Unit 6: Making Movies

Vocabulary

_{Detective (n.) a policeman whose special job is to find out information about criminals.}
_{See (v.) to use the eyes, have or use the power of sight.}
_{Police station (n.) the local office of the police in a town, part of a city.}
_{Witness (n.) a person who is present when something happens. A person who tells in a court of law what he saw happen, what he knows .}
_{Murderer (n.) the person who kills illegally and on purpose.}
_{Criminal (n.) a person who is guilty of crime.}
_{Crime (n.) an offence which is punishable by law, illegal activity in general.}
_{Camera man (n.) the man who uses camera in making movies.}
_{Director (n.) a person who directs a play or film, instructing the actors, cameraman.}
_{Actor (n.) a person who acts in a play or film.}
_{Actress (n.) a woman who acts in a play or film.}
_{Location (n.) a place where part of a film is made, away from the studio.}
_{Script-writer (n.) someone who writes the words for films or for radios and television programs.}
_{Plot (n.) the events that form the main story of a book, film or play.}
_{Produce (v.) to make something happen or develop.}
_{Producer (n.) a person who has general control especially of the money for a play, film or broadcast but who doesn’t direct the actors.}
_{Production (n.) the act of producing.}
_{Studio (n.) a place where cinema films are made.}
_{Cartoon (n.) a cinema film made by photographing a set of drawings}
_{Action film (n.) a cinema film based on movement using force or power for some purpose.}
_{Comedy (n.) a type of funny play, film or other work in which the story and characters are amusing and which ends happily. ≠ tragedy.}
_{Disaster film (n.) a type of film that deals with a sudden great misfortune.}
_{Musical film (n.) a film with songs and often dances.}
_{Gangster film (n.) a film that represents members of gang of armed criminals.}
_{Science-fiction film (n.) film about imaginary developments in science and their effect on life.}
_{Western film (n.) film deals with the western part of America.}
_{Horror film (n.) a film in which strange and fearful things happen, such as dead people coming to life, people turning into animals.}
_{Jungle (n.) a tropical forest too thick to walk through easily.}
_{Woods (n.) a place where trees grow, smaller than a forest.}
_{Academy (n.) a society of people interested in the advancement of art, science or literature.}
_{Powerful (adj.) having great power, very strong, full of force.}
_{Focus (n.) the central point, center of interest.}
_{Already (adv.) by or before a particular time, even before expected.}
_{Generation (n.) all people of about the same age.}
_{Win (v.) to be the best or first in a struggle, competition or race.}
_{Winner (n.) a person or animal that has won or is thought likely to win.}
_{Talented (adj.) the person who has special natural ability or skill.}
_{Commercials (n.) advertisements on television or radio.}
_{Advertisements (n.) notice of something for sale, job to be filled as in a newspaper, on television or posted on a wall.}
_{Nominate for (v.) to suggest or name someone officially for election to a position, office, honour.}
_{Performance (n.) the ability to do something especially needing skill.}
_{Finally (adv.) at last.}
_{Famous (adj.) very well known.}
_{Ballet dancer (n.) the one who dances with music in which a story is told.}
_{Company (n.) a group of people combined together for business, trade, artistic purposes.}
_{Age (n.) the period of time a person has lived or a thing has existed, one of the periods of life.}
_{Record (n.) a written statement of facts, amounts, events.}
_{Oscar (n.) an American cinema prize.}
_{Command (n.) an order, control, the ability to control and use.}
_{Appear (v.) to become able to be seen, come into sight. Appearance (n.)}
_{Disappear (v.) to go out of sight. Disappearance (n.)}
_{Research (n.) advanced and detailed study of a subject so as to learn new facts.}
_{Magic (n.) the art of a theatrical performer who produces unexpected objects and results by tricks.}
_{Magician (n.) a person who practices magic.}
_{Successful (adj.) having succeeded.}
_{Industry (n.) a particular sort of work usually employing lots of people and using machinery to produce goods.}
_{Commerce (n.) the buying and selling of goods especially between different countries, trade.}
_{Agriculture (n.) the act of practice of farming especially of growing crops.}
_{Cinema= movie theatre (n.) a theatre in which moving pictures are shown.}
_{Inspired (adj.) so clever as to seem to show inspiration especially from God.}
_{Instead (adv.) in place of that.}
_{State (n.) a country or its government.}
_{Able (adj.) having the power, skill, knowledge, time, necessary to do something.}
