Unit 3: MOVIE MAKERS

BY: GRANDPA SHARK

Chapter 1: Behind The Scenes
Before you read: Making A Movie
• A: Think about answer to the following questions
1. Why do you think it usually costs so much money to make a movie?
2. What kind of jobs are needed to make a movie? Why are these job
importants?
 READING COMPREHENSION: CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

•A T F
1. The name of people who work behind the scenes are not in
the movie credits.
2. Movie makers want you to notice the great makeup when
1. Line 2-3
you watch a movie. 2. Line 15
3. A prop master decide which objects actors use in a movie.
3. Line 16
4. Line 29-30
4. Special effects coordinators usually need computers for 5. Line 36
their job.
5. Most of the sounds you hear in a movie are recorded
during filming
• B: Who did it? Write the correct job for each movie scene.
1. _____: We hear a car accident outside the window.
2. _____: In a scene, a man sits in a car from the 1990s and uses a cell phone
3. _____: The restaurant look exactly the same in the next scene.
4. _____: The hero’s skin looks green after he returns from his space flight.
5. _____: A fire starts in the family’s kitchen.
1. Foley artist
2. Property master
3. Property master
4. Makeup artist
5. Special effects coordinator
VOCABULARY COMPREHENSION
• A: Match each word with its definition. The word in blue are from the passage
1. __directors a. very important
2. __credits b. one part of a movie
3. __scene c. a place where movie are made
4. __crucial d. a list of all the people who worked on a movie
5. __production e. the making of a movie
6. __transform f. to change completely
7. __exclusive g. involving only one specific thing
8. __studio h. the person who gives introductions to make a movie
1.H 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.E 6.F 7.G 8.C
 VOCABULARY SKILL
• A: Use the prefix dis- and one of the words from the box to complete the
definitions.
agree like appear belief honest connected

1. ______: not truthful 1. Dishonest

2. Disappear
2. ______: to vanish
3. Disbelief
3. ______: feeling that something is not true or possible 4. Dislike
5. Disconnected
4. ______: to not enjoy something
6. Disagree
5. ______: not joined
6. ______: have a different opinion to someone
• B: Complete the following sentences using the words from A. You might have to
change the form of the word.
1. Many people______spicy food.
2. Now I know why printer isn’t working; it’s _____!
3. Paul could only looks at his girlfriend in______when she said she wanted break up
with him. 1. Dislike
2. Disconnected
4. When the sun came out, the fog______. 3. Disbelief
5. I don’t trust that salesman. He looks really______ . 4. Disappear
5. Dishonest
6. Jean and her husband fight a lot because they_______on everything. 6. Disagree
• C. Complete the following questions using the words from A. Take turns
asking and answering the questions with a partner.
1. Which foods do you_______?
2. Have you ever met a______person?
3. Do you agree or_______that it is possible to predict the future?
4. Can you make a coin_______?

1.Dislike
2.Dishonest
3.Disagree
4.Disappear
CHAPTER 2: THE RISE OF J.J.ABRAMS
REFERENCE ARTICLE
 READING COMPREHENSION
A. Choose the correct answer for the followimg question.
1. What kind of passage is this?
a. a biography b. a newspaper article c. a critical
review
2. What can be understood from the passage? 1. A
a. J.J. Abrams is no longer making movie.
2. C
3. B
b. J.J.Abrams has opened the magic box.
c. J.J.Abrams still enjoy making entertainment.
3. Abrams compares ________ to his box of magic tricks.
a. the love of a boy and his grandfather
b. the mystery of going to a movie theater
c. watching mystery television shows
 READING COMPREHENSION
B. Read the following sentences. Check () true(T) or
false(F).
T F
1 Abrams mostly wrote screenplays in his
20s. 1.T
2 Abrams compares the movie theater to 2.F
his Super 8 camera.
3 Steven Spielberg has worked with
3.F
Abrams since Abrams television days. 4.F
4 Abrams works for his wife’s production 5.T
company, Bad Robot.
5 Abrams likes to work on more than one
project at a time.
 VOCABULARY COMPREHENSION
A. Choose the best answer. The words in blue are from the
passage.
1) The color red usually represents _____.
a. danger b. something easily
noticed
2) The main ambition of many professional athletesis to ______. 1. A
a. win competitions b. stay healthy 2. A
3) Someone who has passion for something usually spends ____ 3. B
time doing it. 4. B
a. very little b. a lot of 5. A
4) An influential person would most likely be ____ by other
people.
a. ignored b. listened to
5) People usually want to preserve _____ things.
a. good b. bad
 6) You usually get inspiration from people you _____ .
a. admire b. dislike 6. A
7) Which is a metaphor? 7. A
8. A
a. Life is a jorney. b. My mother likes flowers.
8) An actor’s debut is the ____ of his or her career.
a. start b. end
B. Complete the following sentence with the words in blue
from A. You might have to change the form of1.the
Passiona
words. te
1) I spent a lot of money on my bike because I’m ______ about
cycling. My __________ is to become a professional Ambition
cyclist
one day.
2. music
2) The band’s new song is pretty good, but I still prefer Debut
from their __________ album. 3. Influenc
e
3) My mother thinks my new friend is a bad _______ on me.
4. Preserve
4) I hope developers will _______ some of the old buildings in
 VOCABULARY SKILL
A. One way to organize words is to categorize them by
part of speech. Write N (nouns), V (verbs),or A
(adjectives) next to the following words. Then review
their the meaning with a partner.

N director
___ ___
V create ___
N scene ___
A scary ___
N script
N studio
___ ___
N credits ___
V avoid ___
V ___
N
disappear Hollywood
V N A A N
___ produce ___ hero ___ ___ lead ___ actress
A V important
N A N
___ ___ ___ ___ famous ___ monster
impossible prepare supervisor
B. You can also organize words by meaning, for example,
nouns, for people, places, and things. Organize the
nouns from A into one of these categories.

PEOPLE PLACES THINGS

Director Studio Credits
Hero Scene Monster
Supervisor Hollywood Script
Actress
 REAL LIFE SKILL
A. Why are italics used in each example below? Write a,
b, c. a. to set apart a word from
others
b. to emphasize or stress a
word
c. to identify a title

1. ____ J.J. Abrams has been nominated many times for an

Emmy Award, but he has only won b. to emphasize or stress a
once.
word
2. ____ The Twilight Zone was a very popular science fiction
television show. c. to identify a
title
3. ____ Words like first, second, then, next, later, and finally
indicate a sequence ofa.events.
to set apart a word from
others