You should say: what the film was, where you watched it, what the film was about, and explain if you enjoyed it or not.
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(upbeat music) - Hello, hello, dear listener, and welcome into "Iald Speaking Part 2." Describe a film you watched recently. You should say what the film was, where you watched it, what the film was about, and explain, enjoyed it or not. Rory, give us your story. (upbeat music) Oh, well, I like this film called Savage Land. I first watched it about five years ago, but I watched it at least once a year because it's so well done, and I took some time to watch it again the other week. It's one of the few movies I will actually sit through since it's so good, at least in my opinion. It's a sort of found footage style horror film about a mass murder in this isolated town on the Mexican-American border. Instead of being video footage though, like you would have traditionally in these films, it focuses on a set of really creepy images that people investigating the crime find after the massacre happens. And you would think that would be hard to pull off, but it's shot in a documentary style, looking at the photos and interlacing it with all the human drama and reactions to the photos that result. And the music and sound design is also really eerie, so if you watch it in a darkened room, it really gives you the creeps. The last time I watched it, I was on my couch late at night with my partner, who had never seen it before. And they get really weirded out by things like this very easily. So when I suggested watching it, I was ready for a real emotional rollercoaster on their part, but they cooked remarkably well given that they don't particularly like horror. As always, I really liked the movie again, or I really liked seeing the movie again. And it was fun to have the shared experience with someone else. Usually, I just watched these things by myself, so it was good to change things up a little. Even though it was shot on a shoestring budget and uses pretty basic techniques, the people who made it have done a brilliant job, I always recommend it to anyone who asks for movie recommendations. And the best part was, it was, and still is available online for free. So I get to watch it any time I feel like it. I don't need to go to a cinema or something like this. - And what about you other friends? Do they like it? - I don't think my other friends have seen it yet. I need to ask them. (upbeat music) - Hey, Dilisna. So describe a film you watched recently. The task could be a bit different. Describe a film you like, or describe a film that you would like to watch, or I don't know, describe a film you've never watched and want to watch, but it will be something about a film. Okay? So you should choose one film and talk about it. It doesn't matter what the topic is exactly. And here you should research it. So you should be ready with the actors, with the plot of the film, some adjectives about the film, what happened, the story. But remember, you have only two minutes, Dilisna. So if you start describing the film in detail, there won't be any time, okay? So very briefly. Rory talked about Savage Land. - It's honestly one of the best horror films I've ever seen. - Ew. 2015 American mockumentary horror film. Okay, it's a mockumentary film. - So that means it's sort of real documentary, or it's shot in a documentary style. So it kind of involves some zombies. - Well, that's the thing. We don't know if their zombies are not. - Ew. But dead dead people who walk. - Well, they said that they were dead people that walked, but we don't really know. There might have been demons or something like that. Who knows? - And you can say that, like, I love this film called Savage Land, or I know Qufupanda. I will talk about Qufupanda. He's amazing, Dilisna, if you haven't watched Qufupanda, watch it there are four movies. So we watch films or movies. And you can say that I watch it at least once a year. I re-watch it every now and then. It's so well done. So it's like a really well-made, it's well-shot who shoot a film, make a film. And if you sit through a film, you watch it till the very end. So some films are very difficult to sit through. They're long and boring. - Because they're boring. - Yeah, usually, like they're boring. Or like you don't, judges don't like it, yeah. But this film is very easy to sit through. And then Rory gives us more details about the film, but in very briefly. In this question, many students tend to give all the details about the film. They start saying everything, all the details. So no need for this, only the major bits. This horror film is about mass murder. Okay. All right Rory, if you like it, I can't find it. - I like the story, I don't like mass murder. - So it's about a mass murder in an isolated town. Kind of sounds like a zombie movie. I do like zombie movies. - If they are done well, then yes. It focuses on a set of really creepy images. Creepy, like a horror image is like