FEATURES 106 Lights, Camera, Action! Film Festival We watch new movies from around the world 108 People in movies and the arts ‘The documentary film- maker Adrian Seymour talks about his next project 110 Nature in art Art critic Liz Searle-Bames writes about a gallery of nature paintings 114 Camera traps How a director films the secret lives of animals Film and the arts 1. Read about the photo and choose the correct ending, (@ orb) to complete the sentences. In one sentence, both endings are possible. For visitors to Sydney, it's a strange sight: the huge face of a sleeping woman over the harbor next to the famous opera house. But for the locals, this outdoor movie theater is popular ‘on warm summer evenings. The screen is the size of a large building and sits over the water. Moviegoers can watch their favorite stars from the beach or their cars, 1 The woman is a onanad b inamovie 2 The outdoor movie screen is a ona building b above the water 3. The audience watch their favorite actors a onthe beach b intheir cars 2 Complete these sentences about yourself. Then tell your partner. + Igo to the movies... (once a week? once a month?) + Tusually watch movies on... (TV? DVD? the Internet? + [like watching movies... (with friends? on my own?) + The last movie I saw in a theater was... (title?) You see movies (at a theater) ‘You watch movies on TV, on DVD, etc). Film andthe arts 105ma 9a Lights, Camera, Action! Film Festival Vocabulary types of movies 1 Match these kinds of movies with the pictures (a-g). action movie animation comedy documentary horror movie romanticcomedy science-fiction movie 2 Discuss these questions as a class. 1. Can you think of one movie for each type in Exercise 1? 2 What kinds of movies do you like? Which do you never watch? Reading 3 Read the first paragraph of the article. What kinds of movies can you watch at this film festival? Come to the Lights, Camera, Action! Film Festival. Our festival isn’t like the Oscars and Bollywood because you don't see lots of famous movie stars. We feature films by directors and actors from many different countries and cultures. You can see many kinds ‘of movies including comedies, documentaries, and animation. Here are some of the films we are featuring this year. ‘My Wedding... and My Family In this romantic comedy about an Indian family in Toronto, 2 daughter fall in love with a local man... and then the problems begin. The Winning Number This short film by director Rene Roy is about a young woman with a hard life... until everything changes forever A Desert Journey This documentary by the director Mohammed Robertson is about the life of the nomadic people of Morocco. Fora complete schedule of events, visit kafilmfestival.org, 1064 Read the article and mark the | GOING TO (FOR PLANS) statements true (T) or false (F). ~ 1. The film festival is every year he'sshe'vits going to + verb 2. Lots of famous people come. you'rehve'retheye 3. Itshows one kind of movie, 1m notisheisntiThey aren‘t going to have dinner. 4. This year you can see a movie about What are you going to see? Are you going to see a movie? Yes,!am. /No, 'm not. going to go = going to foresent continwaus) ‘When we say going to go we usualy use the present continuous form ‘of go: 'm going to go home. = I'm going home. Russia, 5. My Wedding... and My Family is a comedy in China. 6 The Winning Number is a story about an old woman. For more information and practice, see page 166. Listening 7 Make sentences with going to or the present continuous form, 5 6945 Listen and write the miss 1 we / see a movie at the new theater inte sme 2 I/notwatch / this DVD 3 you / buy the tickets online or at the movie theater? C=Carlos, B = Beata 4 what time / they / go / the movie theater? q Hey, Beata! Stop! 5 1 / not sit / at the front of the movie theater Oh, hi Carlos! Sorry, but I'm going 6 where / you / sit? to! ticket for the next 7 they / meet us after the movie? movie. It starts in five minutes, Are 8 1/ never / watch a movie by that director again! you going to>___ a movie too? C: No, Fm not, but what are you 8 Pronunciation ‘to! >___ afterwards? José, Monica, and Tare going to* ___ dinner at 4 46 Listen to the sentences in Exercise 7. Notice the weak a Japanese restaurant. Do you want vowel sound in to is tal. Listen again and repeat. to come? B: No, thanks. I'm not going to 5____out late tonight. I'm tired : That's OK. al. Choose three movies : Got to go. Bye. you want to watch and plan your day. : Bye. See you later. 