Unit 12: Films and Cinema. A-reading

A. Introduction
Can you name some films you have seen recently?
1. Giai Cuu Than Chet 2.Kungfu Panda








3.Titanic 4. Owl and Sparrow 5. Lord of the sing

B. Have a look at the two films, find differences between them


A. Films in the past B. Modern films
a. Sound
No sound Full of sound, music, & songs…
b. Color
Black and white Colorful
c. Actors’ actions
Not smooth Smooth
d. Other


=> Unit 13: Films and Cinema. A - reading

Unit 13: Films and Cinema. Part A: Reading

New words
Sequence / `si;kwJns / noun: a set of events, actions, numbers, etc.
Set in `motion: to start sth moving
Movement / `mu;vmJnt/ noun: sự di chuyển
=> Move (v): di chuyển
decade /`dekeId/ noun: a period of ten years, especially a period such as 1910–1919 or 1990–1999
scene /si;n / noun: cảnh (phim, truyện)
e.g.: love scene
change /tSeIndZ/ verb, noun: to become different: to make sb/sth different: : thay đổi
e.g.: Computers have changed the way people work.
sound / saUnd / noun: sth you hear
spread / spred / verb: Lan ra, trải rộng,
e.g.: Water began to spread across the floor
C. Guiding questions
A: Can you tell the ways films have developed so far?
B: What are some differences between the old silent films and the spoken ones?


Task 1: Find the word in the passage that can match the definition on right column

1. cinema
film-making industry
2. sequence
series of related events or actions
3. decade
a period of ten years
4. rapidly
quickly and in a short time
5. scene
part of a film
6. character
a person in a film
Task 2: Works in pairs. Answers these questions.
1. When did the history of cinema begin?
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
3. Did films in the early day 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?

Suggested answers:
1. The history of film began in the early 19th century.
2. At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
3. No, they did not.
4. Audiences were able to see the long films in the early 1910s.
5. The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s.
6. As the old silent films were being replaced by the spoken ones, the musicians cinema appeared.
Task 3: decide which of the option below is the best title for the passage.

A. The history of a film maker.

B. A brief history of cinema.

C. The history of the film industry.
D. After you read: works in pairs. Discuss these questions and then answer them

A. Think some factors that have changed the films.
B. Which of them are the most important in your opinion?
Suggested answers

The development of science, technology, etc…
People’s need for entertainment.





Bonus activity.
Look at the sequence of pictures below, see how a film is made
1 4 7





2 5





3 6

The end

Thực hiện và chỉnh sửa: Thầy Lý Tuấn Phú.
Gv trường Thcs & Thpt Bàu Hàm
Lưu ý:
Phần hai bộ phim để học sinh so sánh ở slide 3 do không gởi kèm được nên quý thầy cô nào quan tâm có thể tham khảo tại:
Charlie Chaplin (the mirror maze): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UZHYfqOY0Q
Titanic theatrical trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CWjurCE2Co
Phần làm phim từ 1 loạt các bức ảnh ở slide 12 tại link sau:
http://www.wap.org/journal/easymiracles/easymiraclesphotos.html
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