Exercise 25. Passive Simple, Passive Perfect.

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Exercise 24. Imagine that, rich and very famous, you return to your home town after 30 years. A lot of things have changed. Make sentences using Present Perfect Passive to say what is different.

Exercise 21. Read the description of a typical shooting day, each sentence of which is an elaborate answer to a question you are asked to write starting with a question word given in brackets.

1. A typical day's shooting begins with the crew arriving on the set/location by their call time. [When?]

2. The grip, electric and production design crews are typically a step ahead of the camera and sound departments: for efficiency's sake, while a scene is being filmed, they are already preparing the next one. [Why?]

3. While the crew prepare their equipment, the actors are wardrobed in their costumes and rehearse with the director, the camera and sound crews. [When?]

4. At the end of the day, the director approves the next day's shooting schedule and a daily progress report is sent to the production office. [What?]

5. This includes the report sheets from continuity, sound, and camera teams. [What?]

6. Call sheets are distributed to the cast and crew to tell them when and where to turn up the next shooting day. [What?]

7. Later on, the director, producer, other department heads, and, sometimes, the cast, may gather to watch that day or yesterday's footage, called dailies, and review their work. [Who?]

Exercise 22. Read the text below paying attention to the cues commonly used in film production and guess who they come from. Use the words in the box:

The… calls "picture is up!" to inform everyone that a take is about to be recorded, and then "quiet, everyone!" Once everyone is ready to shoot, the … calls "roll sound" (if the take involves sound), and the …. will start their equipment, record a verbal slate of the take's information, and announce "sound speed" when they are ready. The … follows with "roll camera", answered by "speed!" by the … once the camera is recording. The …, who is already in front of the camera with the clapperboard, calls "marker!" and slaps it shut. If the take involves extras or background action, the … will cue them ("action background!"), and last is the …, telling the actors "action!". The AD may echo "action" louder on large sets. A take is over when the … calls "cut!", and camera and sound stop recording.

Exercise 23. Make up word collocations (as many as you can) with the following nouns (use the verbs from the box to help you or find your own):

a recce, a budget, a schedule, production crew members, sets, locations, dailies, sound, camera.

Example: The Grad Café (to turn) into a casino. – The Grand Café has been turned into a casino.

1. The houseboats (to turn) into floating restaurants. 2. A new car park (to build). 4. The old fire station (to turn) into a theatre. 5. The station (modernize). 6. Some streets (to widen). 7. A statue of you (to put) in the park. 8. Your house (to turn) into a museum.