III. Put the words into the appropriate form

CINEMA

Translate the vocabulary

Cinema (house)

1.Open-air theatre

2.drive-in theatre

Film

3.Movie

4.(Motion) picture

5.Documentary

6.Educational

7.Popular scientific

8.Science film

9.Feature film

10.Science fiction film

11.Animated cartoon

12.Adventure film

13.Musical

14.Puppet film

15.Thriller

16.Comedy

17.Horror film

18.Mystery film

19.Western

20.War film

21.Action film historical

22.Children’s film

23.Crime film

24.Theatrical film

25.“X” film

26.Wide-screen film

27.Colour film

28.Black-and-white film

29.Mute (silent) film

30.Sound film

31.Full-length film

32.Short-length film

33.Dubbed film

34.Newsreel

35.Cinemascope

36.Three-dimensional film

37.Serial

38.Soup opera

39.Three part film

Parts of films

40.Screen version (adaptation)

41.Scene

42.Outdoor (indoor) scene

43.Opening scene

44.Final scene

45.Crowd scene

45.Episode

46.Still

47.Shot

48.Subtitle (= caption)

49.Close-up

50.Flash-backs

51.Reel

Impression

52.Moving

53.Violent

54.Powerful

55.Gripping

56.Slow

57.Good fun

58.Sentimental

59.Absorbing

60.Exciting

61.Charming

62.Delightful

63.Depressing

64.Outstanding

65.Dull (boring)

66.Vividly dramatic

67.Technically brilliant

68.Slow-moving

69.Dragged-out

70.Entertaining

71.The film deals with (depicts, presents, tell of)

72.The message of the film

73.To leave a deep and lasting impression on

74.To appeal to the audience

75.To be (make) a hit with the public

76.to mar a film

77.to leave smb. cold

78.a flop

79.a run-of-the mill film

80.not a film to everyone’s film

81.obscure and complex ideas

People

82.film (cinema, picture, movie)-goer

83.producer

84.film director

85.art director

86.cameraman

87.script-writer

88.animator

89.costume designer

90.cast

91.reviewer

92.film editor (cutter)

93.recording engineer

94.sound assistant

95.boom operator

96.production manager

97.make- up artist (maker-up)

98.clapper boy

99.lighting electrician (gaffer)

100.director of photography

101.set designer

102.continuity girl

Cinema work

103.shooting (filming)

104.to shoot a film

105.to make a screen version

106.to screen a novel (play, story)

107.to film a novel

108.to release a picture

109.to come out (about a film)

110.to go into production

111.to remake a film

112.to reissue a film

113.to be dubbed in Ukrainian

114.co-production (joint production)

115.directed by

116.Scenery and costumes by

117.The songs set to music by

118.Shooting in the studio (on the stage, in the filming hall)

119.Cutting

120.Editing

Acting

121.An actor of great promise

122.A leading actor

123.A star

124.To play the role of the main (title, leading, key) role

125.The small (supporting, minor) role

126.To co-star

127.To bring to life on the screen

128.To be miscast

129.To portray a character

130.To give a convincing (memorable,

captivating, captivating, warm, brilliant, superb)

Film studio

131.Studio lot

132.Processing laboratories

133.Cutting rooms

134.Film storage vault

135.Film set

136.Music recording studio

137.Microphone boom

138.Clapper board

139.(Projection) screen

140.Tripod spotlight

141.Film reel (spool)

142.(Object) lens

143.Camera lens

144.Lightweight

145.Professional motion picture

146.Zooming lever

147.Handgrip

148.Rifle grip

149.Amplifier

150.Special effects equipment

II. Reading Comprehension-I

– What kind of film would you prefer to see and why?

– Have you see any silent movies?

– Do you prefer modern films or old ones? Give your reasons.

SILENT ART

Talk to people who saw films for the first time when they were silent, and they will tell you the experience was magic. The silent film, with music, had extraordinary powers to draw an audience into the story, and an equally potent capacity to make their imagination work. They had to supply the voices and the sound effects, and because their minds were engaged, they appreciated the experience all the more. The audience was the final creative contributor to the process of making a film.

