appreciation-of-English-movie--英语影视赏析

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1.Birth of the film(1832-1895)
• Conditions of the birth: • VSP (visual staying phenomenon) • Camera was invented • Chronophotographing(连续照相） • Film was invented • Vidicon (摄像机）
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2.The Silent Era (1895-1930)
• Film history from 1895 to 1906 • Film history from 1906 to 1914 • Film history from 1914 to 1919 • Hollywood triumphant
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Chronophotographing(连续照相）
• In 1872, Eadweard Muybridge successfully photographed a horse named “Sallie Gardner”
in fast motion using a series of 24 stereoscopic cameras. The experiment took place on June 11 at the Palo Alto farm in California with the press present. The cameras were arranged along a track parallel to the horse’s, and each of the camera shutters was controlled by a trip wire which was triggered by the horse’s hooves. They were 21 inches apart to cover the 20 feet taken by the horse stride, taking pictures at one thousandth of a second.
• Kinetograph(电影视镜), but only one can enjoy the film.
• Théatre Optique(光学影戏机)—begin to show motion pictures on the screen
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VSP (visual staying phenomenon)
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爱迪生
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the brothers lumiere(卢米埃尔兄弟）
卢米埃尔兄弟
1895, 12, 28, the world's first movie official release, the Lumiere brothers in Paris " cafe" in the basement of the movie" Lumiere factory gate" train station".". So far, seventh of the world of art, light and shadow art cinema was born formally. Later, the day is named" world movie day".
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Representative Films
Watering the Gardener, The Train Drawing in; Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory; A Trip to the Moon; Gulliver'lm history from 1895 to 1906
• In the silent era of film, marrying （结合） the image with synchronous (同步的） sound was not possible for inventors and producers, since no practical method was devised until 1923. Thus, for the first thirty years of their history, movies were silent, although accompanied by live musicians and sometimes sound effects and even commentary spoken by the showman or projectionist （放映师）.
Appreciation of English Movie
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Objective
• To learn how to identify the basic elements of a movie
Characters and performance Narrative Style • To foster the ability of critical analysis of movies
in different approaches;
• To elevate the ability of appreciating and repeating movie lines;
• Self-making short films if possible
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Main Contents
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The history of the film
• 1.Birth of the film(1832-1895) • 2. The silent era (1895-1930) • 3. The sound era(1930-1945) • 4. Diverse development (1945-now )
• To appreciate a film, it is not necessarily vital to study the history of films, however, it would be of great assistance if you have certain knowledge about films.
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Film history from 1906 to 1914
• The film business • By 1907 there were about 4,000 small
“nickelodeon” cinemas in the United States. The films were shown with the accompaniment of music provided by a pianist, though there could be more musicians. There were also a very few larger cinemas in some of the biggest cities.
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Film history from 1914 to 1919
• The years of the First World War were a complex transitional period for the film industry. It was the period when the exhibition of films changed from short programmer of one-reel （卷）films to longer shows consisting of a feature film of four reels or longer, though still supported by short films. The exhibition venues（集合地） also changed from small nickelodeon cinemas to larger cinemas charging higher prices.
organize the whole process; • 5. The other students joining in the discussion or acting.
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The Classical Movies
• Gone with the Wind • Forrest Gump • Sound of Music • Pride and Prejudice • The Bond Films (Tomorrow Never Dies) • Mary and Max • Brave Heart
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Requirements
• To appreciate 7 movies in class;
• The whole class will be divided into 8 groups, and each group is to center on one by
• 1. introducing the related knowledge before watching a film. • 2.analyzing the film; • 3. acting out part of the film for at least 10 minutes; • 4. A leader being expected to take the responsibility to
• (3) 表示“电影业”或“电影界”等，可用 the cinema (英), the movies(美), films (英)。
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Film is the seventh art in the world
• Others: music, drawing, dance, sculpture, building, poetry.
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Hollywood triumphant
• Until this point, the cinemas of France and Italy had been the most globally popular and powerful. But the United States was already gaining quickly when World War I (1914–1918) caused a devastating interruption in the European film industries. The American industry, or "Hollywood", as it was becoming known after its new geographical center in California, gained the position it has held, more or less, ever since: movie factory for the world, exporting its product to most countries on earth and controlling the market in many of them.
picture, motion picture, moving picture, picture show, silver screen。 • 2. 表示“电影院”，英式英语常用 cinema ，美式则用movie。
• 注：在美国英语中，表示“电影院”还可用 movie theatre, movie house。在英国英语中有时还可用 go to the pictures 来表示“去 看电影”(但这种用法在现代英语中已不多见)。
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电影的英语名称
• cinema, film 与movie三者均可表示“电影,电影院”等意思，但其 意义和用法还是有些区别：
• 1. 表示“电影”时，
• (a) 侧重指电影片子，通常用 film (英), movie (美)。 • (b) 侧重电影放映，常用 the cinema (英), the movies (美)。 • 注：电影还可以说 cine, cinema, cinematic, cinematographic, flick, living
• Introduction to the background of the movie.
• Explanation of the key words and sentences in the movie.
• Appreciation of classical actor’s lines. • Appraisal of the morals in the movie.