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Video listening and reading - film/AV director

 


Here is an example of a frenchteacher resource for A-Level which combines listening and reading. When students get captions they are likely to focus on those more than the spoken text, but the speech is heard and the visual content is interesting. You could at some stage get the students to listen without the transcript (eyes closed). This video talks to to two directors, one in film, one in the audio-visual sector. Lots of good film and TV vocabulary, Because the text is visible, I avoided gap-fill style work and went for questions in English. As always the answers are given.

Servez-vous!


Le métier de réalisateur  2m 15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izlCIRDaYYw

Regardez, écoutez, mettez la vidéo sur pause et répondez en anglais

émission de flux – a one-off show or broadcast that viewers will watch only once

cadreur – camera person    scenario – script     éclairer – to light    gérer – to manage

 

1.    What type of programming does Gilles Marliac direct?

2.    What does Gilles compare a director to? 

3.    Who does he give instructions to? Mention THREE types of person.

4.    What do you think an auteur-réalisateur does? 

5.    What other roles does Gilles describe?

6.    What do you think the words tournage, montage and post-production are? Explain the latter. 

7.    What qualities does Mikaël say a director needs? 

8.    What Gilles go on to say about a good director? Mention THREE points.

9.    What does Mikaël say that directors need to be aware of?

10.  What does Gilles say next? 

11.  Why does Mikaël love shooting the film? 

12.  What’s the hardest thing, according to Gilles? 

13.  What does Mikaël seem to like?

14.  What does Gilles find tiring? 

15.  What does Mikaël go on to say? Explain.


 

Answers

 

1.    Magazine programmes, documentaries, entertainment.

2.    Conductor of an orchestra.

3.    Camera, sound, technical teams.

4.    He/she is a director who has a say in the script, turning a script into a realistic movie.

5.    Defines how the programme will be filmed, where cameras are placed, how it will be lit.

6.    Filming, editing, post-production (e.g. special effects).

7.    Be human, sensitive to people’s needs, “tell them their stories” (converse, listen??)

8.    A good manager. Demands a lot from the team with a smile. Great sense of visual detail.

9.    Time flies – every second counts when you are managing lots of people.

10.  You have to manage your stress.

11.  It’s when your individual idea is carried out by a team.

12.  You never know what you’ll be doing later. There’s no job security.

13.  Lack of routine/boredom.

14.  Moving on from one project to another.

15.  Everyone tells you it can’t be done, but you have to ignore them.


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