About places
Finding locations for shooting a film is one of the first tasks that film makers do before they start filmiing. A lot of films are set in real settings such as castles, blocks of offices, parks, houses or museums, among others. In this mission, you are going to create a Google map based on film locations.
At the end of this section, you will have:
- Learnt about place-related names.
- Practised how to locate people and things in space.
- Created and presented a Google map.
Leading activities: talking about locations
The activities below will help you acquire the necessary knowledge to perform the mission correctly.
- Activity 1: Checking your knowledge
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For a start, click on the Forrest Gump's trailer and comment with a classmate on the questions below.
- What places can you see on the video?
- Where do you think the film is set?
- What do you know about Forrest Gump, the character?
- Think about one of your favourite films, Where is it located?
At the learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org site, you can learn and revise names of places in town. Also, you can revise and learn about the use of the most common prepositions of place on the ecenglish page.
On the Roughguide.com site, you can learn about film locations around the world.
- Activity 2: Speaking about your favourite location
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Tell a classmate about a location that you would like to visit because it appears on one of your favourite films. Follow the guidelines below to talk about this place.
- Mention the film's title.
- Say the place's name and where it is.
- Add more information about the place. If you do not know much about it, search for relevant information on the Internet.
The expressions The film is set in... or The story takes place in... can help you talk about film settings.
- Activity 3: Posting and sharing
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Find a picture of this place and publish it on Pinterest. Type the information that you know about this place and share it with the rest of your classmates.
- Extra resources
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- The video entitled Settings are characters too presents famous films and points out the importance of locations in films.
- Interactive activity on prepositions of place.
- Video on How to read maps
It is important that you learn about how to refer to places in films because this will be an important point in the mission you are about to start.
A person represented in a film, play, or story.
An actual place or natural setting in which a film is made.
The place and time at which a play, novel, or film is represented.
Represented (a story, play, film, or scene) as happening at a specified time or in a specified place.