Unit 5 The Silver Screen

silver screen actors/ actresses director film / movie role/play a role of scene script studio blockbuster film academy lines Hollywood take off character Oscar / Academy Award cinema follow-up

Bicentennial Man (a fantastic / fantasy film: a film about the future)

Jurassic Park (a fantastic / fantasy film: a film about the future)

(a historical film: a film based on history ) Hero

Mulan (an animation film; a historical film )

Listening 1. Who is Mr Malcolm Langland? 2. What is the interview mainly about? A famous actor who plays the leading part in the new Shakespeare play in London. It is mainly about Mr Malcolm Langland’s early life and experience of becoming an actor.

Mr Malcolm Langland, who is now a famous _______ in London, was born in a small ______ in the west of __________. When he was young, he wanted to become a _________. His father does not want him to study ______, so he ________ to study law at ___________ in Melbourne. In his ______ time and __________, he spent his time at the Student ______, where he started ________, _________ and _________ on the stage. He met his ______, Fiona, there. She __________ him to a film _________, who gave him his first _____. It was a _____ in a film that was called _______________________. artist town Australia teacher artchose university freeevenings Club acting singing dancing wife introduced director jobrole The Dream Machine

LISTENING(Workbook) JenniferAlexJames Title of the film Director What is the film about? His / Her opinion AI Steven Spielberg a robot that wants love and becomes a real boy It ’ s a simple but strong story. Spiderman Sam Raimi the good fighting against the bad It ’ s very exciting and funny. Shower Zhang Yang an old bathhouse and friendship It ’ s a sad film.

Speaking: Questions: Where did you grow up? What were your dreams when you were young? What made you decide to become an actor / actress? What did you do next? How old were you when you made your first film? How long have you been working as an actor / actress? What roles did you act?

Profile First name Surname Gender Birth year Birth place Schooling Career in film Achievement Meryl Streep Female 1949 a small village in America high school  a famous drama school Played roles in many plays in the drama school; In 1977 Julia (first film) In 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer In 1982 Sophie’s Choice In 1985 Out of Africa In 1999 Music of the Heart awarded the Oscar twice, the Theater World Award, many other prizes

Profile Name Gender Male Female OccupationEducation Father ’ s occupation Mother ’ s occupation Name of his wife His wife ’ s occupation Steven Spielberg  director, producer and screenwriter California State University at Long Beach Electrical engineer Music teacher Cate Capshaw Actress

True or false: 1.Spielberg made his first film when he was He couldn ’ t go to the Film Academy because he had no money. 3.He was the youngest film director at that time. 4. Jaws is a film which is about a white shark which likes to swim with people. 5. In the film ET, the creatures from outer space is human ’ s enemy so scientists want to find ET to cut him into pieces. 6. His later films are about the cruelty of war. 7. He said his success owes to his hard – working.       

1 What was Spielberg ’ s dream? 2 Why did he study English instead of film? 3 Why were people who saw the film Jaws afraid to swim in the sea? 4 How important is his family to his career? 5 What have you learnt from reading about him? Read the passage again and answer the questions on the screen His dream was to go to the Film Academy. Because his grades were too low. Because they remembered the scenes in which people were eaten by the shark. He owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children. That is the secret of his success. We can succeed so long as we make up our minds to do something and try hard to do it well. There is a saying, “ Where there is will, there is a way. ”

Fill in the chart on Page 32 Jaws (1975) Jaws is about … ET(1982) Jurassic Park(1993) Schindler ’ s List(1993) Saving Private Ryan(1998) Saving Private Ryan(1998) a big white shark that attacks swimmers who are spending their holidays in a small village. The film is about a young boy called Ellliott who makes friends with a small creature from outer space and helps him to find a way to go home. The film is about a park where a very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaurs. The two films are both about the cruelty of war.

