VOCABULARY about cinema and activities

Main genres: action   adventure   comedy    crime and ganster    drama   historical/epics  horror     musical    science fiction     war (anti-war)    westerns

Subgenres: biographical detective and mystery, disaster , fantasy , melodramas, road films,  romance,  sports,  supernatural, thriller-suspense

Adjectives: violent, moving, complex, gripping, funny, dreadful, superb

1. Match the movie adjectives to their definitions

1. violent                A. it makes us laugh

2. moving               B. sad and emotional

3. complex             C. terrible

4. gripping              D. fantastic

5. funny                  E. lots of fighting

6. dreadful             F. full of lots of different ideas

7. superb                G. very exciting

2. Match these classic movies to their type

1. Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Wind Talkers            A. western

2. Titanic, Gone with the Wind                                B. science fiction

3. Mr. Bean, Friends                                              C. adventure movie

4. Dracula, Sleepy Hollow                                       D. action movies

5. Indiana Jones, Crocodile Hunter                          E. comedies

6. Red River, The Long Riders                                F. War films

7. Terminator, Commando,Predator                        G. horror movies

8. Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman                         H. romantic movies

FILM CLOZE

Fill in the blanks below with the words in the box above the cloze:

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Parts of the Film:

The place or time a movie takes place is called the _________________. What happens in a movie is called the _____________. A movie is usually broken up into many _________________.  The movie is filmed with a ________________.

People in Films:

The people who act in the movie are _________________. A _______________ is a part that an actor plays. The main actor is sometimes called the ____________________. When a famous person has a short appearance in a film it is called a ___________________. An ______________ is an unimportant person who acts in the background. A ________________ is a person who watches movies and writes reviews about them.

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Film Genres:

The type of movie is the movie _________________. A movie that makes you laugh is a ___________________. A movie that makes you scream is a ___________________. A movie that is exciting with lots of guns and explosions is an _________________ movie. Movies about the future or space are known as __________________ films. And a movie about real life is a _______________________. An __________________ film has cartoon characters.

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Blockbusters

Movies with big budgets that sell a lot of tickets are called ______________________. Many of these movies do so well that movie producers make a _______________, or part II.

At the Theater:

The place where you watch a movie is called a _________________. To see a movie, usually, you have to buy a __________________. The movie is projected onto a large _______________ using a movie _________________. An __________________ is a person who shows you to your seat and makes sure everybody is quiet during the movie. 

WRITING- Film review (common expressions)

Components of a Movie	Important Language/Examples
What kind of movie is it?	It’s a ______________________
	It’s a comedy. It’s a sci-fi. It’s a horror. It’s an action movie. It’s a romantic comedy.
Who is in it?	_______________ is in it.
Who’s starring in it?	_______________ is starring in it. Orlando Bloom is in it.
Where does it take place?	It’s set in _______________.
When does it take place?	It takes place in ______________. It’s set in New York in the 60s. It takes place on the moon in the future. It takes place in a prison.
What’s it about? What happens in it?	It’s about _____ who __________. It’s about two young people who fall in love on a sinking ship. It’s about a meteor that is going to destroy the Earth.
How does it end?	In the end, __________________.
What happens in the end?	In the end, the ring is destroyed. In the end, Harry decides he really loves Sally.
What did the critics say? What kind of reviews did it get?	The critics _________________. It got ___________ reviews. The critics said it was good. The critics panned it. The critics raved about it. It got great reviews. It got poor reviews.