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1、Unit5ThesilverscreenⅠ.TeachingGoals:1.Talkaboutfilmsandfamousactorsanddirectors.2.Practisemakingcommentsandgivingopinions.3.UsetheAttributiveClausewithprepositions,suchasinwhichorrelativeadverbswhere,whenandwhy.4.Learntowriteaboutafilm.Ⅱ.TeachingTime:FiveperiodsⅢ.BackgroundInformationⅠ.TH
2、EMAGICOFMOVIESSinceDecember28,1895,therehavebeenmovieaudiences.ThatdaytheLumierebrothersshowedshortfilmsinacafeinParis.Theaudiencescreamedwhenatrainonthefilmcamerighttowardthem.Sincethen,filmmakershaveusedvarioustechniquestoamazeaudiences.Thesetechniquesfromtheartofspecialeffects—andcreat
3、ethemagicofthemovies.Oneofthefirstgeniuses(天才)ofspecialeffectswasalsoaFrenchman—GeorgesMelies.In1899,hemadeamoviecalledTheConjurer.Init,hedisappeared,andthenhisfemaleassistantdisappeared.Howwasthispossible?Earlymoviemakersstoppedthecameraandthenstarteditagain.In-betweentime,thepersonorobj
4、ectorsceneinfrontofthecamerachanged.Forexample,inoneofhisearlyfilms,theinventorThomasEdisonsubstituted(代替)adummy(人体模型)fortheactressinafilmaboutMary,QueenofScots.Thedummy’sheadwaschopped(砍)offtoshowthequeen’sdeath.Whenaudiencessawthethescene,theygasped(深吸气)inhorror.Sincethen,filmmakershave
5、usedtechniqueslikethistomakepeopleseethingsthatdidn’thappeninreallifeinfrontofthecamera.Moviemakerstodaystilluseanotheroldtechnique:smallmodelsforlargeobjects.OneofthemostfamousspecialeffectsinmoviehistorywasKingKongina1933film.ThehugegorillascaredaudienceswhenheclimbedtheEmpireStateBuild
6、ing.ButtherealKingKongwasamodelandwasactuallyonly18incheshigh!Themoviemakersusedthestop-motiontechnique.Workersputthemodelofthegorillainonepositionandtookapicture.Thentheymoveditatinybitandtookanotherpicture.Foronesecondonthescreen,thereweretwenty-fourpicturesofKong!Recently,computershave
7、becomeimportantinspecialeffects.In1996,themovieToyStorywasthefirstmoviemadeentirelyofcomputer-generatedimagesandcharacters.Over800000hoursofcomputertimewentintothefinalfilm.TherecentseriesofStarWarsfilmshasmadeextensiveuseofdigitalcomputerimages.Infact,insomescenes,