horrible images. Like the images that give you the creeps. You know, like a grips like when you see something and you're afraid you're kind of like, ooh, a goosebumps. - Oh, I don't like this, yes. - Oh, creepy, scary. Well, it's a horror film. So yeah, like creepy scenes moments in the film. It's short in a documentary style. Like it's filled, it's made. The music and sound design is also really eerie. Eerie, like creepy. - Or spooky. - So eerie, strange in a frightening or mysterious way. You know, oh, I heard this eerie noise. Ooh, he had the eerie feeling that somebody was following him, ooh, negative him. - Well, it's used to describe negative situations. - And if you watch this film in a darkened room, so if it's dark, it really gives you the creeps. So it's creepy, you start feeling afraid. I watched it on my couch at home, or I watched it at the cinema. I watched it with my friends who had never seen it before. So I watched it with my friend who had never watched it before, past perfect, because we refer back to the past, past, past. And my friend got weirded out by things like that. - Yeah, but it's just another way of saying creeped out by something or finding something weird. - And give us another sentence with weird out. - Yeah, I get weirded out by personal questions from people I don't know. - So if strangers keep asking more questions about money, a robot gets weirded out. - Very weird to doubt. - It's a real emotional roller coaster. Roller coaster, you know, this thing that you ride on in an amusement park. And if it's an emotional roller coaster, you become sad, then happy, then sad, then depressed, then scared. - Or frightened, then normal. All kinds of things going on. - It is fun to watch. It is fun to share this experience with someone. It's fun to watch with other people. And this film was shot on a shoestring budget. - Yeah, it was shot or filmed for almost no money. They had almost no money to make it. And you can say like even though it was shot on a shoestring budget, this film is pretty good. It has basic techniques, but they've done a brilliant job. So it's like it's a well made film. I recommend it to anyone. So to recommend something to other people, or you can say, I suggest watching it. I suggest it watching it, suggest doing something. So if you're looking for a film to watch on a dark night, when there's a full moon and you kind of feel it, it's like, oh, I need to get scared to death. So you can go ahead and watch Savage Land. I wouldn't because I usually watch something brighter. So I don't enjoy massacres. - Hello. - Yeah, I let only positive things into my head to listen. I recommend you to do so here. Thank you very much for listening. And we'll get back to you in our next episode about films and film industry. Bye. (upbeat music) Describe a film you watched recently. You should say what the film was, where you watched it, what the film was about, and explain, enjoyed it or not. Rory, give us your story. - Oh, well, I like this film called Savage Land. I first watched it about five years ago, but I watched it at least once a year because it's so well done. And I took some time to watch it again the other week. It's one of the few movies I will actually sit through since it's so good, at least in my opinion. It's a sort of found footage style horror film about a mass murder in this isolated town on the Mexican-American border. Instead of being video footage though, like you would have traditionally in these films, it focuses on a set of really creepy images that people investigating the crime find after the massacre happens. And you would think that would be hard to pull off, but it's shot in a documentary style looking at the photos and interlacing it with all the human drama and reactions to the photos that result. And the music and sound design is also really eerie. So if you watch it in a dark and true, it really gives you the creeps. The last time I watched it, I was on my couch late at night with my partner who had never seen it before. And they get really weirded out by things like this very easily. So when I suggested watching it, I was ready for a real emotional rollercoaster on their part, but they go remarkably well given that they don't particularly like horror. As always, I really like the movie again, or I really liked seeing the movie again. And it was fun to have the shared experience with someone else. Usually I just watched these things by myself, so it was good to change things up a little. Even though it was shot on a shoestring budget and uses pretty basic techniques, the people who made it have done a brilliant job. I always recommend it to anyone who asks for movie recommendations. And the best part was it was and still is available online for free. So I get to watch it anytime I feel like it. I don't need to go to a cinema or something like this. - And what about you other friends? Does it like it? - I don't think my other friends have seen it yet. I need to ask them. (upbeat music) (upbeat music)
