英语电影赏析.ppt

Appreciating Cinema英语电影赏析 Purposes 1. To gain a rough idea of what had happened in the long history of films and what is happening now. 2. To know more about some of the representative film-makers, actors and their masterpieces. 3. To enjoy some of the masterpieces, nice films and their wonderful music. 4. Hopefully, try to use everything learned in the course to get a better idea of the language and the culture. History The history of film is simplified by its shortness . Early Cinema Classical Hollywood Cinema Post - Classical Hollywood Cinema Each of these periods is characterized by certain technological developments and patterns of industrial organization. Artistically, too, films from a given period of film history tend to display certain characteristic features. I. Early Cinema Technology Development of celluloid Development of cameras and projectors 2. Industry Dominance of Edison and Biograph companies 3. Aesthetics “Actuality Filming” “Cinema of Attractions” D. W. Griffith: Father of Film David W. Griffith: more sophisticated narrative-based methods of cinematic story-telling The Birth of a Nation 一个国家的诞生（1915） Intolerance 党同伐异（1916） II. Classical Hollywood Cinema Technology Development of sound Development of Technicolor 2. Industry “Big Five” and “Little Three” Vertical integration of production, distribution and exhibition Narrative 3. Aesthetics Continuity editing Star system Genres III. Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema Technology Development of other exhibition channels and multimedia platforms 2. Industry Competition with TV Distribution windows on different media platforms 3. Aesthetics Flexible use of genre Rules of causality and temporal logic observed less strictly Foregrounding of stylistic devices Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema Two major sub-periods: 1. “N