2-3:00 Big Love~a 2-4 The Road-an romantic comedy action movie with oe Incinema 3 Grammar going to (for plans) documentary fast cars §& Look at the conversation in Exercise 5. 3:55-5:25 Life on 4:10-5:30 4:15-5:35 Underline four examples of going Mars~a Hollywood Animation festival- Historical Horror - to and one example of the present science-fiction short animation a documentary continuous. Then answer the questions, movie films by young about the history filmmakers of horror movies 1. Do the underlined verbs talk about Se Bie? 5140-715 The Boy 5:45-6:45 Everest- 5:45-8:15 2 Howdoyoutorm thenegatveanad ‘fom Mumba/— a powerful Macbeth anew question forms of going 10? rmusie, dance, documentary about movie version of and color fram the mountain and Shakespeare's Bollywood its climbers famous play 10. Work in groups. You are going to the festival with the people in your group. Discuss and plan the movies you are going tose. Sietsnnera nn eet Saget, Units rimandthe atsart and entertainment 11 Work in pairs. Number these activities (1-6) in your order of preference (1 = first choice). watch a movie on TV at home —— see a movie in a theater go to the theater to see aplay go to an art gallery listen to live music at a concert hall read a book at home 2 Complete the table with these words art and paintings attist or painter ina movie theater ina concert hall rector, actors, actresses (x2) music a play or a musical ina book What? _| Where? | wh | at the theater Inanart | gallery novel writer ‘musicians 3 Talk about some of your favorite disectors, actors, artists, writers, and musicians. Why do you like them? Gio) We make nouns from verbs + sufix to describe people's jobs and occupations: act ~actor, direct ~ director, paint painter, write - writer. People in film and the arts 4 Choose the correct words (a,b, or ¢) to complete the gaps (1-8) in the article. 1 a actor b director © artist 2 a actors b directors © writers 3 a does b has © makes 4 a watching b seeing c going to 5 a directors b explorers painters 6 a started b made © became 7 a video b camera © theater 8 a action films b comedies ¢ documentaries ELM ULC TS me “MEA. Jack Gazz0)0 is a movie But in his movies, the animals are the? ‘and the scenery is some of the most beautiful and remote pats of the world, Jack > swildlife documentaries about his expeditions and posts them online. ‘As a child, he wanted to live in the jungle and he kept lots of plants Jp inhisbedroom, He loved TV shows about the natural world with famous * Before he ® a filmmaker, he studied film and lighting and worked on movie sets. He made his first film in 2006 and bought his over the world, DrmnenSssics ff) aoeListening 5 447 Listen to an interview with Jack. Number thee topics (a-c) in the order he talks about them. a planning a movie the subject of his next movie ¢ the number of people in the movie crew 6 % 47 Listen again. Answer the questions with Yes, ‘No, or Doesn't say 1 Does Jack plan his trips? 2. Does he use more than one camera? 3. Does a movie always have a director and camera person? Is Jack going to film in the winter? Ishe going to take a year to make the movie? Is his next movie for movie theaters? Is the movie about an explorer? Isit going to be a long movie? Does he plan to take a vacation? 7 Discuss these questions as a class 1 Would you like ajob like Jack’s? 2. Do you ever make movies or videos? Grammar infinitive of purpose 8 Look at the two parts of the sentence from the interview with Jack. 1 2 Tm going to Brazil Yo make a movie. ‘Which part of the sentence describes the speaker's plan and which part describes why the speaker does something? ns ‘You use the infinitive of purpose to say why you | are going to da something Ym going to.a café to meet some friends. Ym going to London to see a musica. For more information id practice, see page 166. 