4. Creative understanding and application

Task 1. Find information about film festivals (look at Task 2, Level 1). Don`t forget to tell about the main award of a film festival (and show its picture). Present the information as if you are:

• nominated at a film festival as the best actor / actress / director;

• a correspondent doing a live broadcast;

• an ardent viewer of a film festival;

• a teacher who conducts a lesson devoted to the topic “Film Festivals”;

• a juryman who judges the quality of films / actors` performances.

Task 2. Are you always content with the results of film festivals, their winners?

A. Think about your own film festival and give awards to either domestic or international actors, directors who really deserve them. Don`t forget to present your nominations and nominees (use adjectives from your topical vocabulary to describe nominations and nominees). Work in groups. Be creative.

Here are some of the categories for award winners at different film festivals. You may use them.

Best film

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Director

Best Original Screenplay (script)

Best Screen Adaptation

Best Special Effects

Best Original Score (music)

Best Costumes/Wardrobe

Best Title

B. Imagine you have just won the award for the Best Actor or Actress at a film festival. What would you say? Share your speech with us. Be creative.

AT THE CINEMA

UNIT 5

Students should know:

• topical vocabulary of this unit;

Students should be able to:

• match parts of words to make word combinations;

• fill in gaps in sentences using prepositions;

• complete gaps in sentences using the topical vocabulary;

• describe a film using a plan;

• express their own attitude towards the content of a audio (read) text;

• decide the genre of a film by its description;

• make up a discussion on the base of a read text;

• make up and present a speech on a suggested situation in an oral form;

• make up dialogues revealing a given situation with the help of the topical vocabulary.

1. Recognition, memorization, reproduction

Task 1. Read these words paying attention to their pronunciation, find Russian equivalents and memorize in order to use them in your speech.

Types of Cinema (building) cinema house

movie theatre

movie house

picture palace

drive-in-theatre / drive-in cinema

open-air theatre

cinema with continuous performance

Parts of Cinema entrance, n

exit, n

the box office / the ticket office

foyer, n

auditorium: screen / seat / front (back) row / aisle / stall

Kinds of Screens normal / wide / broad / large / multi-screen / curved

Kinds of Showing the first (second) showing / the first night / premiere

performance / programme / film / movie /

motion picture

showing begins at…

showing ends at...

trailer, n

interval, n

People in Cinema usher, n

projectionist, n

project onto a screen

film goer / cinemagoer

film fan

audience, n

watch a film

see a film

watch smb. acting on a screen

Effect. Impression have an impact on

be mesmerized

have aesthetic and educational force

film deals with (depicts, presents, tells of)

message of a film

win universal acclaim

praise unreservedly

leave a deep and lasting impression on

appeal so much to the audience

comfort and soothe the audience

present with supreme technical competence

be (make) a hit with the public

mar a film

leave smb. cold

extravagant setting

lavish costumes

amuse (awoke) laughter

provoke hidden fear

scare to death

empty of serious content

flop, n

not without flaws

plot-driven presentation

be focused on smth

run-of-the-mill film

non-stop motion

not a film to everyone's taste

not an easy film to watch

obscure and complex idea

make alteration

invocation of patriotism

lose one`s savour

surpass, v

in the final assessment

embody human values