英语影视欣赏课课件2.ppt

1. when was film born?
Dec. 28 th, 1895, Lumiere
2. What was the earliest contribution to the films in theory?
Mo-tse, 5BC, the theory of “Light and Shadow”
What were the major contributions of Lumiere and Melies?
Lumiere:
(1). Long shot
(2). Films showed the dynamic of life, nature and changes within them—re-currencism.
(3). Forerunner of documentaries
Melies
(1) stop motion
(2) studio with glass ceiling
(3) shot films with gorgeous costume and grand scenes –expressionism
(4) forerunner of story film
4. some more facts
(1) the first sci-fi film: A Trip to the Moon
(2) what is close-up and montage?
(3) Brighton school– the bud of realism
(4) Artists Films Movement
Maxlinder—the edy star
楚科尔 Hollywood
Chapter 2 Development of Narrative Patterns in Films (America)
I. Edwin S. Porter and his film “The Great Train Robbery”
II. Griffith and his Concept of Narrative Patterns
III. Comedy in Silent Films in America
IV. Charles Chaplin and edies
I. Edwin S. Porter 埃德温鲍特 and his film “The Great Train Robbery”
Born: April 21, 1870) Pennsylvania
Died: April 30, 1941 New York City
bined the outdoor scenes (proposed and practiced by Lumiere) with artificial indoor ones (by Melies )
Representative work: The Great Train Robbery: 《火车大劫案》
Porter took the archetypal American Western story, already familiar to audiences from dime novels and stage melodrama情景剧, and made it an entirely new visual experience. The one-reel film, with a running time of twelve minutes, was assembled in twenty separate shots, along with a startling close-up of a bandit firing at the camera. It used as many as ten different indoor and outdoor locations and was groundbreaking in its use of “cross-cutting交叉剪辑” in editing to show simultaneous action in different places. No earlier film had created such swift movement or variety of scene. It was enormously popular. For several years it toured throughout the United States, and in 1905 it was the premier attraction at the first nickelodeon五分钱电影院. Its ess