Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 8. Brenda thinks young artists should try various techniques because … 1) specializing is a bad idea. 2) all of them are alike. 3) it helps them find their own style.

Presenter: Hello everyone, and here we are, back with our daily programme 'Five Minutes with a Star'. Today in our studio we have Brenda Black, a renowned TV animation artist. Good afternoon, Brenda. Brenda Black: Good afternoon. Thank you so much for inviting me here today. Presenter: I'm sure our listeners would like to know what you're working on now. Brenda Black: Currently, I am working on The Tom and Jerry Show at Renegade Animation. I am also working on several personal projects, one of which can be found on my website. The Secret Garden is a re-imagining of a story about a self-centred young girl who loses her parents in an unfortunate event. She is then forced to live with her distant uncle, where she soon discovers a secret that has been kept locked away for years. Presenter: That's interesting. Why did you start this one? Brenda Black: My reason for starting this project was to challenge myself to build a whole world, including the characters, environments and props, as well as key story moments. However, it was also partially because I enjoy coming-of-age stories that involve character development, growth and a journey of self-discovery. Presenter: What suits you better, working for a company or freelancing? Brenda Black: I enjoy being able to do both because of the variation I can get in terms of clients, pacing and type of work. However, I do prefer working for a company a bit more because I enjoy the process of collaborating and bouncing ideas back and forth with other talented people. Presenter: What advice would you give to an artist who is dealing with artist's block? How do you boost your imagination and keep yourself creative? Brenda Black: I'd say go out and have some fun. Step away from whatever you are doing and try something new or different. Living a healthy and balanced life is also important as it helps keep ideas flowing. I personally enjoy being outside, hiking, hanging out with friends, window shopping, playing different sports or just meeting new people. All the little things that you experience along the way will serve as inspirations when creating your work. The more you discover and observe things around you, the more you will have to draw from when you need ideas. Presenter: In your opinion, what should a young person take into consideration when choosing an artistic career path? Brenda Black: I think a young person should keep an open mind and try out as many things as possible. Don't limit your options when starting out, because there are so many things to learn from in all the fields of art. That's not to say that specialising is not good, but I think it will be beneficial to be open to different possibilities, as there is a lot of crossover among them. I think if you keep exposing yourself to various types of art, you will eventually find out what really resonates with you and keeps you motivated, and that will lead you to your artistic career. Presenter: What do you think of using modern social media and the internet to connect artists directly with their fans? Brenda Black: I think it's great that these platforms have helped bridge a gap that used to be difficult to connect. Artists are now able to gain the exposure they need by showcasing their work and fans can easily find and appreciate the different types of work put out by individual artists. They have also made it much easier for artists to gain inspirations and gather reference material. On the other hand, it may promote bad habits for an artist — it puts pressure on them to create work that would satisfy the public. Presenter: Thank you, Brenda. It has been very interesting talking to you. Brenda Black: Thank you.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 9. According to Brenda, why can social media be bad for artists? 1) They may develop a media addiction. 2) They can be pressured to draw what the public wants to see. 3) They lose their source of inspiration.

Presenter: Hello everyone, and here we are, back with our daily programme 'Five Minutes with a Star'. Today in our studio we have Brenda Black, a renowned TV animation artist. Good afternoon, Brenda. Brenda Black: Good afternoon. Thank you so much for inviting me here today. Presenter: I'm sure our listeners would like to know what you're working on now. Brenda Black: Currently, I am working on The Tom and Jerry Show at Renegade Animation. I am also working on several personal projects, one of which can be found on my website. The Secret Garden is a re-imagining of a story about a self-centred young girl who loses her parents in an unfortunate event. She is then forced to live with her distant uncle, where she soon discovers a secret that has been kept locked away for years. Presenter: That's interesting. Why did you start this one? Brenda Black: My reason for starting this project was to challenge myself to build a whole world, including the characters, environments and props, as well as key story moments. However, it was also partially because I enjoy coming-of-age stories that involve character development, growth and a journey of self-discovery. Presenter: What suits you better, working for a company or freelancing? Brenda Black: I enjoy being able to do both because of the variation I can get in terms of clients, pacing and type of work. However, I do prefer working for a company a bit more because I enjoy the process of collaborating and bouncing ideas back and forth with other talented people. Presenter: What advice would you give to an artist who is dealing with artist's block? How do you boost your imagination and keep yourself creative? Brenda Black: I'd say go out and have some fun. Step away from whatever you are doing and try something new or different. Living a healthy and balanced life is also important as it helps keep ideas flowing. I personally enjoy being outside, hiking, hanging out with friends, window shopping, playing different sports or just meeting new people. All the little things that you experience along the way will serve as inspirations when creating your work. The more you discover and observe things around you, the more you will have to draw from when you need ideas. Presenter: In your opinion, what should a young person take into consideration when choosing an artistic career path? Brenda Black: I think a young person should keep an open mind and try out as many things as possible. Don't limit your options when starting out, because there are so many things to learn from in all the fields of art. That's not to say that specialising is not good, but I think it will be beneficial to be open to different possibilities, as there is a lot of crossover among them. I think if you keep exposing yourself to various types of art, you will eventually find out what really resonates with you and keeps you motivated, and that will lead you to your artistic career. Presenter: What do you think of using modern social media and the internet to connect artists directly with their fans? Brenda Black: I think it's great that these platforms have helped bridge a gap that used to be difficult to connect. Artists are now able to gain the exposure they need by showcasing their work and fans can easily find and appreciate the different types of work put out by individual artists. They have also made it much easier for artists to gain inspirations and gather reference material. On the other hand, it may promote bad habits for an artist — it puts pressure on them to create work that would satisfy the public. Presenter: Thank you, Brenda. It has been very interesting talking to you. Brenda Black: Thank you.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 3. What do we learn about Vanessa at the beginning of the interview? 1) She is a beginner. 2) She has won her first writing award. 3) She writes affecting novels.

