Unit 13. Films and cinema

Welcome to our class
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Unit 13: films and cinema
Period 78: Reading
Do you often see films when you are free?
Which kinds of film do you like most? Why?
Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV?
Can you name some of the films you have seen?
Before you read
Answer the questions in pairs
Cartoon film
Love story film
Detective film
Action film
Horror film
Science fiction film
Funny film
Before you read
Vocabulary
Motion (n): the act of moving, or changing place or position
Set st in motion: Move sth
Still (a): silent
Audience (n): people who see films, plays
Spread (v): to extend over a place
Replace (v)
It was not until TIME that CLAUSE
While you read
Task 1
Find the words in the passage:

1. __________ film-making industry
2. ____________ series of related events or actions.
3. ____________a period of ten years
4. ____________ quickly and in a short time
5. ____________ part of a film
6. ____________ a person in a film
Cinema
Sequence
Charater
Scene
Rapidly
Decade
Task 2:Answer these questions in pairs
When did the history of cinema begin?
What did scientists discover at that time?
Did films in the early days have sound?
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?
Lucky number game
Lucky Number
1. When did the history of cinema begin?

In the early 19th century
2. What did scientists discover at that time?

They discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
3. Did films in the early days have sound?
No, they didn’t.
4. When were audiences able to see long films?

In the early 1910s.
5. When was sound introduced?
It was not until at the end of the 1920s.
The musical cinema
6.What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
Lucky Number
Task 3: Choosse the best title
A. The Story of a Film Maker
B. A Brief History of Cinema
C. The History of the Film Industry
After you read
Talk about the passage, using the cues
a.19th century
b.1905
c.1910s
d.1915
e.1920s
After you read
Talk about the passage, using the cues
a.19th century/ history/cinema/ began
b.1905/ films/ five/ ten minutes
c.1910s/ audiences/able/ enjoy/ long films
d.1915/ cinema/ became/ industry
e.1920s/ cinema/changed
Talk about the passage, using the cues
a. In 19th century the history of cinema began
b. By 1905 films were about five or ten minutes long….
c. In the early 1910s audiences were able to enjoy the first long films.
d. It was not until 1915 that the cinema really became an industry….
e. At the end of the 1920s the cinema changed completely…..
After you read
Homework
Write your own passage describing the brief history of cinema.
Prepare for your speaking activity.
Thank for for your attention!