Task Listening

UnitUnit

44

KYB period 4-checking

PredictionWhat questions about the early days of

film will you ask ?

First listening A

Questions1,3,4,5,8,9,10

1. What are the Lumiere brothers often considered?

On the twenty-eighth of December eighteen ninety-five, two Frenchmen, the Lumiere brothers, made a film and presented it to paying audiences. They are often considered the “fathers of the modern film industry.”

(The father of the modern film industry.)

Part A: Questions

3. When we watch a film, what are we actually seeing?

At first, cameras were operated by hand, and it was hard to keep the film moving at the same speed all the time. When we see these old films today, the actors look like they are moving too fast.(Moving pictures.)

Part A: Questions

4. Which city was the first film made in?

In the 1880s, William Friese-Green was the first man to record and then play back what we now think of as a film. He made his film in Hyde Park, London.(London.)

Part A: Questions

5. What are the differences between old and modern films?

One big difference is the speed of the filming;Another big difference is that old films had no sound;One other thing you will notice if you watch an older film is that they were all in black and white. (The speed, the sound and the color of the film.)

Part A: Questions

8. Where did the music audiences heard during silent films come from?

When people went to see them, there would be a piano player, or even an orchestra in the theatre to provide music.(In the theatre.)

Part A: Questions

9. What was the title of the first ‘talk film’?

The first ‘talking film’ or film with sound was shown in New York in nineteen twenty-seven. It was called The Jazz Singer. (The Jazz Singer.)

Part A: Questions

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10. What was the title of the first color film?

One interesting fact is that while we know the first words spoken on film, and where the first film was made, we have no idea what the first color film was.(No idea.)

Part A: Questions

Part B

Questions 7,11

7. What is a studio?

We use the word ‘studio’ to describe a company with sound stages. The word refers to both the company and the place where it makes its film.(The company with sound stages and the place where the company makes its film.)

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11. How long does it take to make a film?

It can take up to a few years, if you include all the steps.(A few years.)

Part C ： Question 2,6,12

2. What did Auguste Lumiere say about cinema?

He said, ‘Cinema … has no commercial future.’

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Part C: Question 6

6. What is the largest amount of money ever made by a silent film?

$10,000,000

Part C: 12 in Part A.

12. Name four of the top Hollywood film studios.

20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Warner Bros and MGM.

Practice in pairs

P 60 Step2

Show time!

A speech about the film industry

(P 61)

Homework

Preview Project P 62~63, and finish Workbook B1 & B2