Conclusion

This is a book devoted to the history of Russian cinematography, combining social history, economics and a precise and effective sense of film criticism. Movies first made contact with working-class needs and desires and became the most popular and influential medium of culture both in the pre-revolutionary and soviet Russia. Those were the times when the country transformed itself into a predominantly urban industrial society. The book spans the gap from the beginning of motion pictures to their firm establishment as mass entertainment. Significantly, the book explains many little-known aspects of the Russian film industry, but, more important, it also goes a long way toward explaining the historical development of our country in the XX-th century.

The book is well-designed and expertly illustrated by a group of talented lecturers of Saint-Petersburg Institute of Cinema and Television. In chapters 1-9 of Part I prepared by G. Zimmerman, K. Vyalyak, S. Golubeva, L. Avakyan, V. Baryshnikova and А. Neustroyeva students learn about pre-revolutionary Russian cinematography, the soviet comedies and importance of cinematography for the cultural revolution. In chapters 1-8 of Part II, prepared by E. Teneva, M. Ivankiva, E. Maksimova, I. Pantyukhina and S. Pankratova students learn about the soviet cinematography of the mid-XX century – the purges, the appearance of sound film, its political and peasant protagonists, the soviet musicals and the Great Patriotic war films.

This book is well-structured – it is divided in two thematic parts (Part I and Part II) broken down into 17 chapters, followed by keys to exercises and bibliography. Exercises develop lexical awareness, practice collocations, question formation, synonymic choice, word-formation and many aspects of grammar. Authors hope that learners of English will become more competent and knowledgeable in the field of cinematography with the help of this interesting edition.

Keys to exercises part I unit 1.

Task I.

1. f) 2. e) 3 a) 4. c) 5. g) 6. d) 7. b)

Task II.

artistic medium, domestic production, literary adaptation, dominant theme, authentic costumes, feature film, seating capacities

Task III.

1. adapting 2. filmed 3. entertainment 4. A range of 5. feature film 6. themes 7. lasts

Task IV.

1. had developed b) was played c) began d) were shown e) are inspired f) attracting g) was growing

Task V.

(1) entertainment (2) range (3) viewers (4) adaptations (5) domestic (6) lasted (7) attracted

Unit 2.

Task I.

business partner, upper class, foreign imports, war situation, production companies, silver age, key function

Task II.

1. reflection 2. suffered 3. sentiments 4. foreign imports 5. artistic 6. drawn away 7. to deflect from

Task III.

1. on b) on c) to d) with e) on f) of g) on

Task IV.

1. When did the war with Germany begin?

2. Which films did the upper class prefer to watch?

3. What was the main focus of production companies during the war?

4. What was typical of Russian melodramas?

5. How can Russian melodramas be interpreted in terms of genre?

6. How did the Silver Age influence the film industry of the war period?

7. Who directed the film “Mirages”?

Task V.

1. as 2. left 3. had been 4. increased 5. coping 6. such 7. rejected

Task VI.

№	verb	noun (person)	noun (thing, concept)	adjective
1	adapt	adaptor	adaptation	adapting
2	---	artist	artistry	artistic
3	contribute	contributor	contribution	contributing
4	---	decadent	decadence	decadent
5	depress	---	depression	depressive
6	facilitate	facilitator	facility	facilitated
7	interpret	interpretor	interpretation	interpreted
8	produce	producer	production	productive
9	---	sentimentalist	sentiments	sentimental
10	suffer	sufferer	suffering	suffering