EXERCISES AT PAGES 108-109 (SUCCESS)

Ex. 10 page 108

1. Tim Burton is from the USA.
2. He started to work as animator in 1979.
3. His first job was with Disney.
4. He is most famous for film directing.
5. His dream project wasn't Charlie and the chocolate Factory.

Ex. 11 page 108 Success 2

1. Jack's favourite day of the year is the day after Halloween.
2. Jack finds the Christmas land through a secret door in a tree.
3. Because he wants to know the secret magic of Christmas.
4. Danny Elfman did.
5. According the critic, the film is full of grotesque images, the characters are expressive and beautifully animated and the soundtrack accompanies well the story. Besides, the critic says the film is an intriguing gothic fairy tale and is suitable for children and adults.
6. The critic uses several expressions, like "it's definitely not a fairy tale", "expressive", "filled of grotesque images", "intriguing gothic fairy tale", "suitable for children and adults", "characters beautifully animated and expressive", "stunning set designs", "fantastic work of animation".

Ex. 12 page 109
Opinion of the animation, music: C
Summary and recommendation: D
Background information: A
Plot and main character: B

Ex. 13 page 109
This film directed by Tim Burton is based on a children's book by Roald Dahl. It is set in a chocolate factory and it stars Johnny Depp, who plays the part of the factory owner. The main character is a boy called Charlie. The acting is great and the plot is exciting. I loved the soundtrack, which was composed by Danny Elfman.

Ex. 14 page 109
The trouble with Harry is a film produced in 1955 by Alfred Hitchcock. It is a bit difficult to definite its genre, as it has got both horror and comic aspects. It is taken from a novel by Jack Trevor Story, who is also famous for having written plenty of famous screenplays.
The film is set in America around 1950. In a small country town, a hunter, a painter, a woman (Jennifer) and an old lady find a corpse. They are all worried because they thought they are somehow his killers. Therefore they gather and think about a plan to prove they are innocent. But after a lot of twists all their zeal revealed itself useless...
The actors are very expressive and play perfectly their roles. The soundtrack is very absorbing and is very suited to the scenes. The film presents also some grotesque images. At some points of the plot it is a bit repetitive, but this increases the suspense of the following scenes.
Overall The trouble with Harry is an intriguing and interesting dark comedy. The film is suitable mainly for adults, even if there aren't macabre scenes. The plot is really involving and mixes elements of the horror, the comic and the love film.