ORAL PRESENTATION ABOUT MY RESEARCH PAPER

TRANSCRIPTION:

Hello everybody. My name is Natàlia Sellés and now I'm going to talk about my Research Paper: The Art of Tim Burton. Well, first of all I have always been fascinated by Tim Burton.  When I was a child one of my favorites was The Nightmare Before Christmas (even though it is directed by Henry Selick). As I got older, my admiration has increased a lot. So my Research Project was divided in three parts: 

About Tim Burton: I talked about his biography, style, thematic, influences,.... 

Analyze of movies: I have analyzed some of his movies: Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Vincent, Beetlejuice and Alice in Wonderland.

Finally, I created a shortmovie in stop-motion with the most important characteristics of Burton.

For my shortmovie, first of all I elaborated the script and the storyboard. Afterwards I designed the set and the characters, and finally I could start to record. In parallel of my work, some friends helped my for the voices of the characters and my friend Víctor Luis made the soundtrack with piano. 

There, you can see some photos about the filming and mounting. For the characters, I made first and wire structure and after that I modeled it with clay. For example here you can see my friend Pau Jordi recording one of the voices and me preparing one of the sets. 

Well, you can see the characters of my shortmovie: Vincent's clown, Rawiora and her dog and Edward. In the shortmovie I used the names Edward, Víctor and Vincent because Tim Burton use them a lot in his movies. There you can see the monster Mr. Shawder, the dog called Tim, the Nowhere Girl, and well that's a toy I have in my home of Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas) who I decided to put in my shortmovie. And finally, Víctor.

My conclusion of the Research Paper is that the style of Tim Burton has characterized him as an artist, his own style let him to have a place in the cinematographic world and also in the story of cinema. And finally I have increased my knowledge about cinema and I have aplicated it in my shortmovie. 

Well, that's my oral presentation and now I will show you a video of some scenes of my shortmovie. 

SELF EVALUATION:

I think it's the first time I haven't read in an oral presentation in english. So for me it has been so important! But I have to improve my pronunciation a lot... Now I've just listened it and I have found some mistakes.  For example, I have said admirature instead of admiration, or I have used the past in a wrong way (As I get older -> As I got older). Moreover, sometimes I have said his instead of her. And I use a lot the word: WELL. All the time I'm saying: Well... okay, well.... 

In the end, I have said: I will show you... it should be: I'm going to show you. 

So here you are. I've done a lot of mistakes, but I think I have improved a lot too. It's so difficult for me to talk in front of people, I can't express myself very well. For me, every oral presentation is a challenge... 

ANECDOTE:

My voice was so sweet :)

ORAL PRESENTATION - BRITISH HUMOUR

VIDEO

TRANSCRIPTION OF MY PART:

We have chose this theme because it seemed to us funny and interesting to learn about. Well, after search the information we can describe english humour in one photo, that is this one. We can see their absurdity and exaggeration.

British humour is a general term applicated to certain comedic motifs that come from the United Kingdom. It has a lot of sarcasm and irony, and so many times it seems insensitive to other cultures. The jokes are told about everything and nothing is taboo. Elvira will explain it better after. It can be called a virtue because maybe there's people who don't understand it or simply don't find it funny.

For the other hand, this humour can seem disconcerting to non-British people. So many times people don't understand it because it's an intelligent humour or because it talks about british things. Although in some nations such as South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, tend to find it more familiar, so they use it normally in their lifes and they find it very funny.

We can't say when was british humour born exactly. But it's something you could see in Shakespeare's theatrical comedies in the sixteenth century as:

• The Comedy of errors
• The Tempest
• The Merchant of Venice

You could also found it in Oscar Wilde's work, which the most important is called The Importance of Being Earnest.

One example of television programmes typical of British humour are The Monty Python or Benny Hill. They have become very pouplar outside the country, all the world knows them.

The Monty Phyton was a British surreal comedy group who have been very important in the comedy. One of his movies are Life of Brian. For the other hand, Benny Hill was an English comedian and actor, notabe for his television programme The Benny Hill Show.