The films have gained a charm and other-worldliness with age but, inevitably, they have also lost something. The impression they made when there was no rival to the moving picture was more profound, more intense; compared to the easily accessible pictures of today, it was the blow of a two-handed axe, against the blunt scraping of a tableknife.

The films belong to an era considered simpler and more desirable than our own. But nostalgia should not be allowed to cast a sentimental quaintness over the past, for it obliges us to edit from our mind the worst aspects of a period and embrace only those elements we admire. The silent period may be known as 'The Age of Innocence' but it included years unrivalled for their dedicated viciousness. In Europe, between 1914 and 1918 more men were killed to less purpose than at any other time in history. In America, men who stood out from the herd - pacifists, anarchists, socialists - were rounded up and deported in 1919, and were lucky to avoid being lynched. The miseries of war culminated in the miseries of disease when the Spanish flu swept Europe and America and killed more civilians than the war had killed soldiers. With peace came the Versailles treaty – collapse and starvation in Central Europe – the idealism of Prohibition – gangsterism in America.

The benefit of the moving picture to a care-worn populace was inestimable, but the sentimentality and charm, the easily understandable, black-and-white issues were not so much a reflection of everyday life as a means of escape from it. Again and again, in the publications of the time, one reads horrified reactions against films showing 'life as it is'.

You did not leave the problems of home merely to encounter them again at the movies. You paid your money, initially, for forgetfulness. As the company slogans put it: 'Mutual Movies Make Time Fly'... 'Selznick Pictures Create Happy Hours'. And if the experience took you out of yourself and excited you, you talked about it to your friends and fellow-workers, creating the precious 'word of mouth' publicity that the industry depended upon. You may have exaggerated a little, but the movies soon matched your hyperbole. They evolved to meet the demands of their audience.

Gradually movie-going altered from relaxation to ritual. In the big cities, you went to massive picture palaces, floating through incense-laden air to the strains of organ music, to worship at the Cathedral of Light. You paid homage to your favourite star; you dutifully communed with the fan magazines. You wore the clothes they wore in the movies; you bought the furniture you saw on the screen. You joined a congregation composed of every strata of society. And you shared your adulation with Shanghai, Sydney and Santiago. For your favourite pastime had become the most powerful cultural influence in the world - exceeding even that of the Press. The silent film was not only a vigorous popular art; it was a universal language - Esperanto for the eyes.

By Kevin Brownlow (Hollywood, The Pioneers)

A. Answer the questions:

1.Why did the audiences of silent movies appreciate them so much?

2.What do modern audience find attractive about silent movies?

3.Why is it a fallacy to consider the days of the silent movies as “innocent”?

4.What was the most effective publicity for a film?

5.What were large city cinema like?

6.What influence did silent movies have on their fan’s lives?

7.What social classes did silent movies appeal to most?

8.Who is being referred to as “you” in the last two paragraphs?

9.What are the writer’s feelings about silent movies – and about modern films?

10.To what extent do you share the writer’s feelings?

B. Explain in English:

nostalgia, to cast a sentimental quaintness, to avoid being lynched, the Versailles treaty, Esperanto for the eyes, to create the precious “word of mouth” publicity.

III. Put the words into the appropriate form

1.The cinema is one of the most popular forms of (entertain) in the world. Its (popular) means that blockbuster movies are seen by millions worldwide. Because of this, the messages they give out are seen as (extreme) important. Psychologists argue that film-watching isn’t always (harm) fun and are concerned about the (damage) effects it may have. Black actors and women are (satisfy) with the number and type of roles available to them. With one or two (except) the latter have (tradition) had to play simple characters dependent on strong male leading actors. Another important concern is the (violent) in films. With the (grow) in the video industry, violent film are coming into the home and are (easy) available to young viewers.

2.Priscilla Presley, (act) and widow of Elvis Presley, entered the acting profession quite (accident). On being asked to do a television (commerce) for a well-known shampoo, she took what turned out to be an important (decide): to take acting classes. She did this in an attempt to overcome her acute (shy) at being in the public eye, but to her (amaze) she loved every minute. Her extreme lack of (confident) stemmed from the early days of her (marry) to Elvis, which she remembers were often spent sitting in dark, (depress) hotel rooms away from the glare of (public), which Elvis was so anxious to avoid.

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