Doan Thi Diem Secondary School Name: _________________________ Class: 7C4

MODULE 8: FILM
VOCABULARY
I. Write the names of types of films under the pictures
thriller cartoon musical romantic comedy love story
comedy action horror (x2) science fiction western

1............................. 2......................... 3............................. 4...................... 5........................

6.......................... 7......................... 8..................... 9...................... 10...........................

II. Match these words with their definition below.

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make-up artist film premiere critic review
star cinematographer voice coach editor
director film studio stunt double caterer
soundtrack scene costume designer extra

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1. somebody who reviews a film: …………………..
2. a very famous actor or actress: …………………..
3. what a critic writes about a film: …………………..
4. the person who tells the actors and actresses what to do: …………………..
5. One small part of the film: …………………..
6. somebody who puts parts of the film together. …………………..
7. an actor in a film who does not say anything but is a part of a crowd. …………………..
8. a person who serves food/ drink …………………..
9. a person who changes how the actors’ faces look. …………………..
10. a person who creates the outfits for actors/ actresses. …………………..
11. a person who studies the skills to make a film and controls the camera. …………………..
12. an actor who performs dangerous sequences. …………………..
13. a person who helps actors speak the lines. …………………..
14. a special building where films are made. …………………..
15. the recorded music for a film …………………..
16. the first showing of a film …………………..

III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.

a. In the cinema
screen subtitles row trailers credits
1. Let’s sit at the back. I don’t like being too near the ……………………….
2. I like to sit in the front …………………………
3. I find trying to read …………………………very annoying. I preferred dubbed films.
4. I like seeing all the ………………………. for the new films that are coming out.
5. I usually stay at the end to read the …………………. because I like to know who some of the less
important actors were.
b. Making a film
set filmed in directed by starred based on
1. Psycho was ……………………… Alfred Hitchcock.
2. Schindler’s List was ……………………………… black and white.
3. The Beach was ………………………….. in Thailand.
4. Jurassic Park was ……………………….novel by Michael Critchon.
5. Titanic ………………………….DiCaprio and Kate.

IV. Adjectives to describe a film

a. gripping unimpressive stunning uninteresting tedious entertaining
brilliant imaginative uninspired fascinating wooden
Put them in two following columns
Positive Negative
gripping, ……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………..
Underline the appropriate adjective to complete the paragraph
Friends had recommended a new thriller called “Green Line”. They said that the plot was absolutely
fascinating/ unimpressive and that lead actor Gene Bruno gave a really wooden/ brilliant performance. But
I was bitterly disappointed when I went to see it. I found the plot totally imaginative/ uninteresting and
halfway through the film, I guessed the ending. The directing was totally uninspired/ gripping as well;
probably because the story, which was based on a case of mistaken identity, was horribly tedious/
stunning.

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b. Match the adjectives to their definitions
1. Frightening. A. gripping
2. Funny and interesting. B. slow
3. Very exciting. C. predictable
4. Not surprising. D. moving
5. Amazing to see. E. entertaining
6. Doesn’t move quickly. F. spectacular
7. Shows physical harm and damage. G. scary
8. Makes you feel something strongly. H violent

c. Complete the sentences using the adjectives given.

disappointed boring entertaining hilarious moving talented weak
1. The film was so ………………………. that the audience couldn’t stop laughing.
2. The interview with the actor was …………………., so everyone was bored.
3. His books aren’t great literature but they’re very …………………….. to read.
4. People often cry during …………………….. scenes in a film.
5. He is supposed to be great actor but I thought his acting was really …………………….
6. She is very …………………………… actress and might win an Academy Award one day.
7. I was ………………………. because the acting and the plot were terrible.

V. Fill the gaps in these sentences to complete them.

1. Do you prefer to go …………………. cinema or to watch TV?
2. We ………………….. a video last night.
3. Who ………………… James Bond in You Only Live Twice?
4. Was Clint Eastwood …………………. Dirty Harry?
5. All the big …………………… live in Hollywood.
6. Stephen Spielberg is a famous American film ……………….

