Shakeapeare In Love - a seven - Oscar movie

today we'll read, watch and discuss
shakespeare in love - wikipedia - read the entry with all the links. Be ready to discuss the fact and fiction behind the movie
shakespeare in love - facebook - let's discuss what we can see in the shots
shakespeare in love - official website - let's watch some clipsand discuss.

Homework: watch the movie in vk. Write an opinion essay (watch the guidelines for the extreme sports essay).
 Topic: It is more important to do your duty than to follow your dream. Do you agree?

Today we set on our last project in this course. This time it is devoted to music. All of you like some kind of it and your musical tastes can be pretty different. But have you ever thought of music as something based on universal principles which can be traced in any style, from ancient religious hymns ans classical pieces to blues and rock? Today I offer you this fantastic educational video to watch and do some tasks. Actually, it's a series of videos, but in class we'll watch part 1 - Melody  - which consists of 5 parts. On each part you'll have a task to comment on musical terms and answer some questions.

This is where the video is - how music works You can navigate between the parts using playlist at the bottom of the screen.

Now, the tasks. Post your answers on your blog

Part 1

• In which way melody is like a language?
• What is pentatonic? Why is it important? Comment in as many details as you can.
•  make sure you understand what "notes" and "scale" are in music. What are the names of notes in English? (they are different then in Russian, so look this up, it's important for understanding the video)
•  In the video, the notes in the scale are compared to runs in a ladder  How many notes are there in Western scale? Is the number of notes the same in any culture?
• define and translate the term"pitch"

Part 2

• define and translate the terms "interval", "semitone", "whole tone"
• what's the essence of the experiment the presenter conducts? what does this experiment prove?
• look up the words "pattern", "archetype" , "template"
• why does the presenter compare music composing to story-telling?
• define and translate the term "mode"
• where do the names of modes come? How does the Aeolian mode sound like?
• define and translate the terms " to sharpen the note"" to flatten the note". What two very different groups of musicians were famous for doing so?
• what is a 'blue note"?

Part 3

• define and translate the term "diatonic", "minor", "major"
•  What is the difference between the new minor/major scales and the old modes? Why are they progressive in comparison with their predecessors?

Part 4

• how is a bigger musical piece (like Mendelssohn's Concerto) structured?
• what is special about composers like  Mahler and Vaughan  Williams?

Part 5

• what is special about Sting's We Work The Black Seam?
• name the ingredients of modern American music (which dominates the world, by the way)

Homework

Unite into groups of 2 or 3. Choose  a further part of the video - Rhythm, Harmony, orBass. Watch it at home - each consists of 5 parts as well - and prepare a list of questions for others to answer. Next time you'll watch another video and answer the questions prepared by your classmates. Hope this will be an exciting journey!

You are going to watch a film about one of the most famous museums in the world, Madam Tussaud’s.

·                    Do you know anything about Madam Tussaud’s? Brainstorm in groups, exchange ideas with other groups.

·                    What would you like to learn about Madam Tussaud’s? Make a list of questions.

Episode 1. Introduction

Watch the episode and answer the following questions:

1.                      How many overseas visitors come to London each year?

2.                    How many people visit Madam Tussaud’s each year?

Episode 2. History

Make sure you understand the following vocabulary:

celebrity, in wax, wax modeling, to capture smb’s personality, art tutor, opulent world of royalty

Watch the episode and answer the following questions:

1.       How old was Madam Tussaud when she has made the figure of herself?

2.     Who was Dr. Philip Curtius? What Madam Tussaud’s relation to him?

3.     How old is the oldest model in Madam Tussaud’s?

4.     How old was Marie when she started wax modeling? Who was her first model?

5.     Who were the first royal family portrayed for the museum?

6.     Why were famous and noble people portrayed in wax?

Episode 3. A sneaky peep behind the scenes.

Make sure you understand the following vocabulary:

Notorious, sittings, to take measurements, in clay, a thorough understanding of anatomy, a mould, to pour, replica, to donate

Watch the episode and answer the following questions:

1. What was the most amazing thing about the sumo fighter?
2. What do the vertical lines in the photographer’s drawing mean?
3. What is special about the jacket Annabel put on?
4. How does the museum get clothes for the models?
5. Did Michael Jackson like his replica?

Watch the episode again and make notes about how they make wax models.

Episode 4. Roaming around

Do you know who Jack the Ripper was?

Watch the episode and answer the following questions:

1. What kind of figures is exhibited in the Grand Hall?
2. What was Marie’s job during the French revolution?
3. What is the name of the scariest part of the exhibition?

Episode 5. Moving to England.

Watch the episode and answer the following questions:

1.       How long was Madam Tassaud touring the British Isles?

2.     When did she settle in the UK?

3.     When did the museum move to its present residence?

4.     What happened to the exhibition in 1925?

Episode 6. Designing the settings.

Make sure you understand the following vocabulary:

Scale drawings, 1 to 25 scale, 3 dimension

Watch the episode and answer the following questions:

1. Why is one part of the exhibition organized as a garden party?
2. How do they usually create the settings of the exhibition? Try to catch the stages

Episode 7. Glimpses of the future.

Watch the episode and answer the following questions:

1.       What is the name of the first animatronic display in Madam Tussaud’s?

2.     What moving figures can you see there?