Unit 13. Films and cinema

Unit 13 :
Film and Cinema

Period 1 : Reading


Tom and Jerry
Full house
Conan
Kingkong
Harry porter
- Cartoon -
-Romantic film -
- Detective film -
- Horror film -
- Action film -
I. Warm up:
II. Before you read:
1. New vocabulary:
2. New structure:
III. While you read:
1. Task 1:
2. Task 2:
3. Task 3:
IV. After you read:
V. Homework:
Vocabulary:
Sequence [`si:kwəns](n) : sự nối tiếp, chuỗi
Scene [sin](n): bối cảnh
Motion [`mou∫n](n): sự chuyển động
Character [`kæriktə](n): nhân vật
Rapidly [`ræpidli](adv): một cách nhanh chóng
Audience [`ɔ:djəns](n): khán giả
Replace [ri`pleis](v): thay thế

New structure:

+ Form: It was not until time that clause
+ Meaning: This structure means the same as not…before.
Eg: It was not until last year that we began this program= We did not begin this program before last year=We began this program last year.
+ Use: This structure is used to emphasize the commencement point of an action or event in the past.
III. While you read:
Task 1:You are going to read the passage about the history of cinema silently and then do Task 1.
1………….……….
2…………………..
3…………………..
4…………………..
5…………………..
6…………………..
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

Cinema
Sequence
Decade
Rapidly
Scene
Character
Task 2:You are to read the passage again and answer the questions in the book:
1. When did the history of cinema begin?
In the early 19th century. (line 1).
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
At that time the scientists discovered that when sequence of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement .(line 2-3).
3. Did films in the early days have sound?
No, they didn’t .(line 5,line 13-15).
4. When were audiences able to see long films?
In the early 1910s.(line 9).

5. When was sound introduced?
At the end of the 1920s.(line 14).
6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
The musical cinema. (line 17)
Task 3: Read the passage one more time and find the most suitable title for it.
A. The story of Film Maker.
B. A Brief History of Cinema.
C. The History of the Film Industry.

B

After you read:
Work in groups: Talk about the passage, using the cues below:

19thcentury
1905
1910s
1915

1920s
History of cinema began
Films were about 5-10minutes long
The first long films were made
Films became even longer and better. Cinemas were first built
Sound was introduced and old silent films were replaced by the spoken ones
Homework:
* Make sentences with new words
* Write a summary of the passage using your note taken for the “After you read” task
Class is over.
Thank you!