Иностранный язык (английский). Интерактивные занятия. Учебное пособие

3. Match the quotes.

4. In groups, discuss the following questions.

1.When was the last time you went to the cinema?

2.What genres of the film do you prefer?

3.What are you criteria when you choose a film?

4.Have you ever written a film review?

5.Read a review plan for A1–A 2 level students at page 18.

6.Read a review plan for B1–B2 level students at page 20.

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7. Read the film review. Put the paragraphs of the review in the right order.

a)__b) __c) __d) __e) __ f)__

By Ekaterina Bortnik

FILM REVIEW

“A million girls would kill for that job.”

1.__________

On the first day of filming Meryl Streep came to Anne Hathaway with the words: “I think you’re perfect for this role. And very happy to work with you.” But in the end, she adds: “That’s the only nice thing that you hear from me.” So it happened. But I also cannot pay attention to British actress Emily Blunt as a chief assistant. I got the impression that she was born for this role. Self-confidence, sarcasm, criticism, humor, helpfulness and a pinch of bitchiness – and we got a great character Emily.

2.__________

“Everybody wants to be us”, said Miranda. So if you are ready to plunge into the world of Prada, Gucci, D&G, Calvin Klein… watch this film and decide whose way is closer to you: Miranda’s or Andy’s?

3.__________

“The Devil Wears Prada” is a comedy, romance and drama with a great-chosen cast. Who can be better as a style icon with the character of «the monster» if it is not Meryl Streep? A special thanks to Miranda (Meryl Streep) for the monologue about lumpy blue sweater. And who can be better as a young naïve journalist if Anne Hathaway is not? I think it is a very good acting duo.

4.__________

The plot of the film is quite simple. The editor in chief of the most famous fashion magazine “Runway” Miranda Priestly hires inexperienced girl Andy Sachs as an assistant. Andy has to “pass the test” of this fashion world. Glamour, glitter, beauty – it is all outside. There are serious passions inside. Designers are “fighting” among themselves, friends don’t understand you, and the boss

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demands the impossible, personal life crumbles… And what is the result? The result is a wonderful film that is full of not only expensive clothes (Anne Hathaway is mainly dressed in Chanel, Meryl Streep is dressed mostly in Prada, especially shoes. Also there are a lot of clothes from Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein).

5.__________

Ultimately, costume design cost the filmmakers of $ 1 million, making the film one of the most expensive in the history of this indicator. The only one Miranda’s necklace was purchased for $100,000 and good soundtracks (KT Tunstall – Suddenly I see, Madonna – Vogue, U2 – City of blinding lights, Moby – Beautiful) but also has a meaningfulness. This film is about how work is able to change a person. It also makes me think about how important is to have a balance between love and career.

6.__________

The film is based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger “The Devil wears Prada” (2003). It is directed by David Frankel who is known for the TV series “Sex and the City” (1998–2004). In these both films the director created an attractive picture of New York that is full of fashion, famous people and passion.

8. Read the Devil Wears Prada film review. Does the review meet the following requirements of a good film review (1-5). Explain why/ why not?

1.It is written using mostly the present tense.

2.It gives a brief outline of the plot and characters without revealing every detail, so that viewers will want to see the film to know how it develops and ends.

3.It avoids using over-emphatic language such as the best film ever and superb acting.

4.There is a critical assessment of the successes/failings of the film, based on a specific example from the film.

5.It highlights features, when relevant, which make the film worth seeing.

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The Devil Wears Prada Review

By Helen O’Hara

Andy Sachs (Hathaway) is an aspiring journalist who takes a job at Runway, a New York fashion magazine, as an assistant to its powerful and much-feared editor, Miranda Priestly (Streep). But as she tries to get ahead in fashion and please Miranda, Andy finds her own values at risk.

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It looks like a chick flick, dresses like a chick flick and namechecks a fashion house in its title, so you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is the long-rumoured Sex And The City movie – and the presence of the director David Frankel at the helm would suggest you’re right. But under the to-die-for threads of The Devil Wears Prada lurks a career-minded morality tale, wherein the gender of the two leads is of little importance – except that male stars would do themselves an injury in heels this high.

