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Define the word "actress".
This is a woman who plays in a movie.
This is an object you use to speak louder.
A microphone
Make a sentence with the word "popcorn"
Ex: I love having popcorn when I watch a movie.
Make a sentence with the word "cinema".
For example: I love watching science-fiction movies at the cinema.
Ask Ms Hénaff to check your pronunciation.
Can you define the word "horror"?
It's a genre of movies that are scary.
Give 4 elements that compose a film.
make-up, soundtrack, special effects, plot / story, camera, lights, green screen...
Give 4 different genres of movies.
Rom-coms (= romantic comedies), western movies, thrillers / horror movies, comedies, dramas, cartoons, etc
Can you define the word "cartoon" ?
It's a genre of movies with animated images, which are usually mostly for kids.
Use the word "soundtrack" in a sentence.
For ex: There were a lot of great tunes in the soundtrack of the movie ; I'm going to add them to my playlist.
Can you pronounce the word "genre" ?
Ask Ms Hénaff to approve of your pronunciation.
What did the Lumières brothers do?
They projected a movie in a cinema for the first time.
Who is the person who records a film?
A cameraman
Give five different jobs in the cinema.
cameraman, director, actor/ress, producer, stuntman/woman, sound engineer, make-up artist,...
Use the word "industry" in a sentence
For example : The film industry rose in America from 1930.
What can you say about the kinetoscope?
It was the first invention that gave birth to cinema in 1890s.
What happened in the 1990s?
Special effects became more and more popular, editing appears with high-technology computers and softwares, 3D movies start growing
Give a definition for "stuntman".
A stuntman is a person who take a lot of risks in a movie and does a lot of stunts.
What happened in 1927?
The first movie with sound was created ; it's entitled "The Jazz Singer".
When was the kinetoscope invented?
In 1890s
What is a screenwriter?
It's the person who writes the story
Give two synonyms for "a story".
a plot / a scenario
When was the Golden Age of cinema? (give the decades when it started and finished)
From the 1930s to the 1950s
Why did people stop going to the cinema in the 1950s?
Because television was invented, so people started watching movies at home and stopped going to the cinema.
How do you pronounce the word "biopics"?
Ask Ms Hénaff to check your pronounciation