Unit 13. Films and cinema

To our class
What is the name of this film?
Where do you often go to see films?
CINEMA
FILMS AND CINEMA
Unit 13
Lesson: READING



1. WARM UP
Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV?
Why?
Name the following films
SPIDER MAN
FULL HOUSE
TOM AND JERRY
BACK
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
KINDS OF FILMS
Horror film
Cartoon film
Action film
detective film
Love story film
While you read
The history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19th century. At that time, scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement. In the first two decades of its existence, the cinema developed rapidly. In those early days, films were a little more than moving photographs, usually about one minute in length. By 1905, however, films were about five or ten minutes long. They used changes of scene and camera positions to tell a story, with actors playing character parts. In the early 1910s, audiences were able to enjoy the first long films, but it was not until 1915 that the cinema really became an industry. From that time, film makers were prepared to make longer and better films and build special places where only films were shown. The cinema changed completely at the end of the 1920s. This was when sound was introduced. The change began in American and soon spread to the rest of the world. As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones on the screen, a new cinema form appeared, the musical cinema.

Vocabulary
audience: khán giả
motion(n): sự vận động, chuyển động
news
Ex: News from Vietnam to England
Spread (v): truyền đi
film maker (adj): nhà làm phim
2. Task 1: Match the words in column A with their definitions in B
A
1. decade
2. rapidly
3. cinema
4. sequence
5. character
6. scene
B
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
. audience:
. motion (n):
Vocabulary
. spread ( v):
. musical cinema:
Nhân vật
truyền đi
Rạp phim có âm thanh nghe nhạc
Chuyển động
. decade (n):
. sequence (n):
. character (n):
. scene (n):
. rapidly (adv):
Thập niên
Chuỗi
Khán giả
Cảnh
Nhanh chóng
. Film maker (n):
Nhà làm phim
3. Task 2: Complete the sentences with the words / phrases in task 1
( scenes, sequence, cinema, rapidly, decades, character):
The history of _________ started in the early 19th century.
The cinema developed _________ in the first two ____________ of its existence.
A _______________ of pictures could give the feeling of movement when they were set in motion
Films used changes of ____________ to tell a story.
Actors play _____________ parts in a film.
cinema
rapidly
decades
sequence
scenes
character
4. Task 3: Answer these questions:

1. When did the history of cinema begin?

2. What did scientists discover at that time?

3. Did the films in the early days have sound?

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?
Choose the colors below to find the questions to answer:
The red: question 2
? At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
The yellow: question 1



The history of cinema began in the early 19th century
The black: question 5

The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s
The pink: question 4
Audiences were able to see long films in the early 1910s
The blue: question 3
No, they didn’t
The white: question 6
As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared.
The brown: Lucky color

Congratulation!
Answers:

1.The history of cinema began in the early 19th century
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. The films in the early days didn`t have sound
4. Audiences were able to see long films in the early 1910s
5.The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s
6. As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared.
A. The story of a film maker
B. A brief history of cinema
C. The history of the film industry

5. Task 4: Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage:
6: Match the time with suitable events
1
2
3
4
5
Home work
2. Prepare for the period speaking.
1 . Learn by heart the new words.
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