Exercise 56. Brainstorm ideas.

1. If you were an actor, what kind of actor would you be?

2. If you were a film - director, what kind of film - director would you be?

3. If you were a screenwriter, what kind of screenwriter would you be?

4. If you were a producer, what kind of producer would you be?

5. If you were a director of photography, what kind of director of photography would you be?

6. If you were a film sound designer, what kind of film sound designer would you be?

7. If you were a production designer, what kind of production designer would you be?

8. If you were a movie critic, what kind of movie critic would you be?

Exercise 57. Complete these short conversations using Conditionals.

Example: A: I wonder why you don’t go out more often.

B: I just don’t have enough time. If I had more time I’d go out more often.

1. A: I wonder why Brian hasn’t got any friends at university.

B: He isn’t outgoing enough.

1. A: I wonder why Bob owns over 3,000 movies.

B: He’s a film buff.

1. A: I wonder why Mark and Julie don’t get on.

B: They don’t have much in common.

1. A: I wonder why you didn’t like that episode.

B: It felt contrived throughout.

1. A: I wonder why Jessica didn’t turn up at the audition.

B: She had a sore throat.

1. A: I wonder why they didn’t stay at that hotel.

B: It doesn’t have a comfortable ambience.

1. A: I wonder why Sally didn’t enjoy the play last night.

B: She didn’t have a good seat.

1. A: I wonder why Michael turned down that role.

B: He’s fed up with playing villains.

 

Exercise 58. How do you think these people influenced the world of cinema?

Start your answers with: But for …

If it hadn’t been for …

the Limiere Brothers Eisenstein Fellini Gerasimov Dysney

Chaplin Bergman Antonioni Gaidai Marilyn Monroe