Unit 12 Music

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Kinds of films
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UNIT 13
PERIOD 83

FILMS AND CINEMA
READING


Vocabulary
- motion (n) movement
- still (a)

silent

- sequence (n) series
- decade (n)
- audience (n)
- character (n)
- scene (n)

a period of 10 years

Task 1:
Fill in the gap with a suitable word
audiences
scene
cinema
decades
sequence
character
1. Why don’t we go to the………….tonight?
2. The ….….....…..…were interested in the performance
last night.
3. Vietnam was under the arch of the French during more
than 8……………..., from 1858 to 1945.
4. Chi Pheo is the main ………………in the short story
Chi Pheo written by Nam Cao.
5. They went abroad for a change of …………
6. Calm down, please! Try to describe the …………….
of events.


Task 2

Answer these questions

1. When did the history of cinema begin?
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
3. When were audiences able to see long films?
4. Did films in the early days have sound?

When was sound introduced?
5. What form of films appeared as the old silent
films were being replaced by spoken ones?


1. When did the history of cinema begin?



in the early 19th century

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.


2. What did scientists discover at that time?
 They discovered that when a sequence of still
pictures was set in motion, they could give the
feeling of movement.
The history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19 th
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.


3. When were audiences able to see long films?


in the early 1910s

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 film were shown. The
cinema changed completely at the end of the 1920s. This was when sound
was introduced.


4. Did films in the early days have sound?
When was sound introduced?



No, they didn’t.

at the end of the 1920s

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 film 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.


5. What form of films appeared as the old silent
films were being replaced by spoken ones?

the musical cinema

From that time, film makers were prepared to make longer and better
films and build special places where only film 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 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


SPEAKING: Talk about the history of cinema,
using the cues below
In the early - By -

In -

At the end of the -

In

19th century History of cinema began.
1905

Films were about 5-10 minutes long.

1910s

The first long films were made.

1915

Films became even longer and
better. Cinemas were first built.

1920s

Sound was introduced and old silent

films was replaced by the spoken ones.


UNIT 13
PERIOD 83

FILMS AND CINEMA
READING

Learn by heart all the new vocabulary
Summarize the passage


1: Reading
UNIT 13 : FILMS ANDLesson
CINEMA

Homework