英语影视欣赏课课件1.ppt

1st week-Sept.1-7 Welcome Back! 1. Brief Introduction 2. Chapter 1 3. Chapter 4. Film films To appreciate a film, it is not necessarily vital to study the history of films, however, it would be of great assistance if you have certain knowledge about films. ---Movies, a Crash Course 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 film itself. How to do? 1. the history and some related information 2. film + music 3. discussion + paper-writing Final exam 1. background information—test paper 2. paper-writing --- an article about certain film About the textbook! Chapter 1 Birth of Films 1. The Origin of Films 2. Lumiere 3. Georges Méliès 4. Two Tendencies in Europe. 1. Pre-history development--theory of “light and shadow” 1.1. 5 BC, China, Mo-tse, --the earliest and most scientific contribution to it. “光至景亡，若在，尽古息 ” --《墨经》Exposition of Canon 1. 2. shadow plays, Han Dynasty-Tang and Song Dynasty—the very first try and the most practical contribution it. It was introduced into Europe in 13 AD. 1.3. Kaleidoscope 1816, a Scottish Physician 2. Scientific and physical bases 2.1 Visual Staying Phenomenon (VSP 视觉滞留)/duration of vision ⑴ 1829，Belgian physical scientist, Joseph Plateau约瑟夫普拉托, discover the theory of VSP, and it says the duration will be about 0.1 to 0.4 second. ⑵ meanwhile, in the physical books and labs in Europe, the theory of Faraday （法拉第轮）(Michael Faraday , English, another physical scientist) and the ThauCmatrope (幻盘) had been applied to the visual study. ⑶ 1830s, the appearance of visual toy camera, like “诡盘” (Phénakistiscope,在镜子里观看的一种锯齿形的圆盘) ⑷ Austrians, put slides(幻灯) and motion disks（活动视盘） together