Saturday, September 18, 2021

American Film Class: Monday, Sept. 27

Go to this website, please, and watch the documentary about fast food. The narrator expresses his opinion on how much fast food influences modern society. He seems to have a negative opinion of fast food:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3edUWzy2lg0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3edUWzy2lg0

 

PART I: Answer these questions and I will give you a 20/20 grade. Please remember to answer these questions with a complete sentence. We use a sentence to improve our grammar. After you are finished, email your work to pcowsill@gmail.com 

1. How many continents does McDonald's operate on?

 

2. What is the "fattest state in America (1 minute, 50 seconds)?"

 

3. According to the narrator, why are people obese?

 

4. What are the Golden Arches?

 

5. How many days will the narrator only eat McDonald's food?

 

6. What is the patient embarking on (6 minutes, 40 seconds)?

 

7. How does McDonald's influence our cholesterol?

 

8. How much does the narrator originally weigh?

 

9. What percent of Americans exercise (11 minutes, 5 seconds)?

 

10. How often do you exercise? What do you do?

 

11. What did Morgan order for breakfast on the first day (14 minutes, 20 seconds)?

 

12. Why did Morgan get a taxi?

 

13. What happened to the narrator after 30 days?

 

14. What genre of film is this?

 

15. Did you see a bird’s eye view shot? Of what?

 

16. What was the climax of this film?


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PART II: Here some film terms to consider . . .

a. I will ask you to give examples of the following genres:

Genre: horror, science fiction, fantasy, anime, animation, TV show, sitcom, comedy, drama, documentary, action, blockbuster, flop, arthouse, classic, silent film, talkie, satire, propaganda, spoof, black and white

b. I will add to this list every week:

Structure vocabury, script, rising action, climax, bird's eye view, fade, closeup, tracking shot, montage

Other: lead actor, supporting actor, lead actress, supporting actress, director, narrator