More information about Steven Spielberg year year what he did what he did be born be born Made his first real film Won a prize for a short film Made a film called Firelight Jaws, a real blockbuster ET Jurassic Park Saving Private Ryan Schindler ’ s List Band of Brothers

1 Steven Spielberg, whose mother was a music teacher, was born in 1946 in a small town in America. 2 This was a film in which Spielberg used real actors instead of toys. 3 In 1959 Spielberg won a prize for a short film which he made when he was thirteen years old. 4 The reason why he could not go there was that his grades were too low. Read the whole text and find out the attributive clauses:

5 Here he worked on a short film, which won him a job as the youngest film director in the world. 6 This is the moment when Spielberg ’ s career took off. 7.It is about a big white shark that attacks swimmers who are spending their holidays in a small village by the sea. 8 Many people who saw the film were afraid to swim in the sea when they remembered the scenes in which people were eaten by the sharks. 9 Spielberg has two films about creatures that come to the earth from outer space.

10 ET is about a young boy called Elliott who makes friends with a small creature from outer space and helps him to find a way to go home. 11 But in the world of children and the world where ET comes from, love and friendship are the most important things in life. 12 Jurassic Park, which Spielberg made in 1993, is about a park where a very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaurs. 13 He met Cate Capshaw, who is an actress, when he was working on one of his films.

See if you know the meanings of them? 1. This was a film in which Spielberg used real actors instead of toys. 2. The reason why he could not go there was that his grades were too low. 3. This was the moment when Spielberg ’ s career really took off. 4. Many people who saw the film were afraid to swim in the sea when they remembered the scenes in which people were eaten by the shark. 5. Jurassic Park, which Spielberg made in 1993, is about a park where a very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaurs. () [ ] in the film at that moment in those scenes in the park

5. When asked about the secret of his success, Steven Spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children. 6. After that it still took seven years before they finally got married. [ ] owe … to … to have something good because of … She owes her success to good luck. I owe it to you that I finished my work in time. I owe him 100 yuan. We owe you our thanks, Dr Smith. It will be many years before they meet again. It was not long before the news spread all over the town. It takes/is … before ….

Fill in the words 1.A full-grown person or animal _______ 2.A play for the theatre, television, radio etc. _____ 3.A ______is the job that someone does for a long period of their life. 4. A ______is something that you say which expresses your opinion of something. 5. The ______of a play, film, or television programme is the written form of it. 6. A ______is one of the characters that an actor can play in a film, or play. 7. An ________is a prize that a person is given for doing something well. 8. A ______in a play, or film is part of it in which some events happen in the same place. 9. An ________is a woman whose job is acting in plays. 10. People refer to an imaginary animal or being as a _________. adult drama career comment script role award scene actress creature

Main character’s name: Education degree: Reason (why she became a teacher): How does she teach? The problem: Why do people like the film? Wei Minzhi Primary school The only teacher has to stay away for a month to take care of his sick mother. She writes the lessons on the blackboard and then makes her students Copy them into their notebooks. The naughtiest boy in her class, an 11-year-old boy Called Zhang Huike, runs away from school. 1 The story itself is moving. 2 Most of the people in the film use their real names and play themselves.

What is it about? What are the actors and actresses like? Is there a lot of action?What kind? What feeling do you have after you see it? Chinese filmWestern film 漂亮妈妈 (Breaking the silence)Erin Brockovich( 永不妥协 ) Gong Li,tall and pretty,plays the role of a single mother raising a deaf child on her own,the young boy is played by an actual deaf boy There isn ’ t much action,shows the great love of a mother, reflects on the hard life of the lower class Love works magic with its strong power,we feel love between parents and children,between friends, between people who don ’ t know each other Julia Roberts,tall and beautiful, plays the role of a divorced mo- ther with 3 little kids,has to work hard to earn a living,respect and self-value There isn ’ t a lot of action,based on a real life story,she helps herself while helping others win a billion-dollar law case I was impressed by the lively cha- racter of heroine,it shows that a woman can realise her self-value by working smart and hard