11. Paraphrase the following sentences using the new vocabulary:

1. The Lumières are world-widely recognized as Europe’s main producers partially due to their shooting of short episodes. 2) There were many actors who took park in this film, many of them quite famous, that is why when the film became available to the public, the reception was positive, and many people were eager to watch the film in the cinema. 3) Sound became simultaneous with the image only after the invention of the “Vitaphone” system. 4) This scene was filmed several times, because of the thrilling trick the actor performed jumping from the rooftop. 5) Probably most of Charlie Chaplin’s movies were received with flying colours. 6) The music in the film created the right atmosphere, but because I watched it with the Russian translation most of that was lost, it’s a shame they don’t show films in the original with the printed translation of the words of a foreign film that are shown at the bottom of the picture in the cinema. 7) Since 1920s all “talkies” have been of the same length and based on a thoroughly prepared script. 8) Unfortunately for the producers of the series, the written form of their last episode became known to the public, which is why they had to come up with some new ending, and that’s the reason for so many negative critical appraisals of it.

12. Prepare a summary of both parts of Text 1 (see Appendix 1). Mention the names in bold, try to use the new vocabulary and some additional information from Video 1.

Video

VIDEO 1

13. For further extension of your knowledge watch an extract from the documentary entitled “Side by Side” (2012) produced by Keanu Reeves on the history of filmmaking. Read the following information before watching Video 1:

• DP (= a director of photography) –is the chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film;

14. Answer the questions:

1. What does a standard camera use?

2. What’s meant by “dailies” in this movie?

3. Why the directors with digital cameras don’t use “Cut!”? How were the computer programs for editing adopted?

4. What is CGI?

15. Fill in the gaps with the words or word combinations from the film. Read the sentences beforehand!

1. One of the simplest definitions of ____________ is the number of pixels that is recorded by the camera – the higher it is the more ____________.

2. The first HD ____________ was shot in 2002.

3. The final cut is determined by the director and the ____________, as well as the colour timers who became more involved in the ____________, especially with the advent of colour film.

4. The ____________ photochemically adjusts the balance of green, blue, red and brightness after the movie is shot and edited.

5. In digital colour correction the colourist can change any kind of hue inside the so-called ____________.

6. Thomson Viper HD camera was able to shoot scenes in ____________.

7. Genesis, created by the partnership of Panavision and Sony, was the first ____________ for shooting feature films.

8. The RED 1’s resolution, the way ____________, proved it was of the new generation of digital cameras.

9. Silicon Imaging (SI-2K) is a ____________ with a computer at the back of it.

10. Furthermore even when it was off the ____________, or the steady cam, or off the crane it no longer connected to the cameraman’s body, thus enabling him to be more free and creative, ____________ during the scene.