburn (Four times)
3. How many people have presented the Best
Picture award more than once?
Seven.
Jack Nicholson (five times)
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• What are the presenters given after the show?
• They are given a gift of box. It has expensive
  wine and candy. The gift box can cost almost
  1000.

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Christopher Reeve
What happened to Christopher?
After an accident on a horse, he could not move
any part of his body.
He was paralyzed after the accident.
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P.16 - 17

• Who is the most successful actress?

Katherine Hepburn
She has won four times. With ____________
nominations, she is the actress who has been
_____________ the most times.
twelve
nominated
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Who is the most successful actor?

• Jack Nicholson
• - nominated more than ever other actor
  twelve times
• - has won three Oscars (2 for Best Actor, 1 for
  Best Supporting Actor)
• Tom Hanks
• - Won in 1994 (Philadephia) and 1995 (forrest
  Gump)

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• Who has the most Oscars?
• Who has received the most nominations?

Walt Disney. He has 26 Academy Awards. He also
won the most Oscars in one year. In 1953, Disney
received four awards.
Cedric Gibbons was nominated forty times for his
art work.
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P.18 - 19

• What happens when the Academy voters cannot
  decide? Discuss with your neighbor.

The Academy gives two awards.
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• Some actors and actresses seem lost without a
  writers lines. Can you give one example?

In 1991, director Jonathan Demme said uh or
um ninety times in his speech.
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• 1. Why didnt Woody Allen go to the Oscars?
• Ans
• He thinks that the Oscars didnt mean anything
  to him.
• 2. Who else didnt accept an award?
• Ans
• 1. George C. Scott - his movies were too
• serious for a silly awards show
• 2. Spanish director Luis Bunuel