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1 Unit 3 Task 1 答案答案 A 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 T B 1 She takes care of the Jotmsons children when their mother is sick 2 When they got to the theater they found that the G movie wasn t there any more The theater was showing an X rated movie called GIRLS 3 Since she didn t know what X meant she thought a movie about girls would be fine for little girls 原文原文 Jack Did you hear what happened to Helga She almost lost her job Mary I didn t know she had one Jack Well it s just a part time job Helga takes care of the Jotmsons children when their mother is sick Mrs Johnson hasn t been well lately Mary What happened Why did Helga almost lose her job Jack Well there was a children s movie advertised at the neighborhood theater last Saturday It was one of those G movies for general audiences Mary I suppose Helga took the Johnson children to the movie Wasn t that all right Jack Yes but here is what happened When they got to the theater they found that the G movie wasn t there any more The theater was showing an X rated movie called GIRLS Mary X rated movies are really bad aren t they Jack They re even worse than R rated ones which teenagers aren t supposed to see But Helga didn t know what X meant and she thought a movie about girls would be fine for little girls Mary Did the theater let her in Jack No but Helga tried to make them let her in The manager had to call Mrs Johnson That s how she almost lost her job Task 2 答案答案 A 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 F B Judy watched a bit of TV last night Before the football came on she switched over just to protest for she couldn t bear football and thus she saw the end of the film The Graduate When the football came on she turned over to a programme on foxes After the foxes she turned over back to see who won the football but only saw the beginning of the News Then she packed up and went to bed 原文原文 Stuart What did you do last night then Did you work all night Judy Yes I did some work but I watched a bit of TV Got to relax you know Stuart Did you watch the football Judy No no I didn t I can t bear football Stuart Really Judy Yes I really hate it Well actually just before the football came on I switched over just to just to protest Stuart What did you see then Judy Well I saw the programme before just the end of a film that was on before 2 the football It looked quite good actually It s a shame I didn t switch on earlier It was some kind of love story with Dustin Hoffman you know The erm Stuart The Graduate Judy That s it The Graduate Stuart Yes I know I ve seen that Yes good film Judy Yes and nice music And then when the football came on I turned over Stuart Terrible terrible Judy I hate it I really can t stand it Stuart It was a great game Judy Yes Who was playing Stuart England of course What did you see then that was more important than football Judy Foxes Yes a good programme on foxes Yes they spent ages watching these foxes in a house They were watching them all night and these little baby foxes It was tremendous Stuart Yes sounds all right Judy Yes it was good better than football and then then I turned over back to the other channel to see who won the football but I missed it and I just saw the beginning of the news and packed up and went to bed Stuart Well I m sorry you missed it It was a good game Judy Who did win Stuart England of course Who do you think Six nil Yes Judy Must have been quite good then Stuart Yes it was good actually It was very good Task 3 答案答案 A 1 b 2 c B 1 F 2 F 3 F C Topic How the movies are produced Thesis There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full length film Steps First step finding a property two types of properties 1 An original story e g Star Wars Back to the Future Rocky 2 A property from a novel play or musical e g The Sound of Music Tess The Godfather Second step writing the script two options 1 The original writer takes part in the production of the script 2 Directors write the scripts themselves 原文原文 Good morning ladies and gentlemen Let s start this introduction to filmmaking with a simple question How many of you have seen a movie this week It doesn t matter if it was at the theater or just on your own TV Uhhuh just as I thought almost all of you have Of course most of us love the movies the magic the escape that they provide but most of us rarely stop to think about the process of making a movie Just what 3 does it take to get that movie from the idea stage to the final product What are the decisions that must be made What problems are encountered Exactly how does a movie studio go about making a movie These are precisely the topics that we will be exploring today There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full length film I ll outline them for you The first step is rather obvious to make a film you must have an idea a story some topic for the project The studio must find a property That s a key word folks property p r o p e r t y You all know the common meaning of this word of course but in filmmaking the word property has a very specific meaning A property is the story on which the movie will be based Okay it s the story on which the movie is based You are probably wondering why we call it a property Well it belongs to someone it is that person s property and must be acquired by the studio sometimes for quite a large sum of money There are basically two kinds of properties The first is an original story that has never appeared anywhere before never been in a book or magazine or another film In other words the story is intended from the very beginning to be made into a movie Star Wars is one good example of this type of property you do remember that famous science fiction film don t you Another example is Back to the Future oh and also Rocky All of these were based on a story written only for the purpose of making a movie