VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

renovation – zhuang xiu
eg. they are doing renovations now

types of movies / genre (zhi)
comedy – funny
drama – peoples stories
horror – scary
mystery – makes you guess / think
action – killing / shooting / driving
science–fiction – science / technology
fantasy – magic / monsters
romance – love story

fiction (not true) / non-fiction (true)

actors play characters
actors are in movies
based on a true story / based on a book
main character – the character that the story follows

director / directed by ____

released / comes out (came out)
eg. when did it come out?

the pursuit of happyness

get nominated for an award / win an award

cast – the actors in a film
plot – the story

it’s a story of a boy and his father
it follows a boy and his father

inspired me / inspirational
eg. the movie really inspired me and I think it was inspirational
motivated me / motivational 
touched me / touching 

scene – a part of the film where the action happens in one place / or is related
eg. it was a really emotional scene

message – the idea that the film wanted to communicate
eg. I think the message was to never give up and try to do our best and happiness will follow.