9 Work in pairs. Match 1-3 with a-c and make sentences starting with I'm going fo 1. buy this book about Martin Scorsese 2 art school 3. the theater to read about his life to see a play by Shakespeare ¢ tostudy painting VO Think about your plans. Tell your partner where, when, and why you are going. Use the time expressions and some of the places. ‘the movie theater ‘tomorrow. the theater on Friday a concert on the weekend an art gallery next week ‘a museum. next month another place? 'm going to the movies this weekend to see Johnny Depp's new movie. Speaking 11. Work in pairs. Write down three of your future plans. Take tums to tell each other your plans. Ask ‘your partner for the reason ot more details. 'm going downtown tomorrow. Why are you going? To meet some friends. Unit 9 Film and the arts 08)9c Nature in art Vocabulary nature 1 Look at the five pieces of art about nature (1-). Answer the questions. 1 Are they modern or traditional? 2. Do you know which country or period in history they are from? 3. What can you see in each piece of art? Use these words. birds butterflies flowers fruit grass trees kangaroos leaves mountains rocks sea sky 2 Do youhhave paintings or photos in your home? What kinds of pictures are they? What do they show (e.g. people, animals, places)? Reading 3 Read about the five artists on page 111. Match them with their works (1-5). 4 Mark what is trae for each artist, according to the article. Stanislaw Ginger ley AndS ‘Damien Vincent Witkiewicz Munduwalawala Hiroshige Hirst Van Gogh 1 paints and uses nature in art 7 v v v v 2 Iiving now 3. one painting costs millions 4 people disagree about this artist 5. died poor 6 artis similar to ancient paintings Critical thinking the writer's Speaking preferences 7 Work in pairs. Compare two of the paintings these pages and say which you prefer, and 5 Compare the verbs like and prefer in this sentence say Wiltoneddyen a P about the first artist. Does prefer mean like or like one ny Wnts do You Like the gee Why thing more than another? Gee Many people like Stanislaw Witkiewicz’s paintings of peoples cs bt rs pining oF andoaes te om ce 6 According to the article, which of the five artists does then kat Wisco ter psa dose prefer?Nature in art Many artists paint and use nature in their work, but the results are very different. Art critic Liz Searle-Barnes looks at five of them. Stanéslaw Withiewiex Stanislaw Witkiewice was born in 1885 in Zakopane, Poland. He died in 1939, but you can see his paintings in art galleries all over Poland. Many people ike Witkiewic’s paintings of people's faces, bt | prefer his paintings of nature and landscapes. He painted this one in 1907. It shows the Hinczow Lakes in southern Poland, There are the green fields and the white rocks and | ike this painting because the water in the lakes iso blue. Ginger Riley Muandawalawale inte pax, Noriginal people pantes pictures of nature on rocks. n parts of Australia, thir ock ats 90,000 years od Modern aboriginal artists also paint nature. This colortul parting by Ginger Rey Munduvialawala (1837-2002) shows il, rivers, bird, and kangaroos adi Hiroshige sapanese artis famous for landscape paintings. You can, often see the sea and sky, the mountains, and trees. And® Hiroshige, one of| Japan's most famous artists, worked in the 19th century and he's one of Japan's most famous artists. He made and sold thousands of beautiful prints in his lifetime, but he died poor. Damien Hirst damien tirst is the richest artist in England. He is a painter, but he is more famous for art with animals (living and dead), including a cow, a sheep, and a shark. In one room of a gallery, he put lots of fruit and real butterflies. ‘They flew around the visitors. Some people say he's a genius, others disagree. Personally, I ike his work, but | prefer his early paintings. Liacent Van Gogh van Gogh made eleven paintings of sunflowers They were hs favorites because Ne loved the color yellow. prefer his other paintings, but many people love his sunflower paintings. They are everywhere: on cards, postcards and Tshirts Van Gogh eed with mo money, but in 1967 someone bought the last sunflower painting fr $49 milion, arteritc(n) art jeritsk/ a person who studies and writes about art landscape (n) end skerr/ a painting cof an area outside (with trees, rivers, ‘mountains, etc) Unit 9 Film and the arts Gif9d Making arrangements Listening 4 Look at the photo of some theaters ‘on Broadway in New York. Isthere a theater district in your town or city? What was the last show you saw? What was it about? 