Жан-Люк Года́р ( родился 3 декабря 1930) — франко-швейцарский кинорежиссёр, актёр, сценарист и кинопродюсер марксистских убеждений, стоявший у истоков французской новой волны в кинематографе. Его фильмы 1960-х годов оказали революционное влияние на мировое киноискусство. Фильм снят в1986-м году — «Встреча с Вуди Алленом» / Meetin' WA
Ву́ди А́ллен -американский кинорежиссёр , актёр -комик, продюсер , четырёхкратный обладатель премии «Оскар ». Известен также как писатель, автор многочисленных рассказов и пьес. Вуди Аллен — интеллектуал, знаток литературы и кинематографа, а также джазовый кларнетист .
I try to work with authentic products. One of the fragments of such as work you have already seen. This is another example of work with authentic material. It is more difficult to understand American accent for us, because we learn mostly British English. But I found out a very interesting interview with Woody Allen, a brilliant American actor, director and screen writer. And I use it at the lesson in the 11th form. The Unit “What help you to enjoy yourself” the textbook by Kuzovlev A.P.. Those teachers, who work with this book, know that it is very poor with the texts for reading and listening, and the teachers have to look for additional materials. I devote several lessons to the topic “Cinema”. Two of them are about Woody Allen, who has a very long history in the cinematography.
The first lesson
Practical target Pupils will learn to read and to talk about famous people of the cinema, will learn to ask questions
Learning target Pupils will learn to work with the text
Developing target Pupils will learn to organize language material
Educational target Pupils will learn about culture of English-speaking countries
At this lesson I represent Mr. Allen to my pupils. Most of them do not know this person, and didn’t watch his films. I try to use a new technology “Developing critical mentality through reading”.
1 Step At the beginning of the lesson the pupils draw a table. I ask if they know anything about Woody Allen.
What do you know?
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What do you want to know?
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What have you known?
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They try to fill in the first column. They should write what they know about this person. They wrote only one sentence: “This is an American actor”
2 Step Then I ask them what they want to know about this person. And pupils fill in the second column, write questions.
What do you know?
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What do you want to know?
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What have you known?
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How old is Woody Allen?
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What is he?
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How did he start his career in the cinema?
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What roles did he play in the cinema?
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Was he awarded any prizes?
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……may be others questions….
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3 Step I give the text about Woody Allen to pupils. They are looking for answers to their questions, and fill in the third column. Then we discuss the answers all together.
The text: Before reading teacher should concentrate children’s attention on words:
stand-up - разговорный жанр transitions – переход, изменение
credits - титры mastery - мастерство
Woody Allen
Was born December 1, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. As a young boy he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
He broke into show business at age 15 when he started writing jokes for a local paper, receiving $200 a week. He later moved on to write jokes for talk shows but felt that his jokes were being wasted. His agents, Charles Joffe and Jack Rollins, convinced him to start doing stand-up and telling his own jokes. Reluctantly he agreed and, although he initially performed with such fear of the audience that he would cover his ears when they applauded his jokes, he eventually became very successful at stand-up.
After performing on stage for a few years, he was approached to write a script for Warren Beatty to star in: "What's New Pussycat?" and would also have a moderate role as a character in the film.
His real directorial debut came in the documentary "Take the Money and Run." He has written, directed and, more often than not, starred in about a film a year ever since while simultaneously writing more than a dozen plays and several books of comedy.
While best known for his romantic comedies Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979), Woody has made many transitions in his films throughout the years, transitioning from his "early, funny ones" of "Bananas," "Love and Death" and "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask;" to his more storied and romantic comedies of "Annie Hall," "Manhattan" and "Hannah and Her Sisters;" to the Bergman-esque films of "Stardust Memories" and "Interiors;" and then on to the more recent, but varied works of "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "Husbands and Wives," "Mighty Aphrodite," "Celebrity" and "Deconstructing Harry;" and finally to his film of the last decade, which vary from the light comedy of "Scoop," to the self-destructive darkness of "Match Point" and, most recently, to the cinematically beautiful tale of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
Although his stories and style have changed over the years, he is regarded as one of the best filmmakers of our time because of his views on art and his mastery of filmmaking.
