Unit 13. Films and cinema

Unit 13
Reading
Film
Cinema
and
What kind of films do you like to see?
Kind of films
cartoon
Thriller
Science fiction
action film
Romantic film
comedy
Vocabulary
sequence (n)
motion (n)
character (n)
audience (n)
replace (v)
Task 1: Find the word in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column.
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
Film-making industry
Series of related events or action
A period of ten years
Quickly and in a short time
Part of the film
A person in a film
cinema
sequence
a decade
rapidly
scence
character
Task 2: Work in pairs. Answer these questions

1
2
4
5
3
6
1. When did the history of cinema begin?
In the 19th century
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
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. Did films in the early day have sound?
No, they didn’t
4. When were audiences able to see long film?
Audiences were able to see a long films in the early 1920s
5. When was sound introduced ?
The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s.
6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being
replaced by spoken ones?
The musical cinema appeared.
Task 3: Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage
Answer :B(A Brief History of Cinema)
Talk about the passage using the cues below.
Years
Events
19th century
1905
1910s
1915
1920s
The first long film were made
History of film began
Film were about 5-10 minutes long


Films became even longer and better
Cinema were first built
Sound was introduced and old silent films
were replaced by spoken ones