Unit 13. Films and cinema

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. A film that makes you laugh is a……….Film
The person who makes a film
The place where the films are made
The most important actor in a film
. The place where the films are shown
. A film that frightens you is a ………film
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Cinema
Drama
Detective film
Action film
cartoon
Comedy
Science fiction film
Thriller
Horror film
Romantic film
FILMS AND CINEMA


A. READING
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 like to see? Why?
motion (n) [`mou∫n]
Still (adj) [stil]: silent
Audience (n) [`ɔ:djəns]: Viewers
Spread (v) [spred]: to extend over a place
Replace (v) [ri`pleis]



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. 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 America 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.
* Task 1. Find the word in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column.
cinema
decade
rapidly
sequence
scene
character
Task 2. Work in pairs. Answer these questions
When did the history of cinema begin?

2. What did scientists discover at that time?


3. Did 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?
In the early 19th century
At that time the scientists discovered that when a sequence
of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement
No, they didn’t
In the early 1910s
At the end of the 1920s
The musical cinema
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
: After you read
Match the time and the events, then retell the text