PART I. CINEMA

LESSON 1. FILMMAKING AND ITS CONSTITUENTS

Brainstorming

Discuss the following questions in your group:

1) Do you consider films to be a genuine art form?

2) To your mind did the film industry benefit as an art form from the introduction of visual effects, like green/blue screen, when whole scenes are shot in a studio and everything else is added in post-production using computer graphics?

3) How can you estimate the modern state of film affairs in Russia, the UK, and the USA?

Vocabulary

cinema movies film (n, v) motion picture (movie) script screenplay shoot trailer cast credit titles (credits) final cut score OST dub

subtitles props filmography film review film release film editing special effects (SFX/SPFX/FX) optical effects (fade in black/ dissolve to) mechanical effects (stunt) visual effects (Visual FX/VFX) fast/slow motion blue/green screen (keying) matte

1. Fill in the blanks with the words from the list below; explain your choice.

1) It’s heavy raining outside and I’ve already got two tickets to
the ____________ this evening.

2) And what have you expected? That your way to the centre of the city in autumn is going to be marvellous?

3) The ____________ of this film was quite a large one.

4) It’s not even close to the number in the original source.

5) The ____________ we’ve created is aimed at a broad audience and we’re hoping that it is not going to be a disappointment to the fans of the previous parts.

6) You gotta be kidding me!

7) No, I’m telling you he’s gonna be there for reals, so let’s move it, otherwise we’ll be late for the ____________.

8) Since the date of the ____________ premier was near, our crew was working hard, ____________ as many scenes a day as possible.

9) Anyway the ____________ was fantastic; even though I’m not very keen on instrumental music I especially enjoyed the composition by Hans Zimmer.

10) Oh my, the ____________ of this film was brilliant, I couldn’t predict the ending, it was unexpected, emotional, and probably the best one I’ve ever seen. Moreover, the ____________had an extraordinary amount of songs performed by famous bands like Coldplay and Muse.

List of words: cinema, film, movies, motion picture, cast, to shoot, movie score, OST, script.

2. Match the word (1-10) with its definition (a-j).

1. Credit titles 2. Final cut 3. Release 4. Stunt 5. Green screen 6. To shoot 7. Matte 8. To set 9. To dub 10. Script	a)an acrobatic or dangerous piece of action in a film or television program;
b)to film or photograph;
c)a verb that says where the story of a film is located/based;
d)a mask used to obscure part of an image in a film and allow another image to be substituted, combining the two;
e)a written text for the use of the performers in films and plays;
f)to provide (a film) with a soundtrack in a different language from the original;
g)a list of those responsible for the production of a film or television program;
h)a film or other product made available to the public;
i)the final edited version of a film, approved by the director and producer;
j)a blue (or green) background in front of which moving subjects are filmed and which allows a separately filmed background to be added to the final image.

Crossword.

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Across

Down

1. the action of making a film, recording, or other product available to the public; 3. to provide (a film) with a soundtrack in a different language from the original; 4. a dangerous and exciting piece of action in a film; 5. the music composed for a film or play; 10. the process of choosing some of what has been filmed or recorded and arranging it in a particular order; 11. a series of extracts from a film or broadcast, used for advance publicity;

2.(UP) captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative; 6. the actors taking part in a play, film, or other production; 7. all the objects or pieces of furniture that are used in a film; 8. the process of removing the background from a scene in order to replace it with another one; 9. to make a film or take photographs using a camera; 12.a critical appraisal of a book, film, etc. published in a newspaper or magazine.

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