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Учебнометодическое пособие по аспекту Устная речь для студентов III курса факультета английского языка
Unit 8 Movie/ My Favorite Movie Star
Sharing Ideas
How often do you go to the cinema?
Do you watch American movies in English (with subtitles), or do you prefer to see movies dubbed into your own language? Explain why.
What is your all-time favorite movie?
Have you ever seen the same movie more than once? If yes, name it (or them).
What do you think of people who talk during movies at a movie theater?
What movie star would you most like to meet? What would you do if you met one?
If a book is made into a movie, do you prefer to read the book first or see the movie first?
What was the last movie you saw? What did you think about it?
Cinema, cinema, cinema…
In 1995 we celebrated the hundredth anniversary of cinematography. A century ago the Lumiere brothers made their first three-minute films which were demonstrated to the public on December 28, 1895 in Paris.
Since then a new era has begun- the era of cinematography. It rapidly spread all over the world and very soon turned into one of the most popular arts and entertainments. The twentieth century may rightfully be called the century of cinematography. Nowadays the cinema is considered one of the main contemporary arts. It combines such arts as painting, literature, theatre, architecture, and music. That’s why a lot of people of different professions are involved in film production: scriptwriters, directors, producers, cameramen, costume designers, composers, actors, actresses and many others.
The first films were silent and black-and-white ones. The first films in the West were melodramas and comedies. In Russia they were mostly historical ones and screen-versions of the best novels.
Since the twentieth, the Hollywood, the famous U.S. film studio, has become the center of the world movie industry.
In early thirties the first sound films were released. The cinema was of great importance during the two world wars. The best cameramen went to the front to make documentary films about heroism of the soldiers. Feature films of that time helped people survive the hardships of war.
Films are demonstrated in cinemas (moving picture-theatres (movies) – U.S.). There are a lot of them in every town and city. In the programme there used to be a feature - film preceded by a newsreel, a documentary, a popular science film or even by an animated cartoon. In our country there are intervals between the shows, and the day show is called a matinee. In most cinemas in Western countries there are no intervals between the programmes, and people can stay in the cinema as long as they like.
Nowadays most people prefer watching video films and TV, but films will never cease being one of the best entertainments all over the world. Besides, cinema plays a great educational role in the life of society. It helps to bring up the younger generation, to widen the young people’s range of knowledge.
Glossary
entertainment, n - shows, films, television, or other performances or activities that entertain people, or a performance of this type
contemporary, adj - existing or happening now
combine, v - to (cause to) exist together, or join together to make a single thing or group
scriptwriter, n - a person who writes the words for films or radio or television broadcasts
director, n - a person who is in charge of a film and tells the actors how to play their parts
producer, n - a person who makes the practical and financial arrangements needed to make a film, play, television or radio programme
cameraman, n - a person who operates a camera when films or television programmes are being made
black-and-white, adj – colorless
screen-version, n – movie version of some literature piece
movie, n - MAINLY US FOR a cinema film
feature film - a film that is usually 90 or more minutes long
hardship, n - (something which causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example of this
newsreel, n - a short film that consists of news reports, usually one that was made in the past for showing in a cinema
popular science film – a film based on some fantastic story
animated cartoon - a film made using characters and images which are drawn rather than real, and which is usually amusing
matinee, n - a film shown or a play performed during the day, especially in the afternoon
cease, v- to stop something
Discussion
Who and when started cinematograph?
What arts does cinema combine and people of what profession are involved into film production?
What were the first motion pictures in the West and in Russia about?
What is the role of cinema in our life?
Why was cinema so important during the war?
What is a matinee?
Can cinema be of any but entertaining use to people, especially young ones? How?
What famous Hollywood film studios do you know?
Why do you go to the cinema?
Give the synopsis of one of your favourite films, explain why you like it.
Who is your favourite actor (actress), why do you think he/she is special?
