Week 6 Individual Session: Watching in the original
Week 6 Individual Session: Watching in the original
Session Goals
- Talk about watching film in original and adapted
- Discuss movie pirating
Pre-Session Instructions for Learner
- Review the article here.
- Be ready to talk about subtitles, closed captions, dubbing and pirating.
Pre-Session Instructions for Volunteer
During the Session:
- [5 min] Here are some words and phrases that relate to this week's activities. Go through them with your buddy and challenge them to use each word/phrase at least once in the session!
- Attribution (noun) = a legal concept that means identifying or giving credit to the owner or creative artist of a copyrighted work
- The usual attribution of the work to Leonardo is now disputed by several experts.
- Blooper (noun) = a funny mistake made by an actor during the making of a film or television program and usually removed before the film or program is shown
- “Ohh, sorry. I didn’t mean to say that - it was just a blooper!”
- Copyright infringement = the unauthorized use of copyrighted material
- Copyright infringement is severely punished by international law.
- [10 min] Discuss the following questions with your buddy.
- What are the differences between subtitles, closed captions, and dubbing?
- Which of these people would most likely watch a film or TV program with subtitles, closed captions, dubbing or in the original?
- Someone who would like to watch the original series but doesn’t understand that language well.
- A group of friends who speak different languages.
- Someone who does not hear as well as other people.
- Someone who does not like to read the text while watching.
- Someone who does not see as well as other people.
- [15 min] Screen share and scan the article together with your learner.
- Have you watched “Squid Game”? What is the subtitle problem associated with the Korean series Squid Game?
- How do differences between different languages present challenges for translators?
- How do you prefer to watch a foreign series? How do you watch movies in your country? How would you like them to be screened or broadcast?
- When did you last watch a film or TV program with subtitles? What was it? Why did you use the subtitles?
- Imagine that you would like to see a new American film at the cinema. Will you go to see the dubbed, subtitled, or original version? Why?
- How can watching films, videos, and TV series affect your language skills?
- Do you think that subtitles are distracting? Do they prevent you from following the action of the film?
- Do you think that you lose something from the film if you can’t hear the actor’s real voice? What do you lose?
- Do you agree that it is more realistic to dub films than subtitle them?
- [15 min] Share your screen and go through this article picture by picture to guess what the subtitles are supposed to say. Encourage your learner to use context clues to decipher the subtitles.
- NOTE: *You do not have to come up with the right answer for each picture as some of them are indecipherable. *
- [10 min] Chat about movie pirating in your country. Screen share, watch the video and discuss these questions.
- Is pirating a huge problem in your county? Why is it a crime?
- How does piracy affect the movie industry and innovation?
- Which sources of revenue are likely to decrease if illegal movies are distributed for free on the Internet?
- How can we encourage people not to pirate? Provide at least 3 reasons and speak for at least 4 minutes about the given topic.