Task 18. Compare the most popular film genres by filling in the table with the italicized words. Add your example of each genre to the table

Task 17. Read the text and fill in the table.

FILMS AND CINEMA

We love watching films (= movies in American English) — either on TV, on DVD, downloaded onto our PCs or at the cinema.

What sort of films do you enjoy? You’ve got a lot of genres to choose from: westerns (set in the American Wild West) or spaghetti westerns (those filmed in Italy) to action films (fights, car chases etc.), adventure, travelogues (accounts of travels), animated (cartoons), or horror (lots of blood or ghostly visits). Perhaps you prefer comedy (or ‘ romcom ’ — romantic comedy) or dramas. Sometimes these are epics (long, historical dramas), adaptations (adapted either from a previous film or from a book or play), sequels (films following the events in the well-known film) or prequels (films preceding the events in the well-known film). What about thrillers (or suspense), or musicals (with song and dance) and science fiction (set in a futuristic world)? Or maybe you prefer the old black and white films, or the classics.

In a celebrity-obsessed world, actors are as famous as politicians (maybe even more so). We like to see our favourite actors playing a character — even a minor character — in films, whether these are in lead roles (=main roles), or supporting roles (not main roles). Every year, the Oscars gives awards to lead actors and supporting actors, but never to the extras (the actors who play people in a crowd, often without a speaking part). We like reading the film credits, firstly to see who’s in the cast (everyone who acted in the film) and if there’s a cameo — a special appearance by a famous actor who’s only in the film for a couple of minutes.

Then we like to see who the director or producer is, the screenwriter who wrote the screenplay (the script that the actors speak) and the composer, who composed the soundtrack (the music background in the film). We’ll read film reviews to find out more about the plot (or storyline) and how good the lighting, cinematography (art of shooting the film) or costumes are. We might even watch a trailer (short extract from the film) to see the special effects.

Film Genres
Actors / The Cast
People Making the Film
What We Need to Shoot the Film
Other Important Words

Moving, slow, violent, dull, hilarious, humorous, gripping, frightening, thrilling, light-hearted, sentimental, scary, boring, action-packed, funny, cliché, charming, bloody, brutal, sensitive, intriguing.

Kind of Film	Positive Features	Negative Features	Example
I find/consider … to have both positive and negative features.	In my view… As I see it … it may be…	However… On the other hand… Opponents of … say…	For instance… In particular … is…
Horror Films/Thrillers
Comedy
Romance/Drama
Musical
Adventure/Travelogue

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