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Cinema: Its Past, Present and Future
Vocabulary Accelerated – ускоренный Actor – актер Leading actor – главный актер Character actor – актер, играющий характерные роли Supporting actor – актер второго плана Adventure film – приключенческий фильм Animated cartoon – мультфильм Audience – публика Camera – камера Cameraman – оператор Cast – состав исполнителей, распределение ролей. Close-up – крупный план Comedy – комедия Credits – список актеров Crime film – фильм и преступлениях Crowd scene – массовка Dialogue – диалог Direct – снимать фильм (о режиссере) Documentary – документальный фильм Dub – дублировать Dubbed film – дублированный фильм Educational film – обучающий фильм Feature film – художественный фильм To film a book – снимать фильм по художественному произведению Film-goer – киноман Flashback – ретроспективный эпизод To make a film – снимать фильм Message – основная идея Montage – монтаж Newsreel – хроника Part – роль Performance – исполнение, представление Photograph – снимать, фотографировать Photography – съемка Producer – продюсер Role – роль Science fiction film – научно-фантастический фильм Screen version – экранизация Screen test – проба на роль Script – сценарий Serial – сериал Shoot – снимать фильм Short-length film – короткометражный фильм Silent film – немое кино Slow-motion – замедленное действие Slow-moving – в замедленной съемке Sound – звук Special effects – специальные эффекты Star – звезда Thriller – триллер Translate – переводить Video – видео Video-recorder – видеомагнитофон
Work with cards. Each student gets a card with the word concerning cinema. The student should explain this word without mentioning it. The task of other student – guess the given words
Do the same task with the posters.
Read and translate the text Silent movies Talk to people who saw films for the first time when they were silent, and they will tell you the experience was magic. The silent film, with music, had extraordinary powers to draw an audience into the story, and an equally potent capacity to make their imagination work. They had to supply the voices and the sound effects, and because their minds were engaged, they appreciated the experience all the more. The audience was the final creative contributor to the process of making a film. The films have gained a charm and other worldliness with age but, inevitably, they have also lost something. The impression they made when there was no rival to the moving picture was more profound, more intense; compared to easily accessible pictures of today, it was the blow of a two-handed axe, against the blunt scraping of a tableknife. The silent period may be known as “The Age of Innocence” but it included years unrivalled for their dedicated viciousness. In Europe, between 1914 and 1918 more men were killed to less purpose than at any other time in history. In publications of the time, one reads horrified reactions against films showing “life as it is”. You did not leave the problems at home merely to encounter them again at the movies. You paid your money initially, for forgetfulness.
Answer the following questions 1. Why were the silent films so popular? 2. Could they be popular even today? Why? Why not? 3. How do you understand the phrase “The Age of Innocence”? 4. Could we say that the inventions of the sound killed the silent films? 5. Is it right to show the “life as it is” or is it better to show the imagined worlds?
Feature: Daniel Craig Nobody Does It Better With Casino Royale about to hit cinemas we profile new 007 Daniel Craig and find out why he’s going to be the best James Bond yet… When it was announced in late 2005 that acclaimed British actor Daniel Craig was to be taking over the role of super-spy James Bond, there was an outcry from the UK press who dubbed him ‘James Bland’. Worst of all, many diehard Bond fans disapproved of the choice, with some even setting up an online petition to have him removed from the role before cameras had even started rolling on the 21st Bond adventure, Casino Royale. Many claimed that Craig didn’t have the right look for Bond, his fair hair, blue eyes and slightly weather worn appearance being quite a departure from the sleek, suave, dark haired look traditionally associated with the character. Dan’s predecessors Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, George Lazenby and Sean Connery all had the classic Bond looks as described in the novels of Ian Fleming, who created the character. It came as quite a shock to 007 aficionados that the film’s producers would choose an actor so physically different from Fleming’s Bond, although they clearly hadn’t taken into account the actor’s formidable talent. Daniel Wroughton Craig was born on March 2, 1968 in Chester, England to father Tim Craig, who was a merchant seaman, before becoming a steel erector and then a pub landlord, and mother Carol Olivia Craig, who worked as an art teacher. Daniel’s parents split in 1972 and he, along with his older sister Lea, were taken to live in Prescot, near Liverpool. Carol had, in her earlier days, turned down a place at the prestigious Royal Academy for the Dramatic Arts, but had still had a love for theatre and frequently attended the famous Everyman Theatre. It was here that the young Daniel Craig first developed a love of theatre and, by the time he was 16, he had already decided that he wanted to spend the rest of his life acting. Dan had not performed well academically at school and at the age of 16 decided to pack in education and, after attending auditions in Manchester, he headed to London to join the National Youth Theatre, later gaining a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Here, alongside future stars Ewan McGregor, Joseph Fiennes and Damien Lewis he was tutored by Royal Shakespeare Company veteran Colin McCormick, gaining an education that would form the basis of his acting career. Things got off to a good start for Dan who, after graduating in 1991, landed a supporting role in the powerful apartheid themed movie The Power of One (1992). Acting alongside Morgan Freeman must have been a thrill for Daniel, but offstage his life was going equally well as in 1992 he married Scottish actress Fiona Loudon, with whom he had a daughter named Ella. The marriage, however, would only last for two years. In the meantime, his career moved ahead steadily, if unspectacularly, for a few years with the young actor taking on a variety of TV parts, including roles in topical comedy Drop the Dead Donkey (1993), historical adventure Sharpe’s Eagle (1993) with Sean Bean and an episode of the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles in which he played a vicious German officer named Schiller.
