Thursday, June 7^th

Black and White: a symbol for two personalities

This film is not about Vincent. It's a metaphor for life.

The movie is in black and white to show the evolution of Vincent from childhood to adulthood.

Teenagehood is symbolized in the movie by:

- he wants to take his distance with his parents. In the film, he kills his mother or babysitter.

- he changes his physical appearance. He has many hormones in his body.

- he smokes. He pretends he is an adult.

Monday, June 4^th

The job interview

The document is an extract from the movie “The Devil Wears Prada”.

In this extract, you can see Andrea, the main character of the movie.

She lives in NYC and she wants to be a journalist.

At the beginning, we see her morning routine:

- she brushes her teeth, she wears casual clothes, she walks and takes the subway and she eats an onion bagel.

In this extract, Andrea has a job interview with the assistant of Miranda, the boss of a fashion magazine.

But finally, she sees the boss in person. The boss is very strict, impolite, talkative, and impatient.

Andrea speaks about herself, her experiences, and her qualities.

She is not adapted for this job.

She is not stylish, fashionable, glamorous, or skinny.

Nevertheless she has many qualities: she is smart, she learns fast, she works very hard and she is polite.

She has participated in a competition of journalists and she has won*.

She has studied at university.

She has been* editor in chief.

→ However, her experiences don't match the job description.

Maybe she will not be hired.

Wednesday, May 30^th

Questions of an interview

1- Are you ….?

2- Can you talk a little bit about yourself?

3- What can you do? Why did you choose this job?

4- What are your experiences?

5- Have you ever worked…..?

6- Can you work for … ? Would that be ok?

7- Would you be ready to start……?

→ Possible qualities:

smart / polite / confident (not shy)

Friday, May 18^th (the eighteenth)

The job pays!

His father is proud of Chris because he has worked hard to have money.

Chris is disappointed because he has half the money.

But he is excited because he has $25.

→ at the end, his father and he have bonded.

Monday, May 14^th (the fourteenth)

Chris wants a job!

In this extract, the friend of Chris has a leather jacket. So Chris is jealous because a girl talks with his friend and not with him.

Chris goes and asks to find a job at a shoe repairer's, a barber's, and a grocer's. Everybody says no!

Chris finally asks his father: “Can you help me to get a job?” and his father accepts. When his father says yes, Chris is surprised.

His father is a postman: he delivers letters, packages, etc…

When his father arrives, Chris sleeps. He doesn't wake up and he doesn't go with his father. In the morning, his father is angry because he thinks Chris is lazy.