Unit 13. Films and cinema

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FILMS AND CINEMA
UNIT 13:
BFORE YOU READ
Activity 1: Answer the question
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Activity 2: Choose the words from the list and put them into the right category to describe films nowadays or films in the early days

1.long 2. interesting 3. colourful
4. silent 5. natural 6. simple
7. unnatural 8.black and white
9.Spoken 10.short 11.complex 12. boring
II. WHILE YOU READ.
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
cinema
sequence
a decade
rapidly
scene
character
Choose the best answer
Film making industry:
cinema b. film c. film maker d. all are correct
2. Series of related events or actions
motion b. sequence c. movement d. existence
3. A period of 10 years
century b. time c. earlier days d.a decade
4. quickly and in a short time
rapidly b. slowly c. really d. early
5. Part of a film
scene b. picture c. screen d. story
6. a person in a film
a. film maker b. actor c. character d. audience


Task 2: Answer the questions
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4.When were audiences able to see long films?
In the early 1920s
1.When did the history of cinema begin?

In the 19th century



5.When was sound introduced?
At the end of the 1920s
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2.What did scientists discover at that time?
At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement
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3. Did films in the early days have sound?
No, they didn’t
6.What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?

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

Task 3: Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage.
1. The Story of a Film Make
2. A Brief History of Cinema
3. The History of the Film Industry
III. AFTER YOU READ
Choose the best answer
In the early19th...............................................
cinema became an industry b. cinema was born
c. cinema changed due to the discovery of sound d. none is correct
2. which statement below is not true?
the sound was first introduced in America
Audiences could see the first long films in the early 1920s
The musical cinema didn’t appear until the sound was discovered
The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s
3. the cinema didn’t become an industry...........................
a. in 1915 b. until1915 c. before 1915 d. none is correct
4. the first long films were shown............
in the early 1910s b. in 1910 c. at the end of the 1920s
d. by 1905
5. Movie theaters began to appear...........
a. in 1910 b. in 1915 c. from 1910 to 1915 d. in 1920