英语电影赏析

课程名称：英语电影赏析No.3『Teaching Organization』1.review2.introduction of the film3.watch the film『Teaching Procedures』『Classroom Teaching』Step 1: reviewThe important sentences in Forrest GumpStep 2: introduction of Shawshank RedemptionIt was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Morgan Freeman), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography（最佳摄影）, Best Editing, Best Original Score（最佳原创音乐）, and Best Sound - but it failed to win a single Oscar. And the film's director failed to receive a nomination for himself! In the same year, Forrest Gump received all of the attention. Only through positive word-of-mouth (following cable TV and then video releases) did the film do well.Step 3: film appreciationStudents watch the film by themselves and try to follow the narratives.『Preview』Shawshank Redemption (2)『Assignment』Search for materials relevant to the film on the internet.课程名称：英语电影赏析No.4『Teaching Organization』1.review2.watch the film3.appreciation of the film『Teaching Procedures』『Classroom Teaching』Step 1: watch the filmThe students watch the rest of the film.Step 2: appreciation of the filmⅠ. CharactersAndy Dufrasne:Andy Dufrasne played by Tim Robbins.A New England banker accused of murdering his wife and her lover. Claims he is innocent, but everyone is innocent in Shawshank. Likes to collect rocks, read, starts a library, and dreams of building a boat at the Pacific Ocean. Close friends with Red and Brooks.Red:“Red” played by: Morgan Freeman. Fellow inmate and prisoner in Shawshank. Imprisoned as a young man he has almost been entirely institutionalized. Very close friends with Andy and dreams of being free someday.Warden Norton:Warden Norton played by: Bob Guntan.The warden is a very religious man who on the side is hiding money in false bank accounts and using Andy so his crime can’t be traced to him.He enjoys torturing his p risoners such as throwing them in the “hole”. He is very powerful and has immense influence on the prison.Brooks Hatlen:Brooks Hatlen played by James Whitmore. The prison librarian, Brooks has been in Shawshanks for almost all of his life. He is known for his caring personality( takes care of a baby crow Jake), but eventually is released. He gives in to institutionalization and commits suicide because he can’t live in the real world.Tommy Williams:Tommy Williams played by: Gil Bellows. A young man in and out of prison his whole life, Tommy came to Shawshank for robbery. He Has a wife and child at home, so he asks Andy for help in learning how to read and write so he can get a high school diploma. He was in prison with the man who killed Andy’s wife and h er lover.Ⅱ.themeInstitutionalization is a major theme in Shawshank Redemption. Many prisoners have been in the prison for so long that they have been institutionalized, which means the only life that they know is the one within the prison walls. Ex: Brooks lived most of his life in the prison, so whenreleased he does not know how to live in the outside world. Things have changed so much while he was in prison and he even thinks of crimes he could commit in order to be thrown back into prison. He eventually commits suicide because he cannot handle life in the real world.Ⅲ.symbolThe music symbolizes hope and especially Andy's hope that he will someday be free and living on his own again. The music can be in his heart and mind and the warden cannot take that away from him.The harmonica is a symbol of harmony and it shows the harmonic relationship between Andy and Red because Andy gives it to Red. It also symbolizes hope.Ⅳ. Background InformationShawshank was the quietest film to be nominated for seven academy awards. It did not win any. In 1995, a year after it came out in the theaters, Shawshank became the top video rental of the year. Based on the book Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by: Stephen KingThe original Red was a white, Irish man with red hair, but Morgan Freeman was chosen because his personality matched perfectly. Shawshank Redemption shows that with hope and persistence, everyone can find their own place in the sun.“Get busy living or get busy dying”- it’s important to have hope and to live for something or else it isn’t worth living.Step 3: practice. Watch the section of the film and fill in the blanks.Practice (1):We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like ________. We could have been tarring(铺沥青) the roof of one of our own houses. We were the lords of all creation. As for Andy,---he spent that break hunkered(盘坐) in the shade---a strange little ____on his face--- watching us ____________.Practice (2):Red: Brooks ain’t no bug. He’s just _____________.Heywood: Institutionalized? My ass. The man’s been here 50 years, Heywood, 50 years. This is all he knows. In here, he’s an important man--- an _______ man. Outside, he’s nothing. Just a used- up con with arthritis(关节炎) in both hands. Probably couldn’t’t get a library card if he tried. You know what I’m trying to say?Red, I do believe you are talking out of you ass(胡说).Red: You believe whatever you want. But I tell you these walls are funny. First, you ______ them. Then you ___________ them. Enough time passes---you get so you___________ them. That’s “Institutionalized”.Shit.I could never get like that.Oh, yeah? Wait till you have been here as long as Brooks.Red: Goddamn right. They __________________--- that’s exactly what they take.Practice (3):Andy: It was in here. In here. That’s the_______________. They can’t get that from you. Haven’t you ever felt that way about music?Red: Well, I played a mean harmonica (口琴) as a younger man. Lost interest i n it, though. Didn’t _____________in here.Andy: Here’s where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don’t forget.Red: Forget?Andy: Forget that there are ---places--- in the world that aren’t made out of stone. There’s something --- inside--- that they can’t get to --- that_____________. That’s yours.『Preview』The pursuit of happiness (1)『Assignment』Search for materials relevant to the film on the internet.课程名称：英语电影赏析No.5『Teaching Organization』1.review2.introduction of the film3.watch the film『Teaching Procedures』『Classroom Teaching』Step 1: ReviewThe important sentences in Shawshank RedemptionStep 2: introduction of the Pursuit of HappynessAdapt from a true biographyExecutive producer Make Kalama saw the story of Chris Gander on the television programs. Chris Gander, the homeless man, for his son and his own beliefs, did all the things he can. From the bottom of life stepped towards success and eventually became a famous investment expert. His story moved Make Kalama at once. Kalama immediately telephoned Gander, asked for right to adapt the story. Although Smith is very busy, after he saw the script, Smith agreed to act immediately. Gander became the film consultant; his autobiography at the beginning of this year and became bester seller.Step 3: film appreciationStudents watch the film by themselves and try to follow the narratives.『Preview』the pursuit of happyness (2)『Assignment』Search for materials relevant to the film on the internet.课程名称：英语电影赏析No.6『Teaching Organization』1.review2.watch the film3.appreciation of the film『Teaching Procedures』『Classroom Teaching』Step 1: ReviewImportant points in the previous lessonStep 2: watch the filmStudents continue to watch the film.Step 3: appreciation of the filmⅠ.Meaning of the titleQuestion: Why is the film named “happyness” instead of “happiness”?不知道你有没有注意到电影的名字是happyness而不是happiness。