So we can deduce that it appeared first in books and in the theatre. Now, we can see it also in the radio, comedy clubs, television,... included in the art! The most representant of it is the artist Beryl Cook. You can see it in this photo, where appears a parodie of british people and their stereotypes, that is one of the themes of british humour.

SELF EVALUATION

In my opinion I have to improve my pronunciation and try to read less. I hope someday I can do my oral presentation without a paper to read... but I think it's imposible (well, difficult) because I hate to feel observed and listened for a lot of people, even if I know them since a long time ago. For me that's the most important thing I have to improve. I can't be always so shy, I have to believe in myself... but it's very difficult for me.

But although I have read, in my opinion that's the oral presentation I have read less! 


ANECDOTE
People laughed more when they saw Yao Ming's face than in the jokes!

ORAL PRESENTATION: HUNGER IN THE WORLD

We have got some problems with the video.. so we only have the powerpoint and the transcription. Sorry!

Hungry

TRANSCRIPTION:


Paula: 

We are Paula and Natalia and our presentation talks about hunger in the world. We have chosen this theme because we think that is really shocking that there are 16.000 (sixteen thousand) children in the world who die everyday because of hunger. This means one child dies every five seconds.

Our principal objectives were find the causes about it and learn more about hunger, because we think that it’s a really big problem actually and it’s been it for a long time ago.

Mundial hunger is one of the biggest problems of our world today.The cause of the hunger is that, the people who suffer it, don’t have enough food to eat, and to feed their children and family. They have less than 1.9 kcal. Because of that, a lot of people die everyday, and we waste a lot of food.

954.000.000 (nine hundred fifty four milion) people in the world are underfed. 820.000.000 (eight hundred twenty milion) of these people are in developing countries.

As you can see in this graphic, the most part of poverty is in Asia and the Pacific. Then, there are Sub-Saharian Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Near Est and North Africa, and finally there are poverty too in the developed countries.

There are many causes for hunger. One of them are the naturals causes.

People who lives in areas very cold or very hot, have more problems to obtain food, because there's no good land to plant vegetables.

Moreover, the problem is that the land is not being used efficiently enough.

Economical causes: Most of food is produced in developed nations, like the United States. For it to get to countries that need it, there are huge expenses in packaging, transporting, and distributing this food.

Sociocultural causes:

Many times, there are underlying cultural beliefs which prevent progress, as religion.

For example, in South Asia, society holds women responsible for all the key actions required to end hunger. But at the same time, trough laws, custom and tradition, women are denied the resources and the freedom of action to carry on these responsibilities. So it's not that women are incapable of making progress, it's simply that they are restricted by their own culture.

Natalia: 

One question is.. there's food for all the people? and the answer is, yes there's.Yet there is plenty of food in the world for everyone. The problem is that hungry people are trapped in severe poverty. They haven't got much money to buy enough food to eat. It causes that they become ill, and this makes that them can't work, which then makes them even poorer and hungrier.

Hunger causes some diseases:

AIDS (Sida): AIDS kills a little less than 2 million people a year, or about one person every 17 seconds.

The worst number of dead is in Africa.

Pneumonia: it kills more than 2 million children each year in poor countries.

Pneumonia is contagious and is commonly transmitted when an infected person coughs.

Diarrheal and cholera kill about 1.6 million people each year, almost all of them children. Diarrhea is most often a result of unclean water, unsafe sanitation, or poor hygiene.

Tuberculosis: is highly contagious and spreads through the air from coughing. If not treated, a person with tuberculosis infects of 10 to 15 people each year.

Malaria: over a million people die from malaria each year. It's spread by mosquitoes.

Close to 90% of malaria causes occur in Africa.

In the PAST: Major hunger problems have occurred through history, leaving millions of people dead or suffering from the effects of hunger.

In the FUTURE: The problem of world hunger can be solved. But we have to act, because it will be increased if we continue so, and it will cause serious consequences on children, society and the future of humanity.

There's some measures to solve hunger:

• For adults, there are “food for work” programs where the adults are paid with food to build schools, make roads... This both nourishes them and builds infrastructure to end the poverty. For children, there are “food for education” programs where the children are provided with food when they attend school.

• Also, we can reduce or eliminate the transportation costs. If food is produced closer to where it is needed, costs are much lower.
• Companies need to realize that in order to make more money in these less developed regions, they must invert more as well.
  