He broke into show business at age 15 when he started writing jokes for a local paper, receiving $200 a week. He later moved on to write jokes for talk shows but felt that his jokes were being wasted. His agents, Charles Joffe and Jack Rollins, convinced him to start doing stand-up and telling his own jokes. Reluctantly he agreed and, although he initially performed with such fear of the audience that he would cover his ears when they applauded his jokes, he eventually became very successful at stand-up.
After performing on stage for a few years, he was approached to write a script for Warren Beatty to star in: "What's New Pussycat?" and would also have a moderate role as a character in the film.
His real directorial debut came in the documentary "Take the Money and Run." He has written, directed and, more often than not, starred in about a film a year ever since while simultaneously writing more than a dozen plays and several books of comedy.
While best known for his romantic comedies Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979), Woody has made many transitions in his films throughout the years, transitioning from his "early, funny ones" of "Bananas," "Love and Death" and "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask;" to his more storied and romantic comedies of "Annie Hall," "Manhattan" and "Hannah and Her Sisters;" to the Bergman-esque films of "Stardust Memories" and "Interiors;" and then on to the more recent, but varied works of "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "Husbands and Wives," "Mighty Aphrodite," "Celebrity" and "Deconstructing Harry;" and finally to his film of the last decade, which vary from the light comedy of "Scoop," to the self-destructive darkness of "Match Point" and, most recently, to the cinematically beautiful tale of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
Although his stories and style have changed over the years, he is regarded as one of the best filmmakers of our time because of his views on art and his mastery of filmmaking.
Frequently plays a neurotic New Yorker
Frequently casts himself, Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow
Frequently casts Judy Davis. and Scarlett Johansson,
A lot of his movies feature at least one character who is a writer. This is often Woody himself.
Nearly all of his films start and end with white-on-black credits, set to jazz music, without any scrolling.
His films are almost all set in New York City
His characters (that he plays himself) are often a semi-famous, semi-successful film/tv writer, director, or producer... or a novelist
His films often include opening Narration or the protagonist talking directly to the audience
His female characters are often free spirited but naive and often come from small town backgrounds
Among his biggest idols are Ingmar Bergman, Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Cole Porter, and Anton Chekhov.
He has more Academy Award nominations (14) for writing than anyone else, all of them are in the Written Directly for the Screen category.
4 Step I ask children what other facts from Allen’s biography they got to know
5 Step I ask pupils to make up a short story about Woody Allen at home for the next lesson (it may be a writing or a speaking task)
The second lesson
Practical target Pupils learn to listen to and to talk and to write about famous people of the cinema
Learning target Pupils will learn to find out the information and answer the question
Educational target Pupils will learn about culture of English-speaking countries
The students got acquainted with Woody Allen at the last lesson. They are ready to tell about him. They are ready to listen to an interview with him about the movie.
At the pre listening time teacher can talk with student about the following questions:
Do you like going to the cinema?
Why do people like going to the cinema?
What is better to watch a new film in the cinema or on TV?
Are you interested in special techniques or you just enjoy the film?
They look at the questions on the blackboard:
Is Mr. Allen afraid of press?
What does he say about Gordon as a cameraman?
Why does Mr. Allen like going to the movie?
What is the difference between movie and TV in his mind?
How does television influence the movie?
The recommended words to understand the text:
Cinema - movie
Card – кадр
Carding – монтаж
To avoid- избежать
To escape from – убежать от
To be disappointed - быть разочарованным
Pupils watch and listen to the interview with Woody Allen (two times). The first and the second questions we answer together(they are more difficult to understand) , the3d,4th,5th questions pupils answer by their own and write the answers on the papers.
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