Unit 18 Film and entertainment
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Thank you fo r coming to this ta lk on the A ustralian Film Institute, or AFI as most of us know it.
We pride ourselves on the w ork we have done over the last 50 years, and I hope to let you know
how we w ill keep prom oting and developing this great country's film industry. I’m going to start
by giving you a little bit of history about the AFI, then I’ll go on to te ll you about the w ork w e ’re
involved in at the m oment, and then te ll you a little bit about w hat the futu re holds fo r the AFI.
So, le t’s sta rt at the beginning. 1958 is an im portant date in our history, as it was when the
Institute was founded. Since then, we have been w orking continuously fo r the follow ing purpose;
to promote film and television in A ustralia. I th in k however our celebrated film and television
awards are w hat we at the AFI are most w e ll known for, which do indeed fu lfill our aim s of
prom otion of the industry. In fact, we th in k these awards have also elevated the standards of
Australian film since th e ir inception in the sixties. We're incredibly proud of them.
The awards became so popular that we expanded them . In 1986, TV categories were added
to the list of prestigious awards we offered. The awards have grown in popularity and status
over the years, and there is no doubt that we are one of the leading film and television award
cerem onies in the country. We have ju st recently held o u r 50th anniversary, which took place at
M elbourne's Princess Theatre. Some big names in the film and television industry were there
and it was a real celebration of success.
Now, this leads me up to our present work...
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My favourite book is called the Hunger Games. It was w ritte n by Suzanne Collins I thin k and it is
a really good book. The story is set in North Am erica, but at a tim e when things are very bad. It’s
a story of a te rrib le society, w hich is separated into d istricts. A boy and g irl from each d is tric t
are sent to take part in the Hunger Games. These games are televised fo r everyone to see. The
games are basically a fig h t to the death fo r the children taking part. The story follow s a g irl
called Katniss, who is forced to take part in the games when she offers herself up instead of her
sister. I like the story so much because it is very exciting. At first, I found it really horrifying, but
the more I read it, the more I couldn’t put the book down. I really came to like the main character
too. She is so strong. I was recommended this book by some friends and it didn’t disappoint me.
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A film I saw recently which I p a rticu la rly liked was Toy Story 3. It’s the third of a trilo g y of Toy
Story film s, and I thin k it ’s the best, but saddest one. These film s are made by Pixar and they
are cartoon film s, but I th in k they are fo r adults as w e ll as children! The film is about toys th a t
get throw n out as th e ir owner is too old to play w ith them anymore. They’ re given to a nursery
school, but the nursery school children are horrible and the toys are treated really badly. So, the
story follow s th e ir journey to get back to th e ir original owner. The main characters in the film
are Woody, who is voiced by Tom Hanks, and Buzz Lightyear. I like this film so much because the
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