Use this feature as a sample and write down the composition about your favourite actor or actress. Pay attention to the key phrases and underlined words in the text above. Key phrases: My favourite actor/actress is… He/she is really prominent and prolific. His/her works are the following… I can’t imagine more talented actor than … His/her most popular film is … His/her influence on the cinema is great. He is incomparable master of movies.
The Theatre Read the text The theatre in Russia The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. Since Yuri Temirkanov's retirement in 1988, the conductor Valery Gergiev has served as its general director. The Mariinsky Theatre is home to the Mariinsky Ballet, Mariinsky Opera and Mariinsky Orchestra. The theatre is named after Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II. There is a bust of the Empress in the main entrance foyer. The Imperial opera and ballet theatre in St Petersburg was established in 1783 at the behest of Catherine the Great, although an Italian ballet troupe had performed at the Russian court since the early 18th century. Originally, the ballet and opera performances were given in the wooden Karl Knipper Theatre on Tsaritsa Meadow, near the present-day Tripartite Bridge (also known as the Little Theatre or the Maly Theatre). The Hermitage Theatre, next door to the Winter Palace, was used to host performances for an elite audience of aristocratic guests invited by the Empress. A permanent theatre building for the new company of opera and ballet artists was designed by Antonio Rinaldi and opened in 1783. Known as the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre the structure was situated on Theatre Square. Both names were coined to distinguish it from the wooden Little Theatre: " Kamenny" is the Russian word for " stone" and " Bolshoi" is the Russian word for " big". In 1836, the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre was renovated to a design by Albert Cavos (son of Catterino Cavos, an opera composer), and served as the principal theatre of the Imperial Ballet and opera. On 29 January 1849, the Equestrian circus (Конный цирк) opened on Theatre Square. This was also the work of the architect Cavos. The building was designed to double as a theatre. It was a wooden structure in the then-fashionable neo-Byzantine style. Ten years later, when this circus burnt down, Cavos rebuilt it as an opera and ballet house with the largest stage in the world. With a seating capacity of 1, 625 and a U-shaped Italian-style auditorium, the theatre opened on 2 October 1860 with a performance of A Life for the Tsar. The new theatre was named Mariinsky after its royal patroness, Empress Maria Alexandrovna. Under Yuri Temirkanov, Principal Conductor from 1976 to 1988, the Opera Company continued to stage innovative productions of both modern and classic Russian operas. However, since 1988, under the artistic leadership of Valery Gergiev, the Opera Company has entered a new era of artistic excellence and creativity.
Read the words in bold and translate them. Pay attention to the pronunciation Make up 5 sentences using the words in bold 1) ________________________________________________________________ 2) ________________________________________________________________ 3) ________________________________________________________________ 4) ________________________________________________________________ 5) ________________________________________________________________
Find out the names of famous people. Read them Underline the name of well-known performance. Try to translate it Translate the given phrases preeminent music theatre home to named after at the behest of renovate auditorium Principal Conductor artistic excellence
Make up the dialogue. Mary doesn’t like theatre. She prefers cinema and rock concerts. John is fond of Russian theatre, especially Mariinsky Theatre. He is persuading her to go to the theatre _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Translate the whole text Read the small texts about theatre. Say your own opinion. Do you agree or not? What is your attitude to the theatre? David Stone, 42, artist. I am quite fond of the theatre, even though I don’t go there too often. In my opinion, the value of the theatre is rather the same as of art in the broad sense of the word: it is the focus of the spiritual life of the nation. As for the contemporary theatre, I think that it sadly lacks genuine poetry, harmony and heroic spirit. The prevailing tendency of today is to stage the tragedy in such a way that it loses its noble spirit and lofty passions. I don’t think that is the appropriate way to bridge the gap between, let us say, Shakespeare and the contemporary audiences. Somehow, Shakespearean atmosphere should be preserved. I am all for high tragedy. Charles Sanders, 30, musician. The theatre is a splendid art. It is also a very difficult art, and a defenceless one, because everyone sees only the tip of the iceberg but is quite sure that he sees it all, and has something to say about it. Personally I am not a passionate theatre-goer. I prefer to sit at home and read the play. The theatre dictates to me: they put their dish before me and insist on my swallowing it. I won’t have it. I prefer to have my own vision of the play. Of course, one mustn’t lose sight of the educational role of the theatre. But education should by no means become the primary aim, it shouldn’t be too obvious, too didactic. The educational aim is best achieved when suddenly some secret spring is touched, and the spectator feels: here is the moment of Truth. It is for this precious moment of Truth that people go to the theatre.
How often do you go to the theatre? What do you prefer: cinema or theatre? What are their advantages and disadvantages? Prove your own ideas Look at the pictures of various theatres. Try to match them with their names: Asian theatre, Globe theatre, Russian theatre.Explain your choice
Make up the flier of your own theatre. It can be classical or modern. Think about slogan and name, don’t forget about the famous actors and plays Популярное:
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