Presenter: Hello, everyone. This is your favorite weekly programme 'Writers'. Today we are happy to have here Vanessa Silva, the famous writer who has won numerous awards for her short fiction. Her novels are described as extraordinarily lyrical, moving, yet funny. Hello, Vanessa. Vanessa: Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me. Presenter: I've always wanted to know how people understand they were born to write books. You see, a writer is not a common profession. When did you first start writing? Vanessa: I started writing when I was still a child. I produced a newspaper at the age of six. The first issue was written in blue crayon. I wrote dreadful poetry when I was in my teens. I've still got it and it makes me giggle. I didn't write much apart from comedy, skits, and sketches until I started writing fiction properly in late 2002. Presenter: How did you go about starting your first novel? Vanessa: I remember I was once shopping in Brighton during a thunderstorm. I dashed into a bookshop and I picked up a random book. I drove home, sat down with some tea in my wet trousers, and I didn't get up again until I'd finished it, 400 pages. I have to thank that man so much. That's when I turned from someone who had bought a book to someone who had become a writer. It pushed the switch. It unlocked the feeling of, I want to do this. Presenter: Apart from being a writer, you are also a lecturer. How did you get into teaching? Vanessa: I think I'd found the thing that I loved doing and I wanted to pass on the love of doing it. I'm a totally non-academic tutor. I'm very craft-based, and I try to open up creativity in people, literally, in every person. Presenter: Do you believe everybody has a story to tell? Vanessa: I think that storytelling is almost innate in us. People sat round fires and caves in the Stone Age, telling each other stories. I don't think they would have just said, I went off and got a mammoth today. We have an ability to hang on to the important facts and drip-feed people with the important bits. You don't give it all up front. You make them want to know the next bit. Keep them involved by creating the character that draws them in and putting that character in a situation they can empathize with. Make the reader want to find out how they resolve this thing. Presenter: What is your advice for writers who are just starting? Vanessa: Read as much as you can, not just the things you're told to read by parents, tutors, and reviewers. Read anything, both good books and bad ones. Whatever genre you want to work in, you've got to get a sense for when you're improving. Write as much as you can, and at some point you will find that the words take on a shape and rhythm of their own. It's almost a physical thing to recognize what it feels like, that moment when you change from being the person in charge of the pen to someone not deliberately creating something. You'll find the point when a character takes off and does their own thing. You need to recognize that and not refuse to let the character do what they want. Don't use the characters as the puppet. Be a tool to the character so you're following along behind them. Listen to your own instincts as a writer and then edit. That may mean cutting a huge amount of words or cutting down a story by a third. I think a lot of writers don't do enough. They leave it raw. There's no point in doing things by half. Presenter: Thank you, Vanessa. It has been very interesting talking to you. Vanessa: Thank you.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 4. In her childhood Vanessa produced a … 1) newspaper. 2) collection of poems. 3) comedy.

