Action USA!

 

Year published/aired: 2008, 2017

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  7 + Bonus (x3)

Grade: 8-

Genres: America

Sub-subject: teen lives, cultures

Broadcaster: - ?

Production company: Scoop Films (Berlin, 2008), JDM Productions (NY)

Media publisher: Klett

Story: Gerlind Becker, Markus Reinecke

Editor: Michael Mattison, Monique Kunhar

Director: Christian Mertens, John Miglietta (USA)

Media: DVD

Media publisher: Klett

Additional media: books, computer disks, 24 foils, app

Working material:

Material publisher: Klett/Egmont

Novel available: 

Other literature:

 

Plot (short): At least 3 different DVDs, 2 different production companies (Berlin, New York). And all might even differ for each German state. 

"Filmsequenzen DVD" (and listening comprehension) for school book series Green Line 4 (and at least 3). And Blue/Red/Orange Line 4. 4 means 4th year of English (8th grade). There's also a combined DVD "Action UK!/USA! 3" (Green Line 3) 2018, 40minutes+20 Bonus. Teen Lives, chores, American Football, Western scene,...

There are also DVDs Film in Action!, Action UK! And also Jobs in Action! and Action Worldwide!

First I haven't found any clips. But I later found a 7 minute trailer on jdmpromedia under Just Around the Corner (2017 Green Line, also pic below).

Episodes: DVD totals: 34 minutes (2008), 38 minutes (2017, Green Line, in Bavaria 42+15), 40 Minutes+17 (2017, Blue/Red/Orange Line)

 

2008 (Action USA! 4) incomplete list, OOP

(Maybe all here just photo stories in the books, so titles might differ)

-Meeting a star (photo story) probably American Football

-Go, Greg, go! (photo story) 

-At the Cruise-In (photo story ?) I found a sheet with b&w pics.

Awarded movie starring James Deacon as Greg. More infos (plot, cast) on Crew United.

2017 Green Line: (for G9: 4 units in book#4, units 5-7 in book#5)

1. Go on, text her! (5'41'')

2. School life: Dos and don'ts (Across cultures 2) 4'05''

3. New Yorkers don't do thing like that! 6'22

4. What you say and how you say it  (5'10)

5. America: A big salad bowl!? (5'51)

6. Zach and his chores (4'24)

7. A trip to die for? (6'47)

Bonus:

8. New York City, here we come! (4'52)

9. Talking about jobs (4'49)

 

2017 Blue/Red Orange:  incomplete list

-Way In (introduction, documentary)

-Film Corner (several short films of the teens showing their lives in the USA) Action-Filme? (see Action UK! for amount and samples of episodes).

(Pic below from 2017 Green Line)