Unit 13. Films and cinema

Unit 13
FILMS AND CINEMA
A. Action film C. Romantic film E. Science fiction film
B. Cartoon D. Horror film F. Comedy
Comedy
A. Action film C. Romantic film E. Science fiction film
B. Cartoon D. Horror film F. Comedy
Romantic film
A. Action film C. Romantic film E. Science fiction film
B. Cartoon D. Horror film F. Comedy
Cartoon
A. Action film C. Romantic film E. Science fiction film
B. Cartoon D. Horror film F. Comedy
Science fiction film
A. Action film C. Romantic film E. Science fiction film
B. Cartoon D. Horror film F. Comedy
Horror film
A. Action film C. Romantic film E. Science fiction film
B. Cartoon D. Horror film F. Comedy
Action film
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 like to see? Why?
While you read
Read the passage, and then do the tasks that follow
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 little more than moving photographs, usually about one minute in length. By 1905, however, films were about five or ten minutes long.
Vocabulary:
+ Cinema(n) rạp chiếu phim
+ decade (n) = 10 years : thập kỉ
+ millinery(n) = 1000 years: thiên niên kỉ
+ sequence(n) trình tự
+ still picture (n) hình ảnh tĩnh
+ motion (n) = moving : di chuyển
=> set sth in motion: làm cho cái gì chuyển động
=> moving (a) cảm động

+ exist (v) live : tồn tại
=> (n)
+ camera position : vị trí máy quay
+ character (n) nhân vật
+show – showed - shown/showed : trưng bày, triển lãm
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:
+ scene (n) cảnh (trong phim)
+ science fiction film : phim khoa học viễn tưởng
+ thriller (n) truyện (kịch, phim) cảm động
+ detective film (n) phim trinh thám
+ suppose : giả sử
+ spread - spread - spread : trải ra
+ replace (v) thay thế