Topic: Film and Movie

电影话题 - 英语讨论

黑白无声电影(适合comedy喜剧,配合字幕)-> 黑白电影(结合音乐和字幕) -> 彩色电影 -> 特效超人 -> Streaming Service

Words

  • jogging 跑步
  • Choreography 编舞
  • heroine 女主角
  • film making
  • ethnography 民族志(This particular style of ethnographic filmmaking is called the community-determined approach. shared authorship.)
  • Ethnography 人种学
  • dubbed 被称为
  • voiceover 画外音,解说者的声音
  • dubbed film 配音电影:一种将原始电影的对话和音效以其他语言重新录制的电影版本。
  • Opera(歌剧): a man, a woman, and emotion
  • talent agent 经纪人:一种为演员、音乐家、模特等艺人提供经纪服务的职业人士。

Movie History

A Brief History of Film

  • 1870s: birth of movie picture, Horse in Moving
  • Thomas Edison, Brothers, pioneers
  • Early 20th: narrative, detailed charcters, more complex, stories
  • Comedy
  • Montage Theory(Russia): five methods of montage, different shots, the cutting in film is as important as the images. Film Grammar
  • Sound Stages(the US): Talkies(synchorized music, singing, and dialogue), combied with images, Studio system, the big five, The Golden Age Hollywood
  • Color film: Color Theory/film: psychological
  • Production, Movie theaters
  • CGI computer generated image, super heros
  • 2020: Streaming Service, Subscription, Block Booking? Monopoly
  • Movie Theater 电影院(看电影的剧院)

Articles

Lecture on Choreography Class

  • super-imposing: adding a fire background
  • illusion of flow: 流动错觉; entering and exiting the frame several times.

The Problem of Narrative Clarity in Silent Films(hard)

Conversation: film review

  • film review: analysis, strengths and weaknesses, comparasion to other films and personal opinions
  • synopsis 大纲
  • subjective or objective

Transition to Sound in Film 电影声音的演变

Resources