_{Unable (adj.) not able, without the power, knowledge, time to do something.}
_{Prize (n.) something of value given someone who is successful in a game, race, competition, or given for some dead that is admired.}
_{Fascinate (v.) to charm powerfully be very interesting. Fascinating (adj.) fascinated (adj.)}
_{Admission (n.) allowing or being allowed to enter or join a school, club, building.}
_{Determine (v.) to decide, find out, to cause to form a firm intention in the mind.}
_{Security (n.) something that provides the state of being or feeling secure.}
_{Employee (n.) a person who is employed.}
_{Employer (n.) a person or group that employs others.}
_{Employ (v.) to use a person as a paid worker.}
_{Several (determiner / prep.) a few but not many, some.}
_{Realize (v.) to understand and believe a fact.}
_{Earn (v.) to get money by working.}
_{Idea (n.) an opinion, thought, a picture in the mind.}
_{Ordinary (adj.) common, usual.}
_{Extra-ordinary (adj.) unusual.}
_{Predict (v.) to see or describe a future happening in advance as a result of knowledge, experience, reason.}
_{Manage (v.) to control or guide, to succeed in dealing with a problem.}
_{Department (n.) any of the important divisions or branches of a government.}
_{Shark (n.) a large, dangerous fish with sharp teeth.}
_{Horror (n.) a feeling of great shock, fear and dislike.}
_{Expert (n./adj.) a person with special knowledge or training.}
_{Accused of (v.) to charge someone with doing wrong or breaking the law.}
_{Prefer (v.) to choose one thing or action rather than another.}
_{Favourite (n.) something or someone that is loved above all others.}
_{Astonish (v.) to produce great surprise or wonder in someone. Astonished (adj.)}
_{Boring (adj.) something causes boredom.}
_{Enjoyable (adj.) pleasant.}
_{Race (n.) a competition in speed.}
_{Creature (n.) an animal or being of some kind, a person when considered in a particular way.}
_{Possible (adj.) that can exist, happen, or be done.}
_{Impossible (adj.) not possible, hard to bear, very unpleasant.}
_{Mission (n.) a group of people who are sent abroad for a special reason, the particular work for which one believes oneself to have been sent into the world.}
_{Human (n.) a man, woman, or child not an animal.}
_{Title (n.) a name given to a book, painting, play.}
_{Opinion (n.) what a person thinks about something.}
_{Terrible (adj.) very severe indeed, very bad.}
_{Terrifying (adj.) fearful.}
_{Develop (v.) to cause to grow, increase, or become more complete, to become active.}
_{Realistic (adj.) showing realism.}
_{Realism (n.) determination to face facts and deal with them practically without being influenced by feelings.}
_{Although (conj.) in spite of the fact that, though.}
_{Scene (n.) a view of a place , a place where something happens.}
_{Battle (n.) short fight between enemies or opposing groups, a struggle.}
_{Affect (v.) to cause some result or change in, influence, to cause feeling of sorrow, anger, love.}
_{Character (n.) the qualities which make a person, thing, place, different from another, nature.}
_{Danger (n.) the possibility of harm or lose, a case or cause of danger.}
_{Absolutely (adv.) completely, certainly.}
_{Miss (v.) to fail to hit, catch, find, meet, hear, see. To feel sorry or unhappy at the absence or loss of.}
_{Agree (v.) to have or share the same opinion, feeling, or purpose.}
_{Disagree (v.) to have or show different opinions, not agree.}
_{Full of (adj.) filled completely.}
_{Imaginary (adj.) not real, but imagined.}
_{Habit (n.) an example of customary behavior.}
_{Direction (n.) the action of directing the point towards which a person or thing faces.}
_{Peace (n.) a condition or period in which there is no war, a state of freedom from disorder within a country with the citizens living according to the law.}
_{War (n.) an example of armed fighting between nations especially for along period.}
_{Guilty (adj.) having broken a law or disobeyed a moral or social rule.}
_{Innocent (adj.) of people guiltless, harmless, simple, not able to recognize evil.}
_{Judge (n.) a public official who has the power to decide questions brought before a court of law.}
_{Multiply (v.) to increase.}
_{Warn (v.) to tell of something bad that may happen, tell of how to prevent something bad.}
_{Energy (n.) the power which does work and ability to be active.}
_{Excessive (adj.) too much, too great.}
_{Ancient (adj.) very old, in times long ago.}
_{Bargain (n.) an agreement especially one to do something in return for something else.}
_{Fit (adj.) to be the right size or shape, to make suitable for.}
_{Divide (v.) to share , separate into parts.}
_{Tiny (adj.) very small indeed.}
_{Shallow (adj.) not deep, not far from top to bottom.}

