Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с видеофильмом "Casablanca". Дворжец О.С. - 15 стр.

pretty clear that [the film] was off on its own track and it wasn't going to be          One of the top film magazines on sale in Britain and America is Empire.
particularly related to the book. Their attitude was, 'Oh, when you see it, you'll   Between its covers you can find news, reviews, interviews, background arti-
be so amazed.' They always treat you like you're a moron – as if you have            cles, letters, competitions, a section on new 'movie' books.
never worked in this medium if you're a novelist. They act as if you have no             Barry Norman is Britain's best-known and most popular film critic. His
concept of what a screenplay looks like or how it will look on the screen."          half-hour BBC TV programme reviews several new releases each week. It
                                                                                     also contains film news, interviews, background reports, information about
11.3 Debating: Books on the screen                                                   films recently released on video, the British and American box-office top ten.
    You are going to have a class debate on the motion 'You can't judge a                The movie dictionary Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion was first pub-
book by its movie.' In the two groups 'The Pros' and 'The Cons' you had when         lished in 1965. Since then it's sold million of copies and been updated several
doing 11.1, discuss specific films and books that illustrate the pros and cons       times. Over 1,100 pages long, Halliwell's contains a couplete alphabetical
of screen adaptations of books. Together plan the presentation that you are          guide to films and film-makers, quotations, mini-reviews, quiz questions.
going to make to the other group to bring them over to your point of view. For
your presentations, use the material you had in 11.1 and 11.2 and any other          12.2 Read the review of the film Tin Cup and answer these questions:
material you can get. Decide how many students are going to make the                 1. Who is the director? Who does the film star?
speech. (For example, you can sit in a group and five or six of you can each in      2. What type of film is it?
turn make a point or a couple of points.)                                            3. Who does Kevin Costner play?
    When the debate takes place, arrange the classroom so that the speakers          4. Where is the film set? What is it about? Paraphrase the story briefly. (No-
are sitting at the front of the room with the audience facing them. When both            tice the use of the present tense.)
groups made their presentations, take a class vote on the motion.                    5. What is the reviewer's opinion of the film? Of the performances?
                                                                                     6. How would you describe the style and register of the review? Quite for-
12   Writing film reviews                                                                mal or chatty? Personal and subjective or impersonal and objective?
                                                                                     7. What is the effect of the review on you? Would you like to see the film?
12.1 Discuss these questions:                                                            Why/why not?
1. Where do you expect to find reviews of books, films etc.?
2. What is their purpose?
3. What do you expect a review to contain?
4. Do you read reviews? If yes, do you take any notice of them?

The passages below may be helpful.

                                 Magazines
    TV programmes, radio shows and newspapers… they all review new
films, helping to make them either successes or failures. There's a long list of
'cinema' books and magazines published every year.



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