Actually though the majority of properties for famous films at least come from novels plays or musicals that are already published Examples of this type of property include The Sound of Music which was originally a play Tess a famous novel and The Godfather which was also first a novel Okay that s step number one finding a property Well now we have the property The next step is to prepare a script from that property This part of the process can take several months or sometimes even a year or more It s quite a lengthy and time consuming process During this time the scriptwriter producer and director usually work very closely with each other Recently there has been a trend to also have the original writer the original property owner take part in the production of the script This means that if the property is taken from a book or play the original author of the book or play is involved in writing the script This is a good trend I think Who could possibly know the story better or understand it more clearly than its original creator Another option however is for directors to write scripts themselves This often occurs because scriptwriters are not only responsible for the dialog but they also must specify what kind of camera shots they want used For instance in all scenes and especially long scenes that don t have any dialog the scriptwriter must describe what the camera should focus on what should be in the center of the shot what mood the image should present Directors have much more experience with camera work and often prefer to write the script themselves for this reason So that s step number two writing the script Task 4 答案答案 A 1 a 2 a B 1 F 2 F 3 T C Topic How movies are produced 4 Thesis There are six basic steps that are normally followed in the production of a full length film Steps Third step casting the film two types of casting 1 Building the movie around a famous star Advantages A famous star is a great asset to the film It attracts fans automatically Financial success of the movie depends on how many people come to see it Disadvantages Famous star are very expensive They take attention away from the story itself They distract the audience 2 Casting movies with unknown actors and actresses Advantages Movie centers around the story itself Make the movie more believable Fourth step filming the movie done in two types of places 1 Soundstages both pictures and dialogs are recorded 2 Partially filmed on location in a real setting Note all the scenes with a big star can done first or all the scenes shot at the same location can be filmed at the same time 原文原文 Okay now the script is finished and approved and we are ready for the next step a very critical step indeed the casting of the film The success or failure of a movie can depend on the ability of the actors and actresses to convince us that they really are the characters that they are portraying The producer and the director must choose the cast very very carefully This step of choosing the actors and actresses is called casting Got it Casting is choosing the actors and actresses the cast of the movie There are in general two types of casting The first and the most common approach is to build the movie around a famous star It is obvious that having a well recognized name in the cast is a great asset to the film Having someone like Tom Cruise Meryl Streep or Harrison Ford will automatically attract large numbers of their fans to the movie And of course the financial success of the movie depends on how many people come to see it Now there is also a second type of casting and it has worked very well at times Although it is true that top stars can attract audiences they are also very very expensive With this in mind some producers and directors cast their movies with unknown actors and actresses concentrating on who fits the part the best not who has the biggest name Actually this approach as I said can work quite well because sometimes a big star can actually take attention away from the story itself In other words the stars distract the audience The audience focuses on the star not on the story One example of this second type of casting is the movie E T which is in fact one of the most popular movies of all time Unknown child actors and actresses were hired and the movie centered around the story itself The producer and director probably thought that unknown actors would make the movie more believable A big star might actually hurt that movie Well on to the next step After the casting has been completed the fourth step filming the movie can begin Filming any kind of major motion picture usually takes about six to eight months Now you might not know this but filming rarely takes place in the same order as the story The reason for shooting in a different time order is that all the scenes with a big star can be done first or all the scenes shot at the same location can 5 be filmed at the same time So what happens is this The order scenes are filmed in and the order they appear in the movie are almost always completely different It would be inconvenient and costs would increase dramatically if scenes were filmed in the order that we see them in the finished movie The filming itself is done in two types of places The first is studio buildings called soundstages They were given this name because both pictures and dialogs are recorded there These soundstages can be made to appear like almost anything from a fourteenth century town to a small hotel room In addition to soundstages most movies are partially filmed on location in a real setting On location means that the actors actresses film crew and other necessary personnel must travel to a place like maybe a South American jungle or downtown Paris or wherever for filming certain scenes This makes the movie more interesting and realistic Indoor scenes can easily be filmed on a soundstage but scenes that require extensive use of outdoor scenery