2 448 Listen to two phone conversations and answer the questions Conversation 1 1 Which show in the photo are they talking about? When is the show? Why isn’t Adriana free? Conversation 2 4 Can Adriana leave work early? 5 What time does the show start? 6 What time are they going to meet? Real life inviting and making arrangements 3 48 Complete the expressions for inviting and making arrangements with these words. Then listen again and check. free great like ‘dlove meet see ‘msorry time want Inviting Would you * tocome? Areyou?___.? Do you? ‘0 90? Respond to the invitation to. ip but I'm working late tonight. ‘Making arrangements does it start? at seven, _ you at seven. 5 Pronunciation showing enthusiasm 9 49 Listen to these phrases for responding to invitations. Underline the word with the most stress. Then listen again and repeat. 1 Tdlove to! 3. That's great! 2. V’d.really like to! 4. That sounds fantastic! Grammar present continuous for future reference Look at the sentences in the grammar box. Do they refer to the present or the future? ones | 11m going to the theater tonight. | im sorry, but Im working late tonight. For more information, see page 165. Work in pairs. Practice these telephone conversations. Student A: You've got tickets for the musical Jersey Boys tomorrow night. It starts at 8 p.m. Call Student B and invite him/her Student B: Answer the phone. You are at work. Listen to Student 4’s invitation and say yes. Arrange to meet. Then change roles and practice the same conversation for the musical Wicked. It starts at 8:30 p.m.It looks amazing! reviews and comments 1 People often write reviews and comments on websites. Do you ever read them? Which ones? 2. Match these extracts from reviews and comments (1-5) with these categories. an art exhibition a restaurant amovie music perfume Hs ovea their ist album s0 | was excited about their second. Some ofthe songs are good, but it sounds very slow. Overall, it's little disappointing We had dinner at this new place downtown. thad ‘the tomato soup and it tasted great. Dessert was nly OK, but in general | iked it. EX one room in the gallery has paintings by Picasso when he was very young. They look amazing! TB fete scared at the beginning because it starts in the middle of the night with two people going to ‘a house where a strange man opens the door, But after that i's very funny. laughed for two hours. BA bought this because it has the name of my favorite actress on it, but it smells awful! 3 Which reviews in Exercise 2 are positive? Which are negative? 4w giving your opinion with sense verbs @ Sense verbs are look, fel, sound, taste, smell. We often use sense verbs + adjectives in reviews. Underline five sense verbs + adjectives in Exercise 1. tb Work in pairs. Which sense verbs could you use to ‘write about these items? You can choose more than cone for each item. ‘a musical at the theater a very long book agym anew type of chocolate anew type of sports cara computer game © Which of these adjectives can you use with the verbs look, feel, sound, taste, smell? You can use the adjectives more than once. bored delicious loud. terrible tired angry _ beautiful interesting nice soft 5 Choose two of the topics in Exercise 4b, Write a short review or comment for a website about them. Use sense verbs and adjectives 6 Work in pairs. Exchange reviews and answer these questions: ‘© Is the review positive or negative? ‘+ Did he/she use sense verbs and adjectives? ‘+ Are you interested in the item reviewed? Film and the arts 3Bim Or iitor- merle) Video ‘A "camera trap* took this photograph of an ocelot.Before you watch 1 Look at the photo. Why do you think this animal is difficult to photograph? 2. Read the text about a camera trap. It took the photo of the ocelot. Answer the questions. 1 How does it take a photo? 2 Why do wildlife conservationists use camera traps? 