Shallow Grave

Alex

Part 7 - Charity Ball

Before Watching:

Have you ever been to a charity ball or any other fund-raising event ?
Talk to your partner about what kinds of things go on at these functions.






While Watching:

Answer the following questions :
  1. What charity is the ball in aid of ?
  2. Why does Alex ask for his money back ?
  3. Why are the three friends at the ball ?
  4. Do we learn anything new about the characters at the dance?
  5. What does Alex propose as a toast ?
  6. How does David react when Juliet is asked to dance ?
  7. Why does he react that way?
  8. What does Alex say about Cameron ?

After Watching

A.Read Ewan McGregor talking about the character he plays (Alex) and insert the correct missing words from the list :

greedget away withyearninginsecurecockyqualitykingsecure
"I think he feels so ______ in this flat because he feels so ______everywhere else," suggests Ewan McGregor about Alex, the _____ young journalist he plays in "Shallow Grave." "The only time you ever see him speaking to people he's being rude. The _____ for money, the desire to get away with it, is very much in Alex because, up to that point, the others have let him ________ ______ being ____ of the flat. The whole thing hinges on his _______for Juliet; he wants her so badly - and that's a nice _____in him - that you quite like him and begin to see him as a bit of a loveable bastard."

B. Now read the continuation of the interview and put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense

"It_____(be) weird to be _______(do) something in my own accent because it ______(make) me feel very naked," ______ (say) McGregor of his first screen role in his native Scotland. "It______(be) also the first thing that I_______(do) in contemporary clothing, which_____ (be) much harder, because I_______ (have got) nothing to hide behind - no cravats, no English accent."

C. With a partner now, or for homework, choose one of the main characters of the film and write a brief profile of him / her. Describe everything from the way they look and act to their attitude at work and how they react with the other characters.

Created and Maintained by: Graham Stanley
All Lesson Plans Copyright Graham Stanley, 1999
...but feel free to use them with your classes.

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