Lights! Camera! Kiss! - Intimacy on screen

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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How actors are made to feel more comfortable when filming intimate scenes.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
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0:05.6	Six Minute English from BBCLearningEnglish.com
0:13.7	Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil.
0:17.6	And I'm Georgina.
0:19.2	When we think about romantic Hollywood movies,
0:21.7	there have been some famous examples over the years.
0:25.0	There are classic black and white romance movies,
0:27.3	like 1950 ones, a street car named Desire,
0:30.2	and the love affair between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
0:34.4	made in 1942.
0:36.0	You're really showing your age, Neil.
0:38.5	What about more recent movies like When Harry Met Sally?
0:41.9	Or that famous kiss between the characters Jack and Rose in the film Titanic?
0:46.5	In their time, all these movies were blockbusters,
0:49.2	very popular and successful films,
0:51.2	which sold millions of cinematic hits.
0:53.6	And this success was often due to the on-screen romance
0:56.8	between the leading actors.
0:58.7	In romantic movies, love is in the air.
1:01.6	Couples hold hands and kiss,
1:03.5	or in other words, they show intimacy,
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