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Unit 1 Lights, camera, action!
Extended reading
Lead-in
1
Step
Forrest Gump is a 1994 film starring Tom Hanks. It tells the story of Forrest Gump, s simple man with a warm personality. Despite an IQ of 75, he lives a truly amazing life. He sees, and sometimes even influences , some of the major events of the United States in the second half of the 20th century.
Understand the genre
Global reading
2
Step
What can be seen in a film script?
Scene heading: It introduces the time and the location of the scene.
Character heading: It is always capitalized and shows who is speaking.
Dialogue: It is what the characters say.
Action: It describes in detail what is happening.
Voice-over: It is spokem by a person not seen in the screen.
Forrest
Gump
Find key elements
Setting
Plot
Characters
Mrs Gump, Forrest, Jenny, bus driver, Boy 1,2,3, Girl...
Mainly inside a school bus
Forrest takes the school bus on the first day of school. The children are mean to him except Jenny, who offers him a seat. They sit together and soon become great friends.
Fill in the chart
Detailed reading
3
Step
Forrest Gump
Characters
Personalities
Supporting details
Mrs Gump
Forrest
Jenny
(1)
(3)
(5)
(2)
(4)
(6)
Detailed reading
3
Step
Forrest Gump
Characters
Personalities
Supporting details
Mrs Gump
(1) a wise mother who loves and cares about Forrest
(1) She uses smart words to encourage Forrest, like “stupid is as stupid does”, and “You do your very best now, Forrest”.
(2) influential to him.
(2) Forrest always mentions what she says or does.
Detailed reading
3
Step
Forrest Gump
Characters
Personalities
Supporting details
Forrest
(1) a simple boy
(1) His reactions to the bus driver and Jenny show that he is simple.
Momma said not to be taking rides from strangers.
I ‘m Forrest. Forrest Gump.
Well, now we aren’t strangers anymore.
I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel.
(2) close to his mother
(2) He always mentions what his mothe