English Rewind - Entertainment: The extra 🎬

Is starring in the movies as glamorous as it seems? 💃 🎥 🕺🏻 In this week's English Rewind we go behind the scenes with this archive episode of the BBC Learning English programme Entertainment and find out what it's like to work on a film. We talk to Alex Goodship, who worked on the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice. What did she do on the film and what was the experience like? Listen to find out. 😁 Join the conversation and tell is - What movie would you have liked to star as an extra in? 🎬

✔️ the big screen - the cinema screen
✅ Example sentence: We saw the new Disney film on the big screen.

✔️ behind the scenes - about the process of filmmaking
✅ Example sentence: Do you know any behind the scenes info about that new superhero movie?

✔️ to fancy doing something - to want to do something because you think it will be enjoyable
✅ Example sentence: Fiona fancies trying that new Korean restaurant. Do you want to join us?

✔️ the set - the location that is used to be part of a film (or TV show, play)
✅ Example sentence: The set for that new fantasy film has been leaked! It looks amazing. I can't wait to see how it looks on film.

✔️ to be knackering (slang) - to be very tiring
✅ Example sentence: Work is knackering at the moment. We have so many deadlines to meet.

✔️ a period drama - a film (or TV show, play) set in a time in the past which has particular costumes which are very different from modern dress
✅ Example sentence: My mum loves watching period dramas like Downtown Abbey.

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