Unit 13. Films and cinema

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WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
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Reading :
Films and Cinema
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* What kind of films do you know ?
kind of films
Comedy
Cartoon films
Action films
Detective films
Romantic films
Science fiction films
Silent films
Horror films
Thrillers
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* What can you see in the picture ?
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* Who are they ?
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Task 1 : What can you see in the pictures ?

1/ Cinema : a building in which films are shown.

2/ Director : a person in charge of a film who tells the actors what to do.
3/ Actor : a person who performs in films.

4/ Cinema tographer : a person who uses the cemara to take the pictures of a film.
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Task 2 : Work in groups
Match the words / phrases in column B with the definitions in column C .
Key : 1. c 2. d 3. j 4. a 5. e 6. g 7. h 8. i 9.k 10. f 11.b 12. l
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Task 3 : Choose the correct answer
1. When did the history of cinema begin ?
A. In the early 17th century B. In the early 20th century
C. In the early 19 th century D. In the early 20th century
Key : C
2. When were audiences able to see long films ?
A. In the early 1910s B. In the early 1920s
C. In the early 1930s D. In the early 1940s 3. 3.
Key : A
3. When were sound introduced ?
A. At the end of the 1910s B. At the end of the 1920s
C. At the end of the 1930s D. At the end of the 1940s
Key : B
4. 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 D. The story of an director
Key : B
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Task 4 : Work in pairs
Answer the questions
1/ What did scientists discover in the early 19th century ?
2/ Did films in the early days have sound ?
3/ What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced
by spoken ones ?
No, they didn’t.
The musical cinema.
At that time the scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
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Task 5 : Watch some scenes of films . Then answer the question .
“What kind of films have you just seen ?”
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Thank you
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Goodbye class.