Student Book P.44

Read the following list of film styles. Describe what happens in films like this and, if you can, give an example of each style:

action film cartoon comedy horror film musical western disaster film gangster film silent film science-fiction film

Example: In action films, there is a lot of action and not much dialogue. Men in black is an example of an action film.

· Cartoon ……………………………………………………………………………….

· Comedy ……………………………………………………………………………….

· horror film ……………………………………………………………………………….

· musical ……………………………………………………………………………….

· Western ……………………………………………………………………………….

· disaster film ……………………………………………………………………………….

· gangster film ……………………………………………………………………………….

· silent film ……………………………………………………………………………….

· science-fiction film……………………………………………………………………….

Complete the following dialogue :

Detective 1: I’ve been waiting for you for hours! Where have

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Detective 2: I ………………………..…….to the police station.

Detective 1: Why ………………………………….there?

Detective 2: I …………………..there to see Sergeant O’Leary.

Detective 1: And did you see him?

Detective 2: No. He wasn’t there. He’s …………………to Los Angeles.

Detective 1: Why ……………………….. Los Angeles?

Detective 2: I don’t know.

Detective 1: Did you see Detective Starkey?

Detective 2: No.

Detective 1: Why not?

Detective 2: Because he …………………………………too.

Read the following list of words about movies. Which ones refer to (a) people (b) places or (c) other things?:

actor actress director cameraman location plot producer script-writer set studio

People

Places

Other things

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Grammar

The Present Perfect Tenses

Formation

Have

+P.P

Has

Ex) I have lost my key.

Usage

*يستعمل المضارع التام للتعبير عن حدث انتهى منذ فترة قصيرة.

Ex) The bell has just rung.

*كما يستعمل للتعبير عن حدث بدأ في الماضي و لا زال مستمراً.

Ex) I have lived in Cairo for five years.

*يستعمل كذلك للتعبير عن حدث انتهى في الماضي ولا زال له أثر.

Ex) I have lost all my money.

key words

Just,yet,already, ever, never,recently,

lately, for, since, up to now, so fa

Notice ملاحظة

* يستخدم بعد Sinceالماضي البسيط اما الفعل الرئيسي فيكون في المضارع التام.

Ex) I have not seen him since he returned from Europe.

* تأتي بعدSinceبداية زمن معين أما forفتاتي بعدها فترة زمنية محددة.

Ex) He has been in England since 1982.

Ex) He has been in England for six years.

Negation

*في حالة النفي نقوم بوضع notبين V.to Haveو التصريف الثالث للفعلP.P

Ex) Jill hasn’t written to me for nearly a month.

Ex) I have not smoked since September.