While the traditional girly movie sees some allegedly frumpy but really foxy starlet make eyes at an unattainable babe-magnet before realising she loves her best guy mate, this focuses on the oft-overlooked question of what our heroine actually does for a living. Hence this leading lady lives in a credibly small and grungy apartment, dresses badly and seems to be unacquainted with either Max Factor or Estée Lauder. There are dishy men around – Entourage’s Adrian Grenier as her long-suffering boyfriend and Simon Baker as a predatory writer – but they’re window-dressing for an altogether more businesslike tale.

Andy’s story is about getting her foot on the career ladder, a familiar goal even for those who haven’t gone through the meatgrinder of media recruitment. But her starter job as junior assistant to Runway magazine editor Miranda Priestly soon sees her life being made over along with her wardrobe. In the lead, Anne Hathaway continues her transition from cheery and freshfaced child star to cheery and freshfaced but accomplished adult actress with a down-to-Earth charm that draws inevitable comparisons

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to a young Julia Roberts. But, come next March, it will be Meryl Streep who receives her umpteenth Oscar nod for her role as the deliciously nasty Priestly.

In the slave-and-tell novel on which the film is based, Priestly is an unkind caricature, allegedly based on legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Streep, however, manages the formidable task of giving her capricious tyrant some humanity without diluting her essential awfulness. Speaking in a soft, almost seductive monotone, she tears strips out of her assistants and withers unlucky editors with a glance – all while retaining a strange, charismatic hold over all around her. Soon her malign influence begins to warp her newest assistant, until Andy too finds herself adopting the values of her Mephistophelean mentor. Miranda’s credo may be “fashion is fabulous” rather than “greed is good”, but make no mistake – this is Gordon Gekko with better hair.

It’s left to two other Runway employees to do the film’s comedic heavy-lifting. The ever-dependable Stanley Tucci injects pathos into an underwritten part as the very camp and extremely shrewd art editor Nigel, Miranda’s right-hand man. But it’s relative newcomer Emily Blunt (My Summer Of Love) who very nearly steals the film as Miranda’s senior assistant Emily, veering brilliantly between Miranda-lite bitchery and moments of real despair (admittedly, despair that is occasioned by the threat of taking away her couture, but it’s real nevertheless).

From New York high society to Paris Fashion Week, the combination of low comedy and high fashion works beautifully. There are plot elements and the odd line that seem forced or formulaic, but the overall impression is fresh and stylish – an autumn/winter show that’s worth a look, even for the sartorially-challenged.

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Viewing

Watch the film with/without subtitles. Tell students to use a pencil so they can make notes about their expressions and necessary details to write a film review.

Post viewing

8.Read the video script.

9.Do the tests.

TEST 1

1.What kind of film is “The Devil Wears Prada”? Why?

a.psychological drama

b.romantic film

c.comedy-drama film

2.The film “The Devil Wears Prada” is based on the novel of the same name by _________

a.Mark Livolsi

b.Lauren Weisberger

c.Wendy Finerman

3.Define characters’ roles in the film “The Devil Wears Prada”

4. Decide if Andy’s errands that she has to run are true (T) or false (F)

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1)Stand, watch and listen.

2)Pick Cassidy’s homework up.

3)Always ask Miranda everything.

4)Check the brakes on Miranda’s car.

5)Find a piece of paper Miranda had in her hand yesterday morning.

6)Serve supper.

7)Bring twins flip-flops.

8)Pick up the shoes from Blahnik.

9)Take Patricia for a walk.

10)Get Miranda Priestly the big table that she liked.

11)Get a reservation for dinner tonight at that place that got

the good review.

5.Andy’s father is from

a.Ohio

b.Miami

c.Chicago

6.Why was Miranda’s flight from Miami to New York canceled?

a.There was a hurricane.

b.There were no tickets.

c.Andy didn’t know where to buy tickets.

7.Why was it urgent for Miranda Priestly to come back home?

a.Twins had a recital.

b.She had a meeting with an important person.

c.Her husband started a divorce case.