3. Why do camera traps take photos with no animals? 4. Where do you need to put the camera? ‘wildlife conservationist (n) wail aif kansar'verfonist/ person who protects animals in natural areas ‘wild (animals) (aj) fwaild/ animalsin natural areas 3 You are going to watch a video about the filmmaker Adrian Seymour. Answer the questions. 1. What can you guess about him? 2. Why do you think he uses camera traps? While you watch 4 Watch the video with NO SOUND. Number Adrian's actions in the order he does them (1-9). He's getting up. He's going to bed. He's walking through the rainforest. He's putting a camera trap in a tree. He's taking a camera trap off a tree. He's looking for animals in the photos. He's taking a bath. He's watching an animal on his computer. He's climbing up a tree. hem reno oe 55 Watch the video again WITH SOUND. Choose the correct answer to the questions. 1. Where is the rainforest? a in Guatemala Din Costa Rica ¢_inHondures 2. Where do a lot of the animals live? a inrivers b intrees ¢_ under the ground 3 How many camera traps does he put inthe trees? a six b sixteen sixty 4 How long does Adrian wait before he looks at his camera traps? a four hours b four days © four weeks 5. When Adrian looks at the first photos, what oes he think? a Heis glad to see an ocelot. b- He doesn’t think there are any animals. He thinks the camera is broken. 6 He sees a kinkajou in the pictures. Which three facts are true about kinkajous? They come out at night. They live in rainforests. ‘They also live in the desert ‘They eat meat and fruit. ange After you watch 6 Role play an interview with Adrian Seymour Work in pairs. Student A: You are Adrian Seymour. A reporter is going to interview you about your filmmaking in Honduras. Think about what you are going to say. Student B: You are a reporter. You are writing an article about Adrian Seymour. Prepare some questions about Adrian’s filmmaking and his work with camera traps in Honduras. When you finish, change roles and repeat the interview. Units mand hearsUNIT 9 REVIEW Grammar 41 Complete the sentences with the going fo form of these verbs. buy notdrive take meet play watch 1 We a movie on TV tonight. 2 Matt and Raul —__ tennis. 31 friends for dinner. 4. They here because there’s a problem with theit cas. 5 you ‘a vacation this year? 6 Rachel the tickets online. 2. Make five sentences with going to and an infinitive of purpose, the theater tohave coffee. im atoneerthall tosee a musical anart gallery tolisten to music. 9019 % a café tolook a dothes. themall tobuy paintings. 3. Read these present continuous sentences. Do they talk about the present (P) or the future (F)? 1. Vmmaking a documentary about butterfies at the moment. 2. I'msorry, but I'm working late tonight. 3. Why are they waiting outside the movie theater? Where are you going after work? They aren’t leaving tomorrow. Chen and Li aren’t coming, so let's start. Vocabulary 4 Match these kinds of movies with the comments (6). action animation comedy documentary horror _ science fiction 1 Isa story about space aliens. 2. Itwas very funny and I laughed a lot. 3. It’s all about polar bears and how they live. 4 Tcouldn’t watch the movie. It was too scary! 5. There are fast cars and the hero always wins. 6 The “actors” are all drawn by computers. 5 Complete the missing words in these sentences. 1 Actors work in TV, movies, and in the t___ 2. You look at paintings inn a__ g_ 3. [play the guitar with a group of m. 4. Steven Spielberg is a famous movie 5. Wellistened to the music in a 6 Complete the table with these words. rds butterflies flowers grass_kangeroos mountains sea sky trees cco Jane [ins | Real life 7 Put the conversation in order (1-8). 1 Would you like to go to the movies? Sorry, but I'm working late. When are you going? OK. I'd love to come at nine. ‘The movie is also playing at nine. Great. Let’s meet outside the movie theater at quarter to nine. Atsix. 8 Good. See you there. Bye. 8 Work in pairs. Role play a phone call. Arrange to meet next week. Then change partners and make another arrangement for a different day next week. Speaking 9 Work in groups. Tell the others about your favorite musician, writer, actor, and artist. Say why you like them.