  
  Well, that's our oral presentation... there's any question?
  
  
  OPINION ABOUT OUR ORAL PRESENTATION: 
  
  
  I think that it wasn't so bad. I was a little nervous, as always.. but in my opinion it was good!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

ORAL PRESENTATION: NEW ZEALAND

We have bad luck. In the oral presentation, the camera stopped to record, and now we have had some problems with the audacity to record our voices as you've said... So sorry, but we only put the powerpoint and the transcription, because there isn't more time, and because we are stressed with all this. 

POWERPOINT:

HERE

TRANSCRIPTION: 

Hello everybody, we are Natàlia and Brian and we're going to talk about New Zealand, a country that we love.

In this oral presentation we'll talk about the the interesting places to visit there, and after we'll talk about the wildlife and vegetation of New Zealand.

- The interesting places to visit are:

Auckland:  It's in the North Island, and it concentrates the main economic and commercial activity in the country. It's an excellent destination for lovers of sailing and of the waters. 

His most significant building is the Sky Tower, with 328 meters tall. You can see great paronamic views in the top.

It has numerous parks as Auckland Domain, located in the heart of the city. You can also taking a ferry to visit Waitakere Ranges Regional Park. where you can do a lot of activities in the nature.

Wellington: It's the capital of New Zealand. There are a lot of historics buildings, and for the nature lovers, they can visit the Johnsonville Park and the Botanic Garden, famous for his beautiful water-lily pond.

In Carter Observatory, you can see the stars and galaxies from an old telescope, it must be incredible!

There's the Civic Square, that is a social and cultural center where there are a lot of outdoor cafes.

Christchurch: Is a city that have got a great and important Anglican cathedral in the center.In the center, you can also go shopping, visit the cathedral, or enjoy the beautiful parks and gardens. 

It has got a great views of the mountains, and it's a great place to relax.

Now I'm going to talk about the national parks. New Zealand has got 14 national parks, but I'll talk about the most importants.

Tongariro National Park: Is one of the most interesting places in New Zealand. Is an active volcano's park, and there are the ski resorts in the center of North Island.

The journey on foot from the park is 8 hours, and it has an incredible blue lake in the middle, and it's known because it appears in the movie The Lord of the Rings as Mórdor.

Paparoa National Park:  Is located in the northwest of the South Island. It's a cave that is open to the public, and his exploration takes hour and a half.

The rocks that are inside, have been sculptured with interesting forms by nature.

Fiordland National Park: Is the most turistic destiny. The park has got the fame of be considerated the most beautiful hiking of the world.

Finally, Matamata: In my opinion, that's very special for the fans of The Lord of the Rings, because there are the scaled version of the village of the Hobbits. The site, used and decorated for the film, became in a turistic destiny. 

Hobbits houses are open to the public, but there aren't any decoration inside. Also, there are an hotel as a Hobbit's house, where you can accomodate.

There are some tourist routes of The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand, where you can see the most famous landscapes and places that appears in the movie.

After the interesting places that Brian has said, now I'm going to talk about the wild life and vegetation of New Zealand.

One characteristic of the wildlife in New Zealand is that there are animals that only lives there, so now we'll talk of them.

Kiwi: It's a bird that doesn't fly, because they almost haven't got wings.They have got big and strong legs, so they can walk and run through the vegetation without problems.

The main predators of the Kiwis are birds such as eagles and falcons, but the Kiwi can hides very well in the woods. Moreover they are nocturnal animals, so they can't be seen for the predators. 

One curiosity is that their name was the inspiration for the fruit, for the hairy skin.

Tuatara: Is a reptil cold blooded that only lives in New Zealand, in the small islands around the country.They live about 100 years, and their descent is of the time of the dinosaurs, and for that they are considered a "living fossil". However, they are protected because they are at risk of extinction.

One curiosity is that Tuatara breeding have got a third eye on his forehead, between the other two. When they grow up, this eye is covered.

Kakapo: Because of the absence of terrestrial predators, they lost the ability of fly, so they are the only parrot that can't fly in the world, and also the largest parrots.

They are at risk of extinction, with only ninety-one specimens in the world.

