Unit 8: Video from the New York Times' Style Magazine: Making Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows in 2014

Directions: Review the vocabulary before watching the brief video. Watch one time through and listen for those vocabulary words.  Listen again and answer the questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQj-cW-LuRw

People & Vocabulary

• David Hoey ('window guru') Senior Director of Visual Presentation
• Samantha Smith - paper sculptor
• Daniel Sean Murphy - paper sculptor

1. the arts = theather, music, art, dance, cinema, architecture, etc.
2. blueprints = technical designs architects use
3. 3D = three dimensional
4. rather = quite, very
5. paper sculpture = a 3D paper version of something
6. drafting table = the work table where architects make their technical drawings
7. to start out = to begin as
8. to turn themselves into skyscrapers = the designs slowly become three dimensional
9. to be afraid = to worry that something is not going to go well
10. to be cold = (not as in temperature) in reference to color and feeling
11. several = more than three in number
12. a mash up = a mixture of
13. a gigantic clock tower on top of the building = where there is a very large external clock on the outside, and top of a skyscraper 
14. a scale representation = a drawn plan of where everything goes
15. to make sure everything's going to fit = to be sure there is enough space for everything
16. to be very big on something = to like very much or have a preference for something
17. to have overstuffed windows = windows with a lot of things, almost too many things.
18. to end up being + adjective = a way to describe how something looks at the end of a process
19. improvisation = doing things on the spot, not according to a plan
20. to install = to set up a window display
21. the display business = a way to refer to visual merchandisers
22. unveiling = when a curtain is pulled back to show the final product (this word is not spoken. you see them doing the action)
23. a fantasy = a dream-like world
24. a time space = a different place other than reality
25. 5th Avenue = NYC's fashion street
26. to walk by (a window) = to walk past it
27. 'I'm thrilled to be a part of that.' = I'm extremely happy and excited to take part in it.

Comprehension Questions

1.  How long does it take them to create holiday window displays?

2.  What kind of display has Mr Hoey always wanted to do?

3.  Which one of the arts are they focussing on in the video?

4.   How did they transform the old architectural blueprints?

5.  Where do the paper sculptures start from?

6.  How did they avoid making the window too cold?

7.  Who helped contribute?

8.  How long did it take Samantha to finish her first paper sculpture?

9.  What was Daniel asked to make?

10  Why do they need to refer to the scale representation?

11. How do their windows end up being?

12.  How do they describe their business sometimes?

13.  At the end, Daniel describes the displays as_______________

Answers

1.  all year long; they begin on Jan. 2            2. He's always wanted to do a display where each window was dedicated to one of the arts.     3.  architecture

4.  by using paper sculptures and turning them into 3D versions     5.  a drafting table      6    by putting in a few animals (paper sculpture animals)    7.  seven paper sculptors and several assistants    8.  7 months     9.  an art deco sky scraper    10.  to make sure everything fits    11.  incredibly detailed and complicated   12.  as the surprise business     13.  fantasy / magic / another place