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Movies
Small Talk
Speaking & Discussion
Level B2

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Movies Outline

Content
In this lesson you will talk about movies.

Learning Outcomes
Learn vocabulary related to movies.
Learn expressions to talk about your favourite movies.
Discuss your opinion on film genres and formats.

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Vocabulary

1) film 11) release date

2) motion picture 12) movie theater
3) still images 13) television
4) illusion 14) on-demand
5) animation 15) download

6) technique
7) frame
8) audience
9) viewing
10) exhibited

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Vocabulary

to watch
broadcast
genre
purchase

VHS recent

one self
favourite

local the worst

the best

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Vocabulary

local movie theater kind of movie

large screens prefer to watch
videocassette excited to see
television concept phenomenon
picture cinemas a series of
film is coming out exhibited at
the upcoming film the general opinion
avoid seeing audio and visual

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Definition

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a

series of still images which, when shown on a
screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to
the phi phenomenon.

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Questions

1) What is your favourite

movie?

2) What is your favourite film

genre?

3) What are some of the

negative aspects of
independence?
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Statement

Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film is

produced individually, whether generated as a computer
graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by
repeatedly making small changes to a model unit.

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Title

Film distribution is the process through which a movie is made available for
viewing by an audience. This is normally the task of a professional film
distributor, who would determine the marketing strategy of the film, the
media by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing, and
may set the release date and other matters. The film may be exhibited directly
to the public either through a movie theater or television for personal home
viewing (including DVD-Video or Blu-ray Disc, video-on-demand, download,
television programs through broadcast syndication etc.). Other ways of
distributing a film include rental or personal purchase of the film in a variety of
media and formats, such as VHS or DVD, or Internet download.

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Icons + Textboxes

Reading

Text

While motion picture films have been around for more than a century,
film is still a relative newcomer in the pantheon of fine arts. In the
1950s, when television became widely available, industry analysts
predicted the demise of local movie theaters. Despite competition from
television's increasing technological sophistication over the 1960s and
1970s such as the development of color television and large screens,
motion picture cinemas continued. In fact with the rise of television's
predominance, film began to become more respected as an artistic
medium by contrast due the low general opinion of the quality of
average television content. In the 1980s, when the widespread
availability of inexpensive videocassette recorders enabled people to
select films for home viewing, industry analysts again wrongly predicted
the death of the local cinemas.

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Exercises

Speaking
Based on the short text, talk about the
following questions.

1. When did television become widely available?

2. What are some ways of distributing a film?
3. Was television always in color?

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Role Playing

Speaking

Create a dialog

Person A Person B
Any films coming out Black-and-white
Action movie Favourite
The technique Animation
In a large screen Upcoming film

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Exercises

Speaking

Fill in the blank

plasma screens - multi-speaker sound system - local cinema -

widescreen - visual reproduction - DVD players -

In the 1990s and 2000s, the development of _________, home theater

amplification systems with surround sound and subwoofers, and large LCD
or ____________enabled people to select and view films at home with
greatly improved audio and ___________. These new technologies provided
audio and visual that in the past only local cinemas had been able to
provide: a large, clear __________ presentation of a film with a full-range,
high-quality ________. Once again industry analysts predicted the demise of
the _________.

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Exercises

Speaking

What is it like in your country?

1) Do you watch movies at home or

at the theater?

2) Do you have old movie theaters

or are they all new?

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Exercises

Speaking

Use the following expressions

the general opinion

not very good
color television
a new motion picture
at home system
once again

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Exercises

Speaking

Reorganize the phrases

the /animation / technique / is

audience / for / available / by / viewing / an

I / films / at / watching / am / home /friends / with

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Exercises

Speaking
True or False
Which are film genres
True False
1. Masterpiece
2. Drama
3. Eastern
4. Comedy
5. Romance
6. Action
7. Adventure
8. Lara Croft
9. Motion picture

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Exercises

Speaking
Make an argument in favor of or against this
statement

All movies should be presented in the original

language, with subtitles but without dubbing.

Pro Con
Text Text
Text Text

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Exercises

Speaking

Role Play
Situation 1 Situation 2

You do not like suspense

You do not feel like going
films. Tell your friend
to the movies.
about it.

Situation 3 Situation 4

Someone is talking during

The last Walt Disney just
a screening at the movies.
came out.
Tell them to be quiet.

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Exercises

Speaking

Role Play
Situation 1 Situation 2 Situation 3
You do not
You meet your Talk about the last
understand this movie
favourite actor. movie you saw.
without subtitles.
A. David B. Madison
Phenomenal
Movie theater
Main character
Release
Download
A surprise
At the local cinema
follow the plot

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Exercises

Speaking

Describe the images

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Exercises

Speaking

Complete the sentences using the vocabulary

1. The upcoming film is

2. I am excited to see broadcast the best black-
and-white VHS genre
3. was the worst
the last favourite to watch
movie
- purchase romance
4. I prefer to watch comedy film real action.
5. I am with my friends

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Thank you

We would like to thank

the following sources for their content
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