Unit1 Lights, camera, action Reading 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Behind the scenes Comedy Action War Romance Science Fiction Musical Horror Fantasy Cartoon Documentary What elements of a film can you think of? directing photography acting screenplay (script) Behind the scenes Read the text and know some aspects of film-making. Master the writing techniques of giving examples and metaphor. Evaluate different aspects of a film and make comments on your own favourite films. learning objectives Some aspects of film-making behind the scenes Paras. 2-4: Main body Para. 1: Introduction Behind the scenes Para. 5 Conclusion Aspect 1: Aspect 2: Aspect 3: and the work done behind the scenes. Fast reading lot of hard work. require a Sound effects Visual special effects Props Think of appreciate Para. 1-Introduction 1. What is the genre of this article? Careful reading □ argumentation □ exposition □ lecture √ Hello, everyone! Let me start...Today, I'll give you a brief introduction to... 2. How do you infer the genre from the article? 3. Why does the film critic ask a question at the beginning of his lecture? To attract the audience’s attention, to make the audience think and connect the lecture’s topic with their background knowledge. Careful reading “Let me start by asking you a question: what’s the first thing you notice about a film? The acting? The music? Maybe the amazing sets?” Para. 1-Introduction The sounds of a baby elephant, a tiger and other animals to make a dinosaur roar in Jurassic Park. Why does the film critic mention Jurassic Park and Star Trek in his lecture? The sound of the doors opening in the Star Trek films. Careful reading Para. 2-sound effects By giving examples of the sound making in these two films, the film critic wants to prove that were mixed by a computer was made by pulling a sheet of paper out of an envelope many sound effects might not be made in the way you would expect. Para. 3-visual special effects Read the lecture transcript again carefully and complete the table below. Main points Examples __________________________________________________ The Quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter films were made with the actors jumping in front of a green screen. The aid of computers isn’t always preferred. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Scenes requiring CGI are filmed in front of a green screen. The director of The Lord of the Rings films used clever camera angles to make characters seem bigger or smaller than they really were. Careful reading Para. 4-props Main points Examples Props contribute to a film’s success. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Director James Cameron spent six months looking at and revising plans of the Titanic in order to build a full-sized model for his 1997 film. It took 500 workers 100 days to build the fine model. Careful reading How does the film critic show his main points and support them? A. By showing facts with numbers. B. By asking questions one by one. C. By giving examples group by group. D. By comparing effects of different aspects. One way good writers explain their ideas is to include examples which make the thoughts much more ____________________ ______________. Good examples can substitute for (代替) long e__________. Without them, the reader is left with just theories that are too difficult to understand and apply. The Function of Giving Examples concrete, practical, and comprehensible xplanations 1. Why is the lecture not able to do justice to all the work people have done behind the scenes? Para. 5-Conclusion Careful reading “Just as the poor passengers on the real Titanic saw the tip of the iceberg, what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making.” (Lines 33-35) 2. What is the writing technique used here? The writing technique metaphor is used here. “ ” is compared to “the tip of the huge iceberg” to indicate that . A metaphor compares one thing to another without using “as” or “like”. It draws the reader’s attention to the similarities between two things. Definition of metaphor: e.g. The mind is an ocean. His words were music to my ears. 1. Why is the lecture not able to do justice to all the work people have done behind the scenes? 2. What is the writing technique used here? The writing technique metaphor is used here. “ ” is compared to “the tip of the huge iceberg” to indicate that . Para. 5-Conclusion Careful reading What we see on the cinema screen “Just as the poor passengers on the real Titanic saw the tip of the iceberg, what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making.” (Lines 33-35) a huge amount of work lies unkown to the audience Let me start by asking a question: what's the1. (one) thing you notice about a film? 2. (actual), the film you see on the screen is the product of a huge amount of hard work, most of which takes place behind3. scenes. 4. (begin) with, I'd like to draw your attention to a film's sound effects, which are often added after a scene 5. (shoot) and might not be made in the way you would expect. first Actually To begin has been shot the Grammar filling Another aspect I attach great importance 6. is visual special effects. As green doesn't match any natural hair or skin colour, actors can be easily separated from the background, scenes7. (require) CGI are frequently filmed in front of a green screen. Props, contributing to a film's success, require a lot of work.To make a film look much 8. (real), great effort must be made to research, find and build objects. All in all，9. we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film­making. Hopefully, next time you go to the cinema, you'll spare a thought for all those 10. (talent) people. to requiring more real what talented sound effects directing visual special effects What other elements of a film can you think of? shot/photography screenplay(script)/acting props costume dub stunt make-up music editing Homework: Mini-Writing Discuss with your partner and write about your favourite films. My favorite film is ... This is a ... film. The main character of this film is acted by… The film tells a story about… The acting is of a very high standard. Additionally, with the help of a variety of shooting locations and... , … creates an …atmosphere which moved/entertained…me a lot. From this film, I learn that... A possible version： My favorite film I enjoy watching movies, sometimes just for visual entertainment, but most times for the broader view of the world presented by the films. There are several movies that impressed me most. One of those is an inspirational film called "the pursuit of happiness ", which gives me many feelings and inspirations. The leading actor, Chris Gardner , is a poor salesman. His wife could not stand the hard life and left him. Then he lived a tough life with his 5-year-old son. Sometimes they had to go to sleep at the shelter, even once they stayed in the public toilet. However , he was never beaten by the difficulties. He held a strong faith and remained optimistic all along. Meanwhile, he tried his best to protect his son. Through his efforts, he got through an interview and obtained a formal work. At last he got his happiness with belief. A possible version: This movie does touch and inspire me a lot. It gives me the strength to keep going when the struggles and obstacles come along. God helps those who help themselves. No matter how bad the situation is, I will never give up. I believe that if I protect my dream, and fight for my dream, then the tomorrow is mine. Life is filled with hope. I want to make my life excellent. Thank you for listening! Lavf57.62.100 Lavf57.62.100 $$