
- •After reading tasks.
- •The Uses of Different Media
- •The mass media
- •The British Press
- •Why I Avoid Reading Ukrainian Newspapers and Magazines
- •Tv Invention
- •The Internet
- •Read the text, change or add new information to your notes.
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •I didn’t know that!
- •Questions 1-5
- •2.Questions 6-12
- •Indian cinema
- •Vocabulary
- •In pairs, use the context to work out the meaning of these expressions.
- •5 Найкращих історичних фільмів, які варто переглянути
- •Read the guidelines for writing a film review and confirm your answers
- •Directors
- •Interviewing Ingmar Bergman
- •Essential vocabulary
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •1. Paraphrase the following sentences using the word combinations and phrases:
- •2. Explain what is meant by:
- •3. Answer the following questions and do the given tasks:
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. Study the Vocabulary Notes and translate the illustrative examples into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the words and word combinations in bold type:
- •2. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •3. Explain or comment on the following sentences:
- •4. Give English equivalents for the following phrases:
- •Violence On Screen
- •Дуже страшне кіно
- •Text interpretation
- •Intention/Purpose
- •Internal, deep structure?
- •Don't merely point out features. Say why the writer has used them and consider what the writer is trying to do. What? why? effect?
- •The scheme of the analysis of the fiction text (and some useful phrases)
- •The Sample of the Text Analysis The man of destiny
Questions 1-5
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
1.The inventors of cinema regarded it as a minor attraction.
2. Some directors were aware of cinema's artistic possibilities from the very beginning.
3.The development of cinema’s artistic potential depended on technology.
4.Cinema’s possibilities were developed in varied ways in different western countries.
5.Western businessmen were concerned about the emergence of film industries in other parts of the world.
Task: Note completion
Note completion tasks usually focus on the main ideas of part or all of the text. They may include headings, subheadings and numbers or bullet points. In reading note completion tasks, you may have to complete gapped notes using a bank of answers, or using words from the text.
Look at the first heading to the notes and find the relevant section of the text. What helped you?
Look at the notes. Which gap needs a description of:
present-day attitudes to the films made in China in the early 1930s?
an important feature of these films?
2.Questions 6-12
Complete the notes below using the list of words (A-K) from the box below. Write the correct letters in boxes 6-12 on your answer sheet.
Chinese cinema
large number of 6… films produced in 1930s
some early films still generally regarded as 7…
Indian cinema
films included musical interludes
films avoided 8…topics
Japanese cinema
unusual because film director was very 9…
two important directors:
Mizoguchi - focused on the 10 …restrictions faced by women
camera movement related to 11… content of film
Ozu - 12 … camera movement
A emotional |
B negative |
C expensive |
D silent |
E social |
F outstanding |
G little |
H powerful |
I realistic |
J stylistic |
K economic |
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Meditation on the movie
Vocabulary
Action-packed
Moving
Impressive
Well-received
Subtle
Depressing
Poignant
Entertaining
Offbeat
Understated
Pacer
Predictable
Enjoyable
Unconventional
Compelling
Slow- moving
Powerful
Charming
Epic
Overstated
Hilarious
Oversimplified
Perceptive
Flat
Sentimental
Gripping
Brilliant
Dramatic
Soppy
Insightful
Bleak
Stylish
Amusing
Thought-provoking
Dated
Intelligent
A shoe-string budget
Box-office smash
A flop
Rave reviews
Film-buff
It’s nothing to write home about / to have no bearing on
It doesn’t hold water
To blow out of proportion
To be accountable to
A bone of contention
To get one’s money worth
To be rooted to the spot
To be dimly aware of the pinpoint
To be much to the point
to come up with
a follow up
a rule of thumb
gut feeling
a stand-alone film
to be highly lucrative
a proven track record
to incite the wrath of film critics
contender
snubbed
nominee
glitz
razzmatazz
nail-biter
harrowing
disparity
tedious/boring/deadly dull
atrocious
feeble jokes
wooden dialogue
mediocre acting
to be a miscast
utter rubbish
beautiful
haunting
terrifying
breathless
impressively naturalistic
sharp sense of place
marvelous use of music to define mood, time, space
extremely good
disappointing
hilarious and touching at the same time
plodding
serious
dull
melodramatic
distasteful
stillborn from the beginning
worthless
as evil as art
boring
packed with humour and charm
once seen will not be easily forgotten
it is worthy enough to change the lives
clear, unromantic, realistic view of
compulsively interesting on many levels
It impresses greatly thanks to strong performances and a nice line in subtle humour
Not a great film/play, but touching, well-observed, unpretentious
It has neither credibility, nor sense. Routine scene follows routine scene, embellished by endless, shallow performances.
Strong, extremely moving and beautifully directed and acted.
There is so much overall zest and fun in it. I lost my heart to it.
I loved it from start to finish. It makes you smile, laugh, cry. I am urging you to see it.
By all means, see it. Tell everyone you know that they must.
If you miss it you’ll be cheating yourself of one of the most satisfying evenings of the year.
Which adjectives suggest a negative opinion
action-packed
moving
impressive
well-received
subtle
hilarious
oversimplified
perceptive
corny
overrated
depressing
poignant
entertaining
offbeat
understated
flat sentiments
gripping
brilliant
underrated
pacer
predictable
enjoyable
unconventional
compelling
dramatic
soppy
insightful
bleak
stylish
slow-moving
powerful
charming
epic
overstated
amusing
over romantic
thought-provoking
dated
intelligent
Expressions connected with films