VI. Correct the mistakes

1. What’s on the cinema this week?
2. At the weekends, we just relax and look DVDs.
3. I didn’t like that film. I was boring.
4. Do you go to cinema very often?
5. It was a very funny film and I enjoyed very much.
6. I watched a good film in TV yesterday.

VII. Unscramble the film jobs.

1. dioter ……………………… 6. emak-pu rtasit ………………………
2. taecrre ……………………… 7. iecov aocch ………………………
3. taxer ……………………… 8. rcoduerp ………………………
4. tocgraipmaheren ……………………… 9. recdtori ………………………
5. muoestc neidsger ……………………… 10. ttuns obuled ………………………

VIII. Word puzzle: How many words for other types of films can you make with the letter
ROMANTIC?

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IX. Read the sentences. What types of film are the people talking about?
1. My wife and I love films about the Wild West, especially ones with cowboys and Indians. …………….
2. My younger sister enjoys watching films about wild animals. ……………………………………………...
3. I like films about the future, aliens from space or space travel. ……………………………………………..
4. My brother likes watching these films because they are fast and exciting. ………………………………...
5. This is a very funny film with lots of laughs and the ending was hilarious! ………………………………
6. My grandparents enjoy watching films about life in the seventeenth century. ……………………………
7. It was probably the scariest ghost story I’ve ever seen. ………………………………………………………

X. Read the text below and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) for each question.
Cartoon films
Cartoon films have very few limits. If you can draw something, you can (1) ……………….. it move on
the cinema screen. The use (2) …………………new ideas and advanced computer programs means that
cartoons are becoming exciting again for people of (3) …………………. ages.
By the (4) ………………… of the 1970s, the cinema world had decided that cartoons were only for
children.
But soon (5) …………………, one or two directors had some original new ideas. They proved that it was
possible to make films in which both adults and children could (6) ……………… the fun.
However, not (7) ………………….. cartoon film was successful. The black Cauldron, for example, failed,
mainly because it was too (8) ……………… for children and too childish for adults. Directors learnt
from this (9) ………………….., and the film companies began to make large (10) …………………. of
money again.
1. A. get B. cause C. with D. make
2. A. for B. of C. with D. by
3. A. more B. other C. all D. these
4. A. end B. finish C. departure D. back
5. A. afterwards B. later C. next D. then
6. A. divide B. add C. mix D. share
7. A. every B. both C. any D. each
8. A. nervous B. fearful C. afraid D. frightening
9. A. damage B. crime C. mistake D. fault
10. A. amounts B. accounts C. numbers D. totals

XI. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each
space. There is an example at the beginning. (0).
HOLLYWOOD
How was (0) it that Hollywood came to be the place every one associates with American film industry?
It’s a strange story.
There (1) …………………. a little village in southern California called Cahuenga Valley where Mr. and
Mrs. Wilcox had their home. In 1887, (2) ………………… Mrs. Wilcox was on a trip to the east coast, she
got into conservation (3) ……………….. a stranger on the train. The stranger had a home called
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Hollywood somewhere else in the country. (4) ……………….. Mrs. Wilcox liked the name (5)
……………. much that she decided to give her home the same name. Because the Wilcox’s home was
the biggest in Cahuenga Valley, the village soon became known (6) ……………………. Hollywood.
In normal circumstances most people (7) …………………. never have heard of Hollywood. However,
between 1908 and 1913 (8) ………………………. else happened. Many small independent film
companies began moving to southern California (9) …………… two main reasons. Firstly, they were
attracted by the sunny climate, which let them film throughout the year (10) …………………. the need
for expensive lighting. Secondly, they were (11) …………………….. problems with the larger, more
powerful studios in New York, and they wanted to get away from there.
Only one studio actually set (12) ………………… in Hollywood. Local people were so angry when it
appeared that (13) ……………. law was passed forbidding the building of any more studios. In fact,
Hollywood itself never had a film industry, surprisingly enough. (14) ……………… the other studios
that came to the area were all built outside Hollywood. However, by 1915 Hollywood (15) …………….
became familiar as a term for the movie business as a whole.
READING COMPREHENSON
I. Read the text and decide each sentence is Correct (C) or Incorrect (I). Circle C or I.
Film directors have to be good at working with others because they've got to work
with a big team of people. Think of all the names you see on the film credits and
you'll understand what I'm talking about. When you're a director, you've got to take
the script – which is the story and dialogue that's already been written for the movie
– and bring it to life on the screen. The director's the one that decides what the film
looks like, but he's got to allow the cinematographer and his team to actually shoot
the scene. He's also got to make the costume designers and make-up artists
understand how he wants the characters to look; but he's got to let them have some
creative freedom too.

