Oral Commentary
ELC231
Individual Oral presentation
• Prepare an Oral Commentary of a movie/film /television
programme
• 5 – 7 minutes
• 25%
2 Oral Commentary
Planning and Organising
• Include these elements:
1. Title
2. Genre
3. Production Details
4. Cast/Characters
5. Place Setting
6. Time Setting
7. Plot
8. Values
9. Critique
10. Awards
11.Critical reception
12.Overall Impact
3 Oral Commentary
Title
• Guiding Question:
• Does the title reflects the genre?
4 Oral Commentary
Genre
• Types of Genre
Action and Adventure Involves desperate situations, such as daring escapes,
fight scenes, explosions, etc.
Eg: Skyfall, G.I. Joe, Retaliation
Animation Includes traditional animation creation method and
those involving stop motion animation of two or three-
dimensional objects
Eg: Frozen, Monster University
Comedy Contains a series of funny or comical events, which aim
to make audience laugh.
5 Oral Commentary
Eg. Scary Movie 5, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Drama Involves characters dealing with emotions and conflicts,
Genre … cont
Fiction Normally includes magic or supernatural forces and often
involves science fiction elements.
Eg. Harry Porter and the Deadly Hallows, Maleficient
Non-fiction Normally a story based about a real person or event.
Eg. King Arthur, Captain Phillips
Horror Intends to scare or frighten the audience through suspense,
violence or shock.
Eg. The conjuring, Carrie.
Romance Involves the leading male and female characters’ relationship,
6 Oral Commentary
normally featuring their mutual attraction and love as the
main plot.
Production Details
• Year of production/release:
• Name of production company
• Name of producer
• Name of director
• Name of writer
• Length or duration of film/television programme
• Others (if relevant)
7 Oral Commentary
Cast/Characters
• Hero, heroin, villain, criminal, supporting cast, sidekick,
alien, monster, cowboy, mentor, detective, talk show, etc
• Guideline questions:
• What are the attitude and emotions of the central character(s)/host?
• How does the language used by the characters show the differences
between them?
8 Oral Commentary
Place Setting
• Normally very closely related to the genre, foe instance:
• Western/local (eg. Wide open vistas of the Western desert, a small town
in rural Sabah, etc.
• Ganster (eg. Dark, urban, backstreet setting)
• Spy thriller (eg. Exotic, often urban international setting)
• Science fiction (eg. Futuristic worlds)
• Game show/Talk shows (eg. Large studios with lavish prizes displayed.
Guiding Question: How is the setting significant to the film or television
programme?
9 Oral Commentary
Time Setting
• Historical Past
• Present Time
• Futuristic Events
10 Oral Commentary
Plot
• Sequence of Events
• Guiding Questions:
• What is the main problem?
• Who solves the problem?
• How is the problem solved?
• Identify the conflict(s) found in the film or television programme
11 Oral Commentary
Plot … cont
Climax
Resolving
Conflict/Rising Action
Conflict/Fallig Action
Beginning/ Exposition Ending/Resolution
12 Oral Commentary
Plot … cont
Beginning/Exposition Who are the characters?
What is the story about?
Where and when does it take place?
Conflict/Rising Action What happens?
Why did it happen?
Climax How does the conflict affect the main characters?
How does he/she react to it/
Resolving Conflict/ Falling What does the main characters do to change the
Action situation?
13 Oral Commentary
Ending/Resolution How does the main characters feel?
Values
• Guiding Questions:
• What are the values or lessons for life that are derived from the film?
14 Oral Commentary
Critique
• Guiding questions:
• From your point of view, identify;
• The overall strength of the film
• The weaknesses of the film
• How can the film be improved?
15 Oral Commentary
Awards
• Awards won
• Nominations
16 Oral Commentary
Critical reception
• Critical acclaim
• Panning by critics
17 Oral Commentary
Overall impact
• Post relevant impact
• Positive impact on the public
• Negative impact
18 Oral Commentary
Reminder
• Keep you slides to 7-8 slides only
• Don’t read, but explain
19 Oral Commentary
Grading
• Content:
• Overview of the plot
• The main characters and explain why these characters are important
in the development of the plot
• State your overall opinion of the movie and film
• Language
• Delivery
20 Oral Commentary