Presenter: Hello, everyone. This is your favorite weekly programme 'Writers'. Today we are happy to have here Vanessa Silva, the famous writer who has won numerous awards for her short fiction. Her novels are described as extraordinarily lyrical, moving, yet funny. Hello, Vanessa. Vanessa: Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me. Presenter: I've always wanted to know how people understand they were born to write books. You see, a writer is not a common profession. When did you first start writing? Vanessa: I started writing when I was still a child. I produced a newspaper at the age of six. The first issue was written in blue crayon. I wrote dreadful poetry when I was in my teens. I've still got it and it makes me giggle. I didn't write much apart from comedy, skits, and sketches until I started writing fiction properly in late 2002. Presenter: How did you go about starting your first novel? Vanessa: I remember I was once shopping in Brighton during a thunderstorm. I dashed into a bookshop and I picked up a random book. I drove home, sat down with some tea in my wet trousers, and I didn't get up again until I'd finished it, 400 pages. I have to thank that man so much. That's when I turned from someone who had bought a book to someone who had become a writer. It pushed the switch. It unlocked the feeling of, I want to do this. Presenter: Apart from being a writer, you are also a lecturer. How did you get into teaching? Vanessa: I think I'd found the thing that I loved doing and I wanted to pass on the love of doing it. I'm a totally non-academic tutor. I'm very craft-based, and I try to open up creativity in people, literally, in every person. Presenter: Do you believe everybody has a story to tell? Vanessa: I think that storytelling is almost innate in us. People sat round fires and caves in the Stone Age, telling each other stories. I don't think they would have just said, I went off and got a mammoth today. We have an ability to hang on to the important facts and drip-feed people with the important bits. You don't give it all up front. You make them want to know the next bit. Keep them involved by creating the character that draws them in and putting that character in a situation they can empathize with. Make the reader want to find out how they resolve this thing. Presenter: What is your advice for writers who are just starting? Vanessa: Read as much as you can, not just the things you're told to read by parents, tutors, and reviewers. Read anything, both good books and bad ones. Whatever genre you want to work in, you've got to get a sense for when you're improving. Write as much as you can, and at some point you will find that the words take on a shape and rhythm of their own. It's almost a physical thing to recognize what it feels like, that moment when you change from being the person in charge of the pen to someone not deliberately creating something. You'll find the point when a character takes off and does their own thing. You need to recognize that and not refuse to let the character do what they want. Don't use the characters as the puppet. Be a tool to the character so you're following along behind them. Listen to your own instincts as a writer and then edit. That may mean cutting a huge amount of words or cutting down a story by a third. I think a lot of writers don't do enough. They leave it raw. There's no point in doing things by half. Presenter: Thank you, Vanessa. It has been very interesting talking to you. Vanessa: Thank you.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 5. What made Vanessa start her writing career? 1) Reading a book bought by chance. 2) An accident in Brighton. 3) A meeting with a writer.

Presenter: Hello, everyone. This is your favorite weekly programme 'Writers'. Today we are happy to have here Vanessa Silva, the famous writer who has won numerous awards for her short fiction. Her novels are described as extraordinarily lyrical, moving, yet funny. Hello, Vanessa. Vanessa: Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me. Presenter: I've always wanted to know how people understand they were born to write books. You see, a writer is not a common profession. When did you first start writing? Vanessa: I started writing when I was still a child. I produced a newspaper at the age of six. The first issue was written in blue crayon. I wrote dreadful poetry when I was in my teens. I've still got it and it makes me giggle. I didn't write much apart from comedy, skits, and sketches until I started writing fiction properly in late 2002. Presenter: How did you go about starting your first novel? Vanessa: I remember I was once shopping in Brighton during a thunderstorm. I dashed into a bookshop and I picked up a random book. I drove home, sat down with some tea in my wet trousers, and I didn't get up again until I'd finished it, 400 pages. I have to thank that man so much. That's when I turned from someone who had bought a book to someone who had become a writer. It pushed the switch. It unlocked the feeling of, I want to do this. Presenter: Apart from being a writer, you are also a lecturer. How did you get into teaching? Vanessa: I think I'd found the thing that I loved doing and I wanted to pass on the love of doing it. I'm a totally non-academic tutor. I'm very craft-based, and I try to open up creativity in people, literally, in every person. Presenter: Do you believe everybody has a story to tell? Vanessa: I think that storytelling is almost innate in us. People sat round fires and caves in the Stone Age, telling each other stories. I don't think they would have just said, I went off and got a mammoth today. We have an ability to hang on to the important facts and drip-feed people with the important bits. You don't give it all up front. You make them want to know the next bit. Keep them involved by creating the character that draws them in and putting that character in a situation they can empathize with. Make the reader want to find out how they resolve this thing. Presenter: What is your advice for writers who are just starting? Vanessa: Read as much as you can, not just the things you're told to read by parents, tutors, and reviewers. Read anything, both good books and bad ones. Whatever genre you want to work in, you've got to get a sense for when you're improving. Write as much as you can, and at some point you will find that the words take on a shape and rhythm of their own. It's almost a physical thing to recognize what it feels like, that moment when you change from being the person in charge of the pen to someone not deliberately creating something. You'll find the point when a character takes off and does their own thing. You need to recognize that and not refuse to let the character do what they want. Don't use the characters as the puppet. Be a tool to the character so you're following along behind them. Listen to your own instincts as a writer and then edit. That may mean cutting a huge amount of words or cutting down a story by a third. I think a lot of writers don't do enough. They leave it raw. There's no point in doing things by half. Presenter: Thank you, Vanessa. It has been very interesting talking to you. Vanessa: Thank you.