*نستخدمneverلكي نقول اننا لم نقم بعل معين اثناء فترة مستمرة حتى الاّن.

Ex) Jim has never driven a car.

Ex) I have never smoked.

The Past Perfect Tenses

Formation

Had+P.P

Ex)The teacher gave back the books that he had corrected.

Usage

* يستعمل الماضي التام للتعبير عن حدث تم في الماضي قبل حدث ماضي اخر.

Ex)I ate the food which I had bought.

key words

after, before

Ex) After he had finished his work, he went out.

Ex) The train had left before I reached the station.

Notice ملاحظة

* يأتي بعد afterالماضي التام أما الفعل الرئيسي فيكون في الماضي البسيط.

* أما beforeفيأتي بعدها الماضي البسيط و يكون الفعل الرئيسي الماضي التام.

Negation

*في حالة النفي نقوم بوضع notبين Hadو التصريف الثالث للفعلP.P

Ex)It was my first time in an aeroplane. I was nervous

because I had not flown before.

Writing

Write a review of a film you have seen (write 150 words using the words and expressions you have learnt in this unit. Include:

· A paragraph describing the plot.

· A paragraph giving your opinion.

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Reading

Read the mini-biographies of the five actors and actress match them with the photographs. Then answer the questions below:

Five movie stars- but who are they?

Brad or Leonardo?

Born in Los Angeles in 1974, he appeared in milk commercials on TV while he was still a child. As he grew older, he had lots of bit-parts in movies and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 19 for his performance in a film called What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? He became a huge star in the record-breaking movie Titanic. Titanic won a lot of Oscars, although he didn’t get one. Since making Titanic, he has been offered parts in many bug movies, many of which he has turned down. In 2002, he appeared in the Steven Spielberg film catch Me If You Can.

Russell or Brad?

He was born in 1963 in Oklahoma. His father owned a truck company, his mother was a school counselor and he was a choirboy at High School. His first job in Hollywood was standing in the street, dressed as a chicken, offering free cigarettes to passer-by. His breakthrough was when he got a part in the 1980s TV series Dallas. He got his first Oscar nomination for his performance in Twelve Monkeys in 1996, his most famous films are Fight Club and Ocean’s Eleven.

Nicole or Julia?

Born in Honolulu in June 1967 and brought up in Australia, she wanted to be a ballet dancer but turned to acting and has never looked back. She won an Oscar in2003 for her portrayal of Victorian British novelist Virginia Woolf in The Hours.

Leonardo or Russell?

He was born in 1946 in Wellington, new Zealand and spent some of his early years in Australia. When he went back to New Zealand, he formed a rock band called Oman Antix with some friends, but they were terrible and never released any albums. His most famous and Oscar-winning role has been the Roman general Maximus in Gladiator.

Julia or Nicole?

Born in Georgia in October 1967, she wanted to be a vet until she graduated from high school. She appeared in her first film in 1986, was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Steel Mangolias (1989), and finally won one for Erin Brockovich (2000)

Answer the following questions:

1- Which of the actors/actress have won Oscars?

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2- Which of them have been nominated for Oscars?

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3- Which of them have appeared in TV commercials?

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4- Which of them are not American?

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5- Who’s the oldest actor in the group?

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6- Did Julia Roberts want to be a ballet dancer?

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7- Did Nicole want to be a vet?

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8- Was Brad Pitt in a rock band?

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Antonyms

Synonyms are words that are opposite in meaning.

Underline the two words- one from each group - that are most opposite in meaning .

fear thought sadness	pain joy memory
deep dangerous anxious	easy excited shallow
shiver improve hope	deteriorate cry warn
enlarge divide elevate	reveal damage multiply
guilty wrong criminal	judge innocent punishment
active energy health	tired passive exercise
crazy lost wild	ordinary tame fierce
fake bargain cheat	genuine copy special
seldom ancient tiny	age colossal odd
discontented lazy fit	clever satisfied excessive

Exercises