Documentaries (Ins Upp p 74-75)

Read through the text on the history of documentary film on p. 74-75 (if you don't have your student's book at home, the pages can be found in Tera), fill in the missing paragraphs and write the letter into the gaps below. 1. B2. A3. D4. F5. C The text gave you information about the following:Lumiére Brothers and actualitiesRobert Flaherty’s documentariesJohn Grierson ‘adapted reality’NewsreelsDirect cinemaFly-on-the-wall styleDocu-gandaMockumentaryWrite a short description (one sentence is enough) to bring out the main characteristics of each. You can use the recording tool if you prefer speaking to typing. This is the beginning of the documentaries. There is no task, just enjoy and try to imagine what the experience might have been like for the people in 1896. There is no task here - again, enjoy :)A trailer to the one of the mockumentaries that caused a lot of stir as it was shown on the Animal Planet. If you have a lot of free time, the full video is available here: Fill in the missing words (Tb ex. 5 p. 74) Want to make your own documentary?First, choose a hard-hitting story; then write your script. Get your friends to tell the story and shoot on location (it's cheaper than in a studio). If you need some money to get going, try crowd funding on the Internet.Always use a hand-held camera - your mobile phone camera is ideal - and follow your subject. Make your film look more realistic by using a fly-on-the wall style of filming. Sure, you will probably need to have a few staged scenes with some scripted dialogue, but try to make them sound as spontaneous as possible.When you've finished filming, it's time to edit. You can add a voice-over, although I prefer to show, rather than tell people what to think. If there's a political message, it's better for your audience to draw their own conclusions, rather than producing a docu-ganda. If you can, use archival footage from time to time as a bit of history will give your film more credibility. You could also add a musical score, but be careful the song doesn't distract the audience from your message. The next two tasks are from the vocabulary bank on p. 139 and practise the film-making vocabulary.In the first task you need to match the words with their explanations the basic plot in a film storyline a person who makes drawings of the clothes to be warn by actors costume designer the words for a film and the instructions on how it should be acted screenplay a person who does dangerous things in a film instead of an actor stuntman comments in a film that are given by a person who is not seen on the screen voice-over a long pole that carries a microphone boom a person who produces the words for a film scriptwriter the arrangement ensuring that a scene is not too dark lighting a person who creates a series of drawings showing the outline of the story in a film storyboard artist a place outside a studio where scenes of a film are made location a person who is responsible for recording all the sounds for a film audio engineer a small object used by actors in a film prop The second task asks you to use the words matched in the previous task in a context. Fill in the gaps with the word from the word bank. NB! pay attention to given singular and plural forms of the nouns. They can help you limit your choices. The first stage in the film-making process is when the ideas for the film are created. The producer contracts a scriptwriter, who develops the storyline of the film. Successful screenplays are given the green light by a film studio and a production company is created. The producer hires a crew which includes the director and the heads of all the different departments. There is a costume designer who prepares all the actors' clothes; a 'scout' who looks for the locations where the scenes will be shot; and a person who is in charge of any props the actors might need. There is also a storyboard artist who is responsible for producing the visual images the director might need to communicate instructions to the actors. During production, an audio engineer records all the audio material using a boom which must not be visible on the screen. An engineer looks after the lighting so that the right atmosphere is created for the action to take place. At the end of each day, the cast and the stuntmen receive the shooting schedule for the next day. During post-production, the voice-over is added, if there is one, and finally, the film is released to the cinemas. In the 1920s, some documentary makers used _ scenes. They filmed their own versions of real events using actors staged acted presented In a fly-on-the- _ style documentary, you never see the camera crew or a presenter. floor stage wall Docu- _ is a kind of film which tries to manipulate the viewe's opinion. soap scene ganda When a documentary is financed by ordinary members of the public, it's called _ funding. people crowd society _ scores can make documentaries more dramatic and interesting musical final adventure In making a film about the Vietnam War, the documentary maker used _ footage - scenes that were filmed during the war in the 1960s. old-time archival presented Watch the video and think what the process of making this documentary might have been like. Write down your thoughts about the process of making the previous video. Try to use as many film-making terms from today's lesson as you can.