1. Film directors have to get on with many people. C/I

2. It's the director that writes the movie script. C/I
3. The cinematographer is responsible for decisions about how film scenes should look. C/I
4. The costume designer takes advice from the director about the actors' appearance. C/I
5. Directors have to allow other people to make some of the decisions for themselves. C/I

II. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question.
My first visit to the cinema was a very unhappy one. I was taken there by some friends when I
was only seven years old. At first there were bright lights and music and I felt quite happy. When the
lights went out, I felt afraid. Then I saw a train on the screen. The train was coming towards me. I
shouted out in fear and got down under my seat. When my friends saw me, they started to laugh. I felt
ashamed and sat back in my seat. I was very glad when the film ended.
1. Who took the writer to the cinema for the first time?
A. his father B. his parents C. his parents’ friends D. his friends
2. How did he feel at first?
A. excited B. unhappy C. sad D. quite unhappy
3. He was frightened when …………………….
A. there was music. B. the cinema had no lights.
C. the train ran. D. his friends saw him.
4. Where did he hide when he saw the train coming towards him?
A. under the seat B. on the screen C. on his friends’ back D. under the train seat
5. How did he feel when the film finished?
A. very sad B. very happy C. quite happy D. quite right
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III. Read the text and answer the question
How to review a film
Going to the cinema is expensive and when the film’s a complete waste of time, it can be extremely
annoying. Films are the great art form of our time, but there are so many and they vary so much in
quality that reviews are an essential guide for the enthusiastic cinemagoer. I’m no expert, but I’ve read
about ‘a million’ film reviews and I’m asking you to remember, when you next write a review, to please
consider the needs of your readers.
Get it right
If you’re going to the trouble of reviewing a film, you should at least know what you’re talking about.
Even if you thought the movie was a complete disaster, you ought to watch it twice before writing
about it. Nobody fully understands a film the first time they watch it and you shouldn’t write a review
for other people before you’re sure what the movie is about.
Leave some information for the credits
When reading a review, I want to know who directed the film and who the leading actors and actresses
are. Those details help me decide if I want to watch it or not. However, listing everybody who worked
on the film, including the extras and animal trainers, is too much. That’s why there are credits at the end
of movies – nobody wants to see a list of 2,000 names before they even enter the auditorium.
Be brief
If I wanted to know every single detail of what happens in the movie before watching it, I’d ask for a
copy of the script. A review of a film should only include basic details of the plot to give the reader an
idea of what it’s about.
Don’t spoil it
There’s nothing worse than a spoiler in a review. If you’re the kind of reviewer who likes to include a
spoiler or two, you’re ruining the lives of all cinemagoers. There are many kinds of spoilers too.
Revealing key points in the plot that are surprising and interesting is almost as bad as telling us how it
ends.
1. What type of text is this?
A. a film review B. a writing guide C. a letter
Decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F). Circle T or F.
2. The writer thinks that modern films are generally very good. T/F
3. The writer has read approximately 1,000,000 film reviews. T/F
4. Reading reviews is important to people who watch films frequently. T/F
5. Reviewers needn’t watch a bad film more than once. T/F
6. Reviewers shouldn’t write a review if they didn’t enjoy the film. T/F
7. A review shouldn’t include a detailed description of all the cast and crew. T/F
8. The writer enjoys reading film scripts before going to the cinema. T/F
9. The writer believes that spoilers in reviews destroy people’s lives. T/F
10. Spoilers can refer to events that occur at any point during a film. T/F

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