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A warm-up activity

Read this quote. How do you understand it?

All creativity builds upon something that existed before and every work of art is essentially a derivative work. (Nina Paley)

Let’s watch the clip! 🎥

Play this video from 11:18 to 12:02. Try to understand the general meaning. Don’t focus too much on specific words just yet.

 

Exercise 1 - Complete the gaps

Watch the clip again and as you watch, try to fill in the gaps.

"This was the first time you felt like you were taking some control in your life. You were doing something that you wanted to do. Something that you ...."

"It changed everything, .... I uploaded one ... of a whole game: Amnesia The Dark Descent and then I made a compilation video of it because I ... other people make this compilation of scare reactions for Amnesia and I was like "I wanna do something like that." I really, truly don't think there's anything wrong with people ... art."

"Every single ... art is influenced by another ... art"

"It's .... Everything, the human experience is .... That doesn't mean it's ... because of it. That means it's greater.

"It's necessary for evolution."

"Absolutely. Yeah, you have to build on what comes before and I'm using it to justify my shitty reaction compilation that I made. It is just as good as the other one.”

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a sought-after person or an object is very popular and desired by many. e.g. Jennifer Aniston is one of the most sought-after actresses in the world.
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the lesser evil - a less harmful of two bad choices e.g. Many claim that voting for Joe Biden, as opposed to Donald Trump, was choosing a lesser evil.

Exercise 2 - Definitions

Read those definitions and match them with words from exercise 1.

  1. for or during the night
  1. used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount, or importance as something else
  1. to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have
  1. a video documenting the playthrough of a video game, including commentary and usually a camera view of the gamer's face
  1. to try to get something
  1. something that is not the result of new ideas, but has been developed from or copies something else

Definitions and examples - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

 
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Exercise 3 - Conversation

Answer those questions and don’t forget to use new words you’ve learnt!

  1. Do you agree that every piece of art is influenced by another piece of art?
  1. Can you think of any films, books or video games that became a success overnight?
  1. Have you ever been detained in hospital overnight?
  1. Why do you think people like to watch Let’s Plays?
  1. Is it true that children emulate their parents and eventually grow up to be a mirror image of them?
  1. Do you agree that “the human experience is derivative”?
  1. Can you describe a situation in which you chose the lesser evil?
  1. Many claim that voting for Joe Biden, as opposed to Donald Trump, was choosing a lesser evil. Would you agree with that?
 

Answer key

Exercise 1
  1. sought after
  1. overnight
  1. Let’s Play
  1. had seen
  1. emulating
  1. derivative
  1. lesser
Exercise 2
  1. overnight
  1. lesser
  1. emulate
  1. a Let’s Play
  1. sought after
  1. derivative

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