or use famous places as backgrounds must be done on location to be realistic As you can imagine the costs of filming on location are enormous People and equipment must be flown to the place living accommodations must be found and food has to be provided for a large number of people There are lots of practical problems like these The added realism of filming on location adds a lot of expense to a film Task 5 答案答案 2 we never fond it difficult to occupy our spare time 3 We used to enjoy civilized pleasures 4 All our free time is regulated by TV 5 It demands and obtains absolute silence and attention 6 Whole generations are growing up addicted to it 7 It is a universal pacifier 8 rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism and violence 9 vast quantities of creative work 10 they can t keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well 11 becomes a village is reduced to preliterate communities utterly dependent on pictures and the spoken word 12 It encourages passive enjoyment 13 It cuts us off from the real world 14 from communicating with each other 15 how totally irrelevant television is to real living 原文原文 Yes but what did we use to do before there was television How often we hear statements like this Television hasn t been with us all that long but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it Before we admitted the one eyed monster into our homes we never fond it difficult to occupy our spare time We used to enjoy civilized pleasures For instance we used to have hobbies we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them we used to go outside for our amusements to theatres cinemas restaurants and sporting events We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally All that belongs to the past Now all our free time is regulated by the goggle box We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal exchanging the news of the day 6 A sandwich and a glass of beer will do anything providing it doesn t interfere with the programme The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme he is quickly silenced Whole generations are growing up addicted to the telly Food is left uneaten homework undone and sleep is lost The telly is a universal pacifier It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living room and turning on the set It doesn t matter that the children will watch rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism and violence so long as they are quiet There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world Every day television consumes vast quantities of creative work That is why most of the programmes are so bad it is impossible to keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well When millions watch the same programmes the whole world becomes a village and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in preliterate communities We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of communication pictures and the spoken word Television encourages passive enjoyment We become content with second hand experiences It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working Little by little television cuts us off from the real world We get so lazy we choose to spend a fine day in semi darkness glued to our sets rather than go out into the world itself Television may be s splendid medium of communication but it prevents us from communicating with each other We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains far away from civilization In quiet natural surroundings we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly Task 6 答案答案 A 1 It came from Alan s eldest son 2 Because there were lots of children in a film about gangsters in New York 3 They visited ordinary schools and stage schools and Christmas shows all over America and looked for American children in Britain too Alan saw about 100 videos of Christmas shows and auditioned over 10 000 children 4 All the clothes had to be in the right style but in small sizes even the gangster hats B 1 c 2 e 3 a 4 b 5 f 6 d 原文原文 Mike Welcome to Radio Time and this month s edition of Film World I m very pleased to have Alan Parker with me for today s program Alan you made one of the most famous and popular children s films of all time Bugsy Malone Tell me when did you first think of the idea for Bugsy Malone Alan Well I have to say that I didn t think of the idea myself It came from my eldest son Mike Ah so you knew it was a good idea for a children s film Alan Yes I took the idea and wrote the full story That was in 1973 Mike Was it difficult to write Alan No it was more difficult to get the money to make the film A lot of people thought it was a strange idea lots of children in a film about gangsters in New 7 York Mike Is it a true story Alan Not quite But there were two gangs in New York in 1929 the year of my story Mike How did you choose the actors Alan That was a lot of work We visited ordinary schools and stage schools and Christmas shows all over America And we looked for American children in Britain too I saw about 100 videos of Christmas shows and we auditioned over 10 000 children for the cast Mike So there was a lot of competition to get a part Alan Oh yes but there always is Mike How long did it take to film Bugsy Malone Alan Eleven weeks The filming was quite quick in fact But we had to do a lot of work first We needed 300 costumes I remember And all the clothes had to be in the right style but in small sizes even the gangster hats Task 7 答案答案 A 1 T 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F 6 F 7 F 8 F B 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 b 7 b 8 c 原文原文 Matthew Television is undoubtedly a great invention but one of the main criticisms of it is that people just aren t selective enough Lesley you ve got a television how do you pick out the sorts of programmes you want to watch Lesley I try and look at the prograxnmes that are on to decide w