Are you ready for a job in Silicon Valley?

 

Context 

You have an opportunity to work in the Silicon Valley but you want more information before making your decision. You ask your friends to help you do some research.

 Task

1) Watch the video assigned to you.

2) Identify the pros and/or cons of living in Silicon Valley / California.

3) Take notes in the grid below.

4) Be ready to present your findings orally to the class.

 

Video 1: Welcome to Silicon Valley (video below)

Video 2: Housing in Silicon Valley (video below)

Video 3: Weather in California (video below)

 Vocabulary 

the pros and cons = les pours et les contres

a perk = un avantage

to afford = avoir les moyens financiers (ex: to afford a house = pouvoir se permettre d’acheter une maison) > affordable = abordable

IT (pronounce [ai ti]) = informatique

(high) tech

homelessness = le problème des sans abri > to be homeless = être sans abri

flood (pronounce [flad]) = inondation

RV (pronounce [ar vi]) = camping car

Video 1: Welcome to Silicon Valley

Video 2: Housing in Silicon Valley

Video 3: Weather in California

1e LLCE Mrs G - Real deal dubbing

Choose one of these 3 iconic movie scenes and dub it in groups.

Don't forget to pay attention to:
- the script
- the timing and the lip syncing
- the intensity / feeling / intonation you put into your dubbing

If you have no inspiration, try changing the genre: turn a love story into a fight, a western scene into a love story, an army scene into a sweet or funny scene, etc. The sky is the limit!


Option 1: "A Fistful of Dollars" (Sergio Leone, 1964)

Clint Eastwood: I don’t think it’s nice you’re laughing. You see, my mule don’t like people laughing. He’s the crazy idea you’re laughing at him. Now, if you apologize like I know you’re going to, I might convince him that you really didn’t mean it.

John Baxter: I saw the whole thing: you killed all four. You’ll pay all right, you’ll be strung up!

Clint Eastwood: Who are you?

John Baxter: Don’t fire a shot. I’m John Baxter, sheriff.

Clint Eastwood: Yeah. Well, if you’re the sheriff, you’d better get these men underground. My mistake, four coffins.

Option 2: "Titanic" (James Cameron, 1997)

Rose : Hello Jack. I changed my mind. They said you might be up to…

Jack: Shhhh. Give me your hand. Now, close your eyes. Go on! Step up. Now hold on to the railing. Keep your eyes closed, don’t peek.

Rose: I’m not.

Jack: Step up onto the railing. Hold on. Hold on. Keep your eyes closed. Do you trust me?

Rose: I trust you.

Jack: All right. Open your eyes.

Rose: I’m flying! Jack!

Option 3: "Forrest Gump" (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)

In this extract, you have dialogue and a voice over (in italics below). Dub the voice over only if you have the time to, otherwise, focus on the dialogues only.

Drill Sergeant: Gump! What’s your sole purpose in this army?

Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!

Drill Sergeant: Goddamn it, Gump! You’re a goddamn genius! That’s the most outstanding answer I’ve ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. Listen up, people...

(Forrest Gump: Now for some reason I fit in the army like one of them round pegs. It’s not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with “Yes, drill sergeant."

Drill Sergeant: ...Is that clear?)

Forrest Gump: Yes, drill sergeant!

1e LLCE Mrs G - Iconic One-Liners for Wednesday 17 June

"Dubbing 101"

For a good dubbing, you should pay attention to:

- tone / intonation / intensity / feeling of your voice

- timing and lip sync (you have to start and finish at the same time as the actor)

- the script (work from the original script and make sure your new script is in the same timing, for instance: respect the number of syllables in a sentence)

- atmosphere / ambiance / sound effects (when necessary)

- teamwork (that's for next week)

Practise dubbing these iconic one-liners to be ready to work on a full movie scene next week.

1) Watch all the one-liners below (16 in total).

2) Karaoke practice: deliver the original one-liner at the same time as the actor and work on intonation and intensity. This should help you with the timing.

3) Change the original iconic one-liner to a sentence of your choice (respect the number of syllables). You can make it funny, moving, give it a strong message or pure nonsense. The sky's the limit!

4) Dub the one-liner with your new sentence.

5) Record and send your one-liners to me for Wednesday 17 June so I have time to listen to them.

Let's meet on Thursday 18 June at 2 pm for the real thing: you'll be dubbing a full movie scene together live!

1) Luke, I am your father. (James Earl Jones’s voice in Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980)

2) Houston, we have a problem. (Tom Hanks in Apollo 13, 1995)

3) I see dead people. (Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense, 1999)

4) Here's Johnny. (Jack Nicholson in The Shining, 1980)

5) You shall not pass. (Ian Mc Kellen in The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001)

6) It's alive! (Colin Clive in Frankenstein, 1931)

7)  They may take our lives but they will never take our freedom. (Mel Gibson in Braveheart, 1995)

8) The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. (Brad Pitt in Fight Club, 1999)

9) I’ll be back. (Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator, 1984)

10) There’s no place like home. (Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, 1939)

11) You talkin’ to me? (Robert de Niro in Taxi Driver, 1976)

12) Life is like a box of chocolate. You never know what you're gonna get. (Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, 1994)

13) To infinity and beyond. (Tim Allen’s voice for Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, 1995)

14) I’m the king of the world! (Leonardo di Caprio in Titanic, 1997)

15) Go ahead, make my day. (Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry: Sudden Impact, 1983)

16) Hasta la vista, baby. (Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator, 1984)