Read the following movie trailers and try to figure out which genre each film belongs to. Provide a movie trailer of a film you like best of all, make an appropriate presentation
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Notting Hill
William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is a shy London bookseller who has never had much luck with women. His business is stagnant, he has the roommate from hell, and since his divorce, his love life is completely non-existent. When Hollywood star Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), whose picture has been plastered on the cover of every magazine, and every time she makes a move, the entire world knows about it, wanders into his shop, he is transfixed, but doesn't expect to see her again. But coincidence brings them together again, and soon the unlikely couple are falling in love, and must deal with the problems of a relationship between a star and an ordinary guy.
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| Hannibal Rising
Based on the new Hannibal Lecter prequel novel from author Thomas Harris, which will center on how Hannibal watched his young sister get killed and eaten by hungry soldiers in war-ravaged Lithuania during WWII. The movie will take place at three pivotal moments of Hannibal's life. It is the fourth book dealing with the Doctor, who first appeared in "Red Dragon," and subsequently in "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal". Gong Li will play Lady Murasaki, Lecter's teacher after he escapes from an orphanage and runs away to Paris.
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| Alpha Dog
In the sprawling, privileged neighborhoods around L.A., bored teenagers with too much time and too much money string one hazy day into another, looking for the next thrill--doing suburban imitations of the thug life they idolize from rap music, video games and movies. When you're living without any consequences, anything can happen. And in the hot California summer six years ago, something did. Inspired by true events, Alpha Dog follows three fateful days when the lives of a group of Southern California teens suddenly dead-ended. The film features a powerful ensemble cast including Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Emile Hirsch, Christopher Marquette, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin and Bruce Willis and is written and directed by Nick Cassavetes.
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| Rocky Balboa
"Rocky Balboa" is the next story in the saga of Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa, one of Hollywood's most beloved characters. In the film, Rocky has long since retired but is drawn back to the boxing ring one last time. On the way he is challenged by a powerful new champion, by personal tragedy and ultimately by himself.
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| Eragon
Based on the Christopher Paolini-penned bestselling fantasy novel about a youth whose discovery of a dragon egg leads him to become a knight and battle an evil king. The medieval-set tale revolves around a farm boy who learns he is the last of a breed of benevolent Dragon Riders, whose magical powers derived from their bond with the beasts.
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| Apocalypto
Rated: R for sequences of graphic violence and distrubing images
From Academy Award® winning filmmaker Mel Gibson ("The Passion of The Christ," "Braveheart"), comes "Apocalypto": a heart stopping mythic action-adventure set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization. When his idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, a man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
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| Turistas
"Turistas" follows six college students who, while backpacking across Brazil, get stranded in the jungles and imprisoned by a military group with a bloody agenda. After a terrifying bus accident maroons a diverse group of young adventure travelers in a remote Brazilian beach town, they slowly discover that the white sand beaches and lush jungles are concealing a darker, unsettling secret.
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| Deja Vu
The drama stars Denzel Washington as an FBI agent who, upon discovering that a woman he loves was among the victims of a ferry terrorist attack, travels back in time.
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| Casino Royale
Daniel Craig takes over the role of the legendary British secret agent, James Bond, in the highly anticipated 007 adventure thriller. "Casino Royale" will be the 21st James Bond film.
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Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.
* Ingmar Bergman (Swedish film writer-director)
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
* Samuel Goldwyn (U.S. film producer)
Movies are one of the bad habits that corrupted our century. Of their many sins, I offer as the worst their effect on the intellectual side of the nation. It is chiefly from that viewpoint I write of them--as an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming a cultured people.
* Ben Hecht (U.S. journalist, novelist, playwright, and film writer)
Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
* Mae West (U.S. film actress)
Unit 9 APPEARANCE/describing people
Sharing Ideas
Give your definition for the word “appearance”. Do you think everybody has it?
Do you think it is important to be able to describe one’s appearance with much detail? Think of situations when we might need this skill.
What do you like/dislike best/ most of all in your appearance?
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