Unit4Filmsandfilmevents●TaskWritingaspeechaboutthefilmindustryGeneralintroductionThissectionconsistsofaseriesofactivitieswhichprovideyouwithanopportunitytopracticeyourlistening,speaking,readingandwritingskills.TheTaskisdividedintothreestepsandeachstepisprecededwithaskillsbuildingactivity.Throughthethreesteps,youwilllearnhowtocompleteaquiz,howtolistenforemphasisandhowtouseinformationfrommorethanonesource.Youareexpectedtoapplywhatyouhavelearntintheskillsbuildingpartstowriteaspeechaboutthefilmindustry.Skillsbuilding1:completingaquizInaquiz,weareusuallyaskedtoanswersomequestions.Whatshouldwedowhenwetakeaquizandwhatstepsweshouldtaketomakesurethatweanswerthequestionscorrectly?Let’sreadtheguidelinesandthethreestepsonourbooks.Afterthatyouwillhaveachancetocompleteaquizaboutthefilmindustry.Step1:completingaquizaboutthefilmindustryThispartisdesignedtohelpyoudevelopyourlisteningskills.Youwilllistentotworadioprogrammesdiscussingtheearlydaysoffilm,andthenreadawebpageaboutfilmfacts.Youareexpectedtousealloftheinformationtocompleteafilmquiz.Beforelistening,youcanlookthroughthequestionsfirst.1.Listentothetape.TapescriptHost:TodayonHistory’sGreatestInventions,wearediscussingfilms,whichwereoncecalled‘movingpictures’!Guest:Well,thatisn’tsuchastrangename.That’swhatfilmsare——movingpictures.Whatoureyesseeasmovementsarereallyjustthesmalldifferencesbetweenthousandsofstillphotographs.Host:Really?Guest:Yes,everyfilmismadeofframes,andeachframeisjustaphotograph.Wefirststartedviewingthemasconnectedfilmsbackinthe1880s.WilliamFriese-Greenwasthefirstmantorecordandthenplaybackwhatwenowthinkofasafilm.HemadehisfilminHydePark,London,andlaterwatcheditinhishome.Onthetwenty-eighthofDecembereighteenninety-five,twoFrenchmen,theLumièrebrothers,madeafilmandpresentedittopayingaudiences.Theyareoftenconsideredthe‘fathersofthemodernfilmindustry’Host:Thesefirstfilmswerenotliketheonesweseetoday,werethey?Guest:No.Onebigdifferenceisthespeedofthefilming—atfirst,cameraswereoperatedbyhand,anditwashardtokeepthefilmmovingatthesamespeedallthetime.Whenweseetheseoldfilmstoday,theactorslookliketheyaremovingtoofast.Anotherbigdifferenceisthatoldfilmshadnosound.Wenowrefertothemassilentfilms.Whenpeoplewenttoseethem,therewould用心爱心专心116号编辑beapianoplayer,orevenanorchestrainthetheatretoprovidemusic.Thefirst‘talkingfilm’orfilmwithsoundwasshowninNewYorkinnineteentwenty-seven.ItwascalledTheJazzSinger.Thefirstwordseverheardinafilmwere,‘waitaminute.Waitaminute.Youain’theardnothin’yet.’Audiencesweresoexcitedtheyevenstoodupinthetheatreandapplauded!Oneotherthingyouwillnoticeifyouwatchanolderfilmisthattheywereallinblackandwhite.Oneinterestingfactisthatwhileweknowthefirstwordsspokenonfilm,andwherethefirstfilmwasmade,wehavenoideawhatthefirstcolorfilmwas.Manypeopletrytoclaimthatonefilmoranotherwasthefirstonemadeincolor,butthereisnowaytoprovewhoisright!2.I’llplaytherecordingagain.Let’schecktheanswers.AnswersA1.TheLumièrebrothers.3.Movingpictures.4.London.5.Thespeed,thesoundandthecolorofthefilm.8.Inthetheatre.9.TheJazzSinger.10.Noidea.3.ListentoanotherradioprogrammeinPartB.ThistimeyouwilllistentosomeinformationaboutHollywood,andyoucanusetheinformationtoanswersomeoftheremainingquestionsonthequiz.I’llplaytherecordingtwiceifitisnecessaryforyou.TapescriptHost:We’veinvitedaHollywoodexperttotalktousabouthowthingsworkinHollywo...
