Unit 13. Films and cinema

Saturday, March 17th 2003
Unit 13: Films and Cinema
Period 78: Reading
National Cinema Centre



Kinds of films
horror film

cartoon

action film

romantic film

science fiction film

   
thriller
detective film
2.




. sequence (n)
. still (adj)
. set in motion (v)
. decade (n)

. character (n)

. audience (n)
. rapidly (adv)

. scene (n)
. spread (v)

. replace (v)
II. Tasks
1. Task 1: Match the word with its suitable definition
cinema
sequence
decade
rapidly
scene
6. character
2. Task 2: Answer the questions

6. As the old silent films were replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared.

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. No, they didn’t.

4. Audiences were able to see long films in the early 1910s.

5.The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s.

3. Task 3: Choose the best title.

The Story of a Film Maker

A Brief History of Cinema

C. The History of the Film Industry
4. Task 4: Match the time and the events, then retell the text
II. Homework.

Learn Vocabulary.
Write the answers to Task 2.