•We have learned the phrases and expressions related to drama. When we talk about a drama, what relevant words do you think of ?

•Stage: wings, microphones, curtains, lights,

scenery, set.•Cast: director, actors,

actresses•Script: theme, lines, stage direction, acts,

scenes•Others: budget, props,

costumes

When we talk about films or the film industry, what words or expressions do you think of ? Please say as many words as you can.

cinematograph

cinema

film festival

direction 

A at the lecture about the film industry, Yu Peng is given a handout. Read the handout with him.

What you seeNot all films are made in ‘real’ places. When they are, they are shot on location, which means that real streets, trees and buildings are used. However, this can be difficult and expensive; so many films are made in buildings called sound stages. If this is the case, a backdrop (a view of the sky or a city street) may be carefully painted and hung behind the actors. Backdrops are so good that you often think you are looking at a real place.

• There are also many important words that refer to the camera. When the entire screen is full with one image, like someone’s face, this is called a close-up shot. When the camera moves back and the screen shows a picture from far away, this is called a wide-angle shot. Wide-angle shots are used to show things such as mountains and a river or a city with many streets and buildings.

• At the end of a film, the credits appear. They include a list of people who worked on the film and the list of songs you heard in the film, as well as other things.

•What you hear• The music, which plays in the background while yo

u watch a film, is called the film score. The sounds like raindrops, a doorbell or footsteps in a corridor are called sound effects.

• Sometimes, when a film is popular in many countries, people want to hear the dialogue in their own language. In this case, new actors are hired to read the dialogue and it is recorded over the original talking. This is called dubbing and people describe these kinds of films as ‘dubbed’.

How to make a film•Look at the following pictures and use the words we learn to describe them

high angle shot

long shot

full shot

close shot

On location

backdrop

Wide-angle shot

credits

dubbing

Film type•Comedy (films that make you laugh) •Thriller (exciting films with surprise endings) •Action (films with car chases, fighting and explosions) •Drama (serious films about people and life)•Romantic comedy (cute, funny films with happy endings) Science fiction (films about the future or imaginary technology) •Horror (very scary films) •Cartoon (animated films) •Documentary (true films about real people and real events) •Western (films set in the American west)

• Look at the following pictures and use the words we learn to describe

what type of film they are.

Film type

comedy

Thriller

action

drama

Romantic comedy

Science fiction

Horror

Cartoon

documentary

Western

C Yu Peng wrote an article for his school newspaper sharing his new knowledge about the film industry. Look at the handout again and complete the article using the correct wo

rds.• I love films! My favorites are (1) ______

___, became I love trying to guess what will happen at the end of the film. My mum loves to laugh so she always wants to watch (2) _________. My dad loves history and learning about real people’s lives, so he watches a lot of (3) _________.

thrillers

comedies

documentaries

•Last week, I went to a lecture about films and learned many interesting things. At the beginning of the lecture, we learned about several different types of films. We saw part of a cartoon and part of a very scary (4) ____________ film. Then a famous director showed us part of his new (5) __________ film. The part we saw was a car chase on a busy street in the USA. It was very exciting.

horroraction

•Then the director told us about how he made the film. The scene we saw used two different kinds of (6) ________. First, it felt like the camera was in the sky. I could see the city’s streets and buildings. This was a (7) _________ shot. Then, the camera went right to a car. He looked very scared! That was a (8) ________shot. I learned that while most of the film was actually made (9) _________ in the streets of Los Angeles, some of the scenes inside buildings were actually made on a (10) ___________. One of the big fight scenes was also filmed inside, using a (11) _________ that looked like a famous LA street.

shots

wide-angle

close-up

on location

sound stage

backdrop

•The best thing I learned from the lecture is never to ignore the (12) _________ at the end of the film. Reading them can tell you a lot about where a film was made and who worked on it.

credits

•Cameraman • producer •extras •costume designer•Foley artist •director •editor •lighting crew

There are many people involved in the making of a film. Do you k

now what they called?

cameraman

producer

extras

Costume designer

Foley artist

direction 

Editor

Light crew

cameraman producer extras costume designer foley artist director editor lighting crew

We stand in the background and make streets and restaurants look full. We are _________.

I create all the clothes that the actors wear in each scene. I am a ________________

I tell the actors how to make their performance better. I am a ___________.

I am responsible for all the filming. I operate the camera. I am a ___________.

extras costume designer

director cameraman

cameraman producer extras costume designer foley artist director editor lighting crew I take care of th

e money, make sure the film is well advertised, and hire everyone except the actors. I am a _____________.

In my workroom, I make all of the exciting sounds in the film, like fighting noise and footsteps! I am a _______________.

We set the lighting and make sure it is correct. We are the ___________________.

When filming is over, I talk all the settings and make them fit together in the right way to tell the story. I am a _______________.

producer foley artist

lighting crew

editor