译林版模块八 Module VIII Appreciating literature and art《Unit 4 Films and film events Task(2)_ Writing a s

译林版模块八 Module VIII Appreciating literature and art《Unit 4 Films and film events Task(2)_ Writing a speech about the film industry_ Skills building 3》优秀教学课件

Radio Programme One: the early days of the film industry

Radio Programme Two: modern film industry

Web page: some fun film facts

Completing a quiz about the film industry:

1. Listen to a radio program about the early days of the film industry and answer questions 1,3,4,5,8,9,10.

1. What are the Lumiere brothers often considered?

It was not until 1895 that 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’.

Part A: Questions

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

That’s what films are — moving pictures. What our eyes see as movements are really just the small differences between thousands of still photographs.

(Moving pictures.)

Part A: Questions

4. Which city was the first film made in?

In the 1880s in London, a man called William Friese-Green was the first to make what we now think of as a film.

(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;

Another 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 come from during silent films?

When people went to see them, there would be a piano player in the theatre to provide music.

(A piano.)