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新北师大版高中英语选择性必修二Unit6 The Media
From Page to Screen
1. Do you know these books and films?
2. What is each one about?
Look at the following pictures and discuss the questions.
Warming-up
The Shawshank Redemption
《肖申克的救赎》
The Legend of 1900
《海上钢琴师》
Schindler’s List
《辛德勒的名单》
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
《穿条纹睡衣的男孩》
Pre-reading
“Page” refers to the original book.
“Screen” refers to the film.
The film can be adapted from the book.
What does “page” refer to? What does “screen” refer to? How does something go from page to screen?
While-reading
What does the title “From Page to Screen” mean? Read paragraph 1. What is the writer’s attitude towards it?
“From Page to Screen” means adapting books to make films or TV series. He has been disappointed many times by a film of a book.
Read the whole article and complete the diagram.
While-reading
classic
novels
short stories
comic books
stage plays
those written by ghost writers
non-fiction
The Source Materials
books
films
While-reading
The Main Challenges for Filmmakers
The original VS Film
Para.3
Topic sentence
A question is obviously how close to the original the film is.
原著
The Cast
Para.4
Topic sentence
Another problem area is the cast.
演员阵容
Technical Reasons
Para. 5
Topic sentence
Some films are difficult to be adapted for technical reasons.
技术的
The Screenwriter
Para. 6
Topic sentence
One may think that it is the book writer who is in the best position to do film adaptations. In fact, sometimes authors are very involved in the process and may even be the screenwriter.
参与
编剧
The original VS the film
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The cast
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Technical reasons
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The screenwriter
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