Yellow-eyed Penguin: They only live in the South Island, and they are considered one of the world's rarest penguin species.

The current status of this penguin is endangered, with a population of four thousand (4000)

One characteristic of New Zealand is the vegetation. There are a lot of plants, and for me it's interesting to talk about them. 

Kauri trees: They are totally protected in New Zealand. Kauri Trees are one of the largest trees in the world, reaching over 50 meters tall, and the diameter of the trunk has 16 meters.

In the North Island, you can see Kauri Trees about thousand five hundred (1500) years old. The antecedents of the kauri appeared during the Jurassic period.

Potuhukawa Tree: It flowers from November in New Zealand. 

They have got red flowers around Christmas time, and for this reason, they are known as Christmas Tree.

One curiosity is that Maoris used their nectar to do medicinal remedies.

Finally, Potuhukawa Tree lives around thousand (1000) years.

Ferns: There are a lot of forests of them in New Zealand. The more famous is Silver Fern, whose leafs are silver gray. The Silver Fern is a symbol of New Zealand, and it appears in the official shirt of the selection of Rugby, All Blacks.

There are Koru, that is another kind of Fern. It's a spiral, and it symbolizes new life, peace and growth.

Finally, the Actinidia Chinensis; It came from China, but it was introduced in New Zealand because it produces edible food, the kiwi, which all we know.

Well, and this is our oral presentation about New Zealand. There are any questions?




SELF-AVALUATION
I was nervous, as always, because I hate do oral presentations. It's horrible. But in my opinion, it was better than expected. I suppose that's because I know all these things about New Zealand, and so it was more easy for me. 

ORAL PRESENTATION ABOUT TIM BURTON

There's my oral presentation. I was nervous, so it's horrible. But well.

I'm Natàlia Sellés and now I'm going to talk about Tim Burton, as always.

At first I have to say that Tim is an american film director, writter and artist. Burton started to record short films using stop motion when he was 13. He was a very introspective person, and he wasn't a very good student, but he found his pleasure painting, writing, watching films,... He loved terror films, and his favorite actor was Vincent Price.

Well, I have said that Tim is a writer too. He had written a book of poems called The Melancholy Dead of Oyster Boy, and in this book are strange poems. For example, this drawing is Stain Boy, a character of one of his poems.

But the most famous poem of him is The Nightmare Before Christmas, a poem that he wrote and then Henry Selick convert it in a film.

Tim Burton has got his own style, that is characterized mainly by the darkness and gothic look. 

In all his films appears a lot of spirals, dead dogs, because the dog is his favorite animal, clowns, scarecrows...

A lot of his films take place on Christmas, and appears the relation between father and son.

The characters are lonely, pale, with dark hair, high and very thin, with big eyes but small mouth.

Another characteristic of Tim Burton is that he use many times the same actors. The two importants are Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter; Johnny has been in 7 movies of him, because he's his best friend since they met in Edward Scissorhands. And Helena is his wife, and she has been in 6 movies of him. Then are Christopher Lee, Winona Ryder, Jack Nicholson,... who have appeared in several movies of him. 

Another great characteristic of his movies, I think, is the music. Danny Elfman has been the composer of all his movies, except Sweeney Todd and Ed Wood. In my opinion he's a great musician, and I think that a movie of Tim Burton and the music of Danny Elfman are a great combination.

To finish I'd like to talk about his future projects: Frankenweenie, Dark Shadows and Maleficient.

Frankenweenie at first was a short film about a boy who revives his dog, and now he's recording it as a large film in black and white. 

Then, when he will finish Frankenweenie, he will record Dark Shadows, a story of vampires starring by Johnny Depp.

And finally, he maybe will record Maleficient, a remake of Sleeping Beauty story, and it will be starring by Angelina Jolie.

As conclusion, I think that Tim Burton has got a great talent, and I like his own style, and I hope that he will record a lot of movies more. 

Well, it was my oral presentation, and that's all.

Self-evaluation:

In my opinion I did it quite well. I was nervous, but I talked about 5 minutes, and I think that you could understand my english. I read at the paper many times... that's the problem.

Sorry Emma for not knowing very well the answer... xD