8.How did Andy manage to obtain the new unpublished Harry Potter book?

a.Andy failed to obtain the book.

b.Andy called Joanne Rowling and got the book.

c.Andy obtained the book through Christian Thompson’s contacts

9.Why did Andy accept the offer to go to the fall fashion shows in Paris instead of Emily?

a.Andy wanted to go to the fall fashion shows in Paris.

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b.Andy was forced to accept the offer after being told by Miranda that she would lose her job if she rejected.

c.Andy accepted the offer because she revenged Emily.

10.What about does Andy want to inform Miranda Priestly?

a.her future plan to leave the job as an assistant.

b.a plan to replace Miranda with Jacqueline Follet as the editor of Runway.

c.Nigel’s plan to accept a job as Creative Director with James

Holt.

11.Put the sentences in the right order

a.Andy gives a call to Emily in the office and offers her all the clothes she received in Paris.

b.Andy is applying for a job at the New York Mirror and gets it.

c.Andy meets Nate for breakfast and he says they can work something out.

d.Andy leaves Miranda Priestly and throws her cell phone into a fountain.

e.When Miranda and Andy see each other they exchange looks.

12.Give the Russian equivalents for the following words.

nurture, man the desk, itinerary, accomplishments, editor in chief, career-obsessed, move at a glacial pace, mockup

13. Write five questions about the film “The Devil Wears Prada”.

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TEST 2

1.Complete the statement: Is film “The Devil Wears Prada”

__________? Why?

a.Spain psychological drama

b.American romantic film

c.American comedy-drama film

2.The film “The Devil Wears Prada” is based on the novel of the same name by _________

a.Mark Livolsi

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b.Lauren Weisberger

c.Wendy Finerman

2.Define characters’ real names.

4.Decide if Andy’s errands that she has to run are true (T) or false (F)

1)Take Miranda’s dog for a walk.

2)Get a reservation for dinner tonight at that place that got the good review.

3)Pick Cassidy’s homework up.

4)Never ask Miranda anything.

5)Get Miranda Priestly the small table that she liked.

6)Find a piece of paper Miranda had in her hand yesterday evening.

7)Serve supper.

8)Bring twins flip-flops.

9)Pick up the shoes from Blahnik.

10)Check the brakes on Miranda’s bicycle.

11)Stand, watch and listen.

5.Andy’s parents are from ____

a.Chicago

b.Miami

c.Ohio

6.Miranda’s flight from Miami to New York canceled because there was a hurricane but she said that ____

a.it was snowing.

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b.it was raining.

c.it was just drizzling.

7.Was Miranda Priestly present at the twins’ recital?

a.Yes, she was, she managed to come back home on time.

b.No, she wasn’t, she had a meeting with an important person.

c.No, she wasn’t because there wasn’t any possibility to go from Miami to New York.

8.Why did Miranda Priestly’s husband start a divorce case?

a.He was tired to wait for her from her work.

b.He didn’t started a divorce case.

c.It was Miranda Priestly’s choice to divorce.

9.Did Christian Thompson help Andy to obtain Harry Potter book through his contacts?

a.No, Andy didn’t get the book.

b.Yes, Andy called Joanne Rowling and got the book.

c.Andy obtained the book through Christian Thompson's contacts

10.Why did Andy go to the fall fashion shows in Paris instead of Emily?

a.Andy wanted to go ahead in her career.

b.Andy didn’t want to lose her job.

c.Andy accepted the offer because she revenged Emily.

11.Why does Andy want to inform Miranda Priestly about a plan to replace Miranda with Jacqueline Follet as the editor of Runway?

a.Andy doesn’t want to lose her job.

b.Andy is a loyal worker.

c.Andy thinks that Jacqueline Follet and Nigel don’t deserve new positions.

12.Read the text and correct the mistakes.

Yesterday I have seen a film “The devil wears Prada”. The film is about a well-educated girl who wants to become a journalist. She deign to work as the Editor in Chief’s assistant in one of the modern magazines. She strongly believes that she will get her dream job in a year. She works hard for Miranda Priestly and she goes ahead in her career very slowly. She meets new people and becomes stylish.

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