Unit 13 Reading Films and Cinema

As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared.... The brown: Lucky color Congratulation!.?[r]

Unit 13 Period 80: A Reading Before you read Action film Horror film Detective film Kinds of films War film Cartoon film Love story film Thriller film Science Fiction film Romantic film Before you read 1.What you see in these pictures? 2.Who is this? 3.Where can a lot of people see a film? 4.Name the films you see in the picture 5.What kind of film is it? Kate Winslet Who are they? Which film they role-play together? TITANIC Leonardo Dicarpio Group work Task 1: Match the words in column A with their definitions in B A • • • • • • decade rapidly cinema sequence character scene • • • • • • B film-making industry series of related events or actions a period of ten years quickly and in a short time part of a film a person in a film While you read Task 2: Answer these questions: When did the history of cinema begin? What did scientists discover at that time? How were the films in the early days? When were audiences able to see long films? When was sound introduced? What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones? Choose the colors below to find the questions to answer: The red: question What did scientists discover at that time?  At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement • The yellow: question 1 When did the history of cinema begin? The history of cinema began in the early 19th century • The black: question 5 When was sound introduced? The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s The pink: question 4 When were audiences able to see long films? Audiences were able to see long films in the early 1910s • The blue: question 3 How were the films in the early days? They were a sequence of still pictures set in motion without sound –The white: question What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones? As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared The brown: Lucky color Congratulation! • What kind of film you like best? Why? Homework: • Write a short report about the last film you saw at a cinema • Did you enjoy it? Why? Why not?