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What is film?
from Touchstones
by Edco Ireland
What do I know?
What do you already know about film? What famous directors do you know? What is your favourite film? What is your favourite film genre? Go to your activity book (see page 75) and complete the film knowledge download activity.
What Is Film? Film is the art of capturing stories on screen. It is an important art form, both as a source of popular entertainment, but also as a powerful medium for expressing ideas and educating people.
I made some mistakes in drama. I thought the drama was when the actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
Frank Capra
It’s a writer’s job not just to write about himself but to look at the rest of humanity and explore it – other people’s way of talking, the phrases they use.
Quentin Tarantino
If it’s a good movie, the A film is never sound could go off and really good unless the audience would still the camera is an have a pretty clear idea eye in the head of what was going on. of a poet.
Alfred Hitchcock Khaled Hosseini
Which of these quotes do you like best? Which quotes do you agree with? Are there any you disagree with?
COMMUNICATING: GROUP DISCUSSION
Divide into small groups and discuss the following questions. 1 What is your favourite film of all time? 2 Who is your favourite actor? Why? 3 What types of film do you like to watch? Why? 4 Do you enjoy going to the cinema? Why? Why not? 5 What types of film do you dislike? Why?
