DC O M E Y S T U D I O 3 2 1 D I R E C T O RC S T A R 4 C I N E M A5 H O R R O R 6 . A film that makes you laugh is a……….Film The person who makes a film The place where the films are made The most important actor in a film . The place where the films are shown . A film that frightens you is a ………film 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789101112131415 Cinema Drama Detective film Action film cartoon Comedy Science fiction film Thriller Horror film Romantic film FILMS AND CINEMA • A. READING • Before you read • Work with a partner. Answer the questions. • 1. Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV? Why? • 2. Can you name some of the films you have seen? • 3. What kind of films do you like to see? Why? • motion (n) ['mou∫n] • Still (adj) [stil]: silent • Audience (n) [' :djəns]ɔ : Viewers • Spread (v) [spred]: to extend over a place • Replace (v) [ri'pleis] While you read • Read the passage, and then do the tasks that follow. • The history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19th century. At that time, scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement. In the first two decades of its existence, the cinema developed rapidly. In those early days, films were little more than moving photographs, usually about one minute in length. By 1905, however, films were about five or ten minutes long. They used changes of scene and camera positions to tell a story, with actors playing character parts. In the early 1910s, audiences were able to enjoy the first long films, but it was not until 1915 that the cinema really became an industry. From that time, film makers were prepared to make longer and better films and build special places where only films were shown. The cinema changed completely at the end of the 1920s. This was when sound was introduced. The change began in America and soon spread to the rest of the world. As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones on the screen, a new cinema form appeared, the musical cinema. * Task 1. Find the word in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column. film-making industry series of related events or actions a period often years quickly and in a short time part of a film a person in a film cinema decade rapidly sequence scene character Task 2. Work in pairs. Answer these questions 1. When did the history of cinema begin? 2. What did scientists discover at that time? 3. Did films in the early days have sound? 4. When were audiences able to see long films? 5. When was sound introduced? 6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones? In the early 19 th century At that time the scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement No, they didn’t In the early 1910s At the end of the 1920s The musical cinema Task 3. Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage. • A. The Story of a Film Maker • B. A Brief History of Cinema • C. The History of the Film Industry : After you read Match the time and the events, then retell the text Time Events 19 th century The first long films were made 1905 Films became even longer and better. Cinemas were first built 1910s Films were about 5-10 minute long. 1915 Sound was introduced and old silent films were replaced by the spoken ones. 1920s History of cinema began. . films are shown . A film that frightens you is a ………film 1 2 3 4 5 6 123 456789101 1121 31415 Cinema Drama Detective film Action film cartoon Comedy Science