Unit 13. Films and cinema

Game: Matching
Match these pictures with an appropriate name of the films.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Names of the films
A. Titanic
B. Mr Bean
C. Dracula
D. Sherlock Holmes
What kind of films do these pictures belong to?
Kinds of films:
Detective film
Romantic film
Comedy
Horror film
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2.
3.
4.
I. Before you read
Work with a partner. Answer the questions.
1. Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV? Why?
2. Can you name some of the films you have seen?
3. What kind of films do you want to see? Why?


Moving picture
Still picture
Vocabulary
Still (adj)
II. While you read
Vocabulary
- They are the two main characters of the film “Titanic”
 Character (n)
Many audiences go to the cinema to see the film “Titanic”
Vocabulary
 Audience (n)
II. While you read
Vocabulary
- Sequence (n) :
- Motion (n) :
 Set sth in motion
- Decade (n) :
- Spread (v) :
- Replace (v) :
Chuỗi (sự kiện/hành động)
Sự dịch chuyển
Thập kỉ
Lan ra/tỏa ra
Thay thế
1. Cinema
2. Sequence
3. Decade
4. Rapidly
5. Scene
6. Character
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
II. While you read
1. Task 1: Find the word in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column.
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
Time
Events

Scientists discovered that when a sequence of still
pictures was set in motion, they could give
the feeling of movement
Films were about five or ten minutes long
Audiences were able to enjoy the first long film
The cinema really became an industry
Sound was introduced
II. While you read
2. Task 2: answer these questions and complete the table.
1. When did the history of cinema begin?
2. What did scientists discovered at that time?
3. Did films in the early days have sounds?
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


1905
1915
The history of cinema began
19th
century
1910s
1920s
Musical cinema appeared
II. While you read
3. Task 3: 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
B. A Brief History of Cinema
III. After you read
Work in groups. Talk about the passage, using the cues in the table below.
Time
Events
19th
century
The history of cinema began

Scientists discovered that when a sequence of still
pictures were set in motion, they could give
the feeling of movement
1905
Films were about five or ten minutes long
1910s
1915
1920s
Audiences were able to enjoy the first long film
The cinema really became an industry
Sound was introduced
Musical cinema appeared