eng7-V6· Unit 6· ~18 min

Film vocabulary

Identify film types, visual techniques, opinion writing, professional critics, and starring actors.

Film vocabulary names both kinds of movies and the people or features connected with them. Science fiction presents imaginary future events and characters. Adventure films involve unusual, exciting, or dangerous activities in exotic places. Mystery movies centre on a problem that main characters try to solve, while documentaries concern real people, places, and events. Special effects are not real but look real. Reviews contain written opinions, a film critic gives opinions professionally, and to star identifies the main actors in a film. The same source also identifies comedies by laughter, horror movies by fear, cartoons by drawings instead of real people, and musicals by singing and dancing. The phrase take place means happen.

Key terms

science fiction — movies about imaginary future events and characters
adventure films — films about unusual, exciting, or dangerous activities in exotic places
mystery movies — movies with a problem the main characters try to solve
documentaries — films about real people, places, and events
special effects — unreal elements that look real in movies
reviews — writing that gives opinions about movies
film critic — a person whose job is to give opinions about films
to star — to be a main actor in a film
comedies — movies that make people laugh
horror movies — very scary movies
cartoons — movies with drawings rather than real people
musicals — movies in which people sing and dance
take place — happen
Film clues
ClueTerm
imaginary futurescience fiction
dangerous activity in exotic placesadventure films
problem to solvemystery movies
real people or eventsdocumentaries
unreal but looks realspecial effects
written opinionsreviews
professional opinion-giverfilm critic
main actorto star
makes people laughcomedies
very scaryhorror movies
drawings, not real peoplecartoons
people sing and dancemusicals
an event happenstake place
✎Separate person from writing
  1. 1Find the noun: Ask whether the sentence describes a person or a piece of writing.
  2. 2Choose: A person whose job is giving film opinions is a film critic.
  3. 3Check: The opinions that person writes are reviews.
🚫Real subject or realistic image?

Documentaries concern real subjects; special effects can be unreal even when they look real.

💡Star works in two directions

A film can star an actor, and an actor can star in a film.

Rules

  1. 1Use science fiction for imaginary future events and characters.
  2. 2Use adventure films for unusual, exciting, or dangerous activities in exotic places.
  3. 3Use mystery movies when main characters try to solve a problem.
  4. 4Use documentaries for real people, places, and events.
  5. 5Use special effects for unreal elements made to look real.
  6. 6Use reviews for written opinions and film critic for the person whose job is giving film opinions.
  7. 7Use star in either printed frame: a film stars someone, or someone stars in a film.
  8. 8Use comedies for films that make people laugh, horror movies for very scary films, cartoons for films with drawings rather than real people, and musicals for films where people sing and dance.
  9. 9Use take place to mean happen.

Practice

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