traffic warden who check if you park correctly c.. clamp a car what happens when you park illegally B.. Start movie and stop at 1min.. Ask where students think the movie was shot and why
Trang 1The Commuter (short film) – Lesson Plan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ME5_ZzeKI
BEFORE WATCHING
A Class discussion:
1 What do you need to shoot a movie? (a camera)
2 Could you do it with a camera phone? (this movie was)
3 Elicit the following or pre-teach:
a commute (what do you call travel to and from work)
b traffic warden (who check if you park correctly)
c clamp a car (what happens when you park illegally)
B Start movie and stop at 1min Ask where students think the movie was shot and why they think so (London)
4 A short discussion follows
5 Landmarks e.g Tower Bridge, Thames, Gherkin
WHILE WATCHING
A Play until 2 min 15sec and ask Ss:
1 If traffic wardens would use machine guns in real life;
2 What they would do in this situation;
B Play and stop at 3 min 33sec and ask Ss what bankers are like and what they are portrayed
like here (predators)
C Play and stop at 4 min 20sec and ask Ss to speculate why there are so many bags in the
room (it’s a hotel and Pamela Anderson is a movie star)
D Play and stop at 5 min 17sec and ask Ss to speculate what will happen next (he will steal the
car and race to work)
E Stop one last time at 6 min 07sec Students speculate on how the woman might feel (they
may think angry, but in fact she’s impressed, delighted, smitten)
F The trailer is then watched to the end Ss will see it was a daydream/the man was imagining things
AFTER WATCHING
A Ask Ss how they or their parents commute/how they get to work
B Ask Ss what happens in their country when you park illegally What are the fines? Is your car clamped? Towed away?
C Ask Ss if they ever daydream and what about
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
A Students write a summary of the plot of the film
B Students write an essay, discussing traffic violations, inner city violence, ways to solve conflicts – or their own movie script