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Movie
Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed. 剧本是电影制作最困难的一个环节,也是最容易被忽视和理解的。
——Frank Capra
Unit 1 Lights, camera, action!
Extended reading
Film Script & Forrest Gump
CGI & Visual effect
Music & Costume
Lines & Characters
Script & Story
What makes a film recollected
With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. But with a bad script even a good director can't possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the script must be something that has the power to do this.
——黑泽明 Akira Kurosawa
Lead-in
Prediction
Extended reading
Film Script & Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump is a 1994 film starring Tom Hanks. It tells the story of Forrest Gump, a simple man with a warm personality. Despite an IQ of 75, he lives a truly amazing life.
1.starring Tom Hanks 现在分词做后置定语
2.personality 性格;个性
3.Despite 尽管
《阿甘正传》是1994年的一部由汤姆·汉克斯主演的电影。影片讲述了福雷斯特 冈普一个单纯又热心的人的故事。尽管只有智商75,他却过着真正令人惊叹的生活。
4.lives a...life 过着...的生活
He sees, and sometimes influences, some of the major events of the United States in the second half of the 20th century.
1.major events主要的事件
20世纪下半叶美国发生的一些重大事件,他都是经历者,有时还对这些大事产生了影响。
Mrs Gump and Forrest wait for the school bus. The bus pulls up as Mrs Gump prepares Forrest for his first day of school.MRS GUMP: You do your very best now, Forrest.
FORREST: I sure will, Momma.
FORREST (Voice-over):I remember the bus ride on the first day of school very well.
1.pulls up 停车
2.prepare...for...让某人为...做准备
3.do your very best尽你最大的努力
冈普太太和福雷斯特在等校车。当冈普太太正为福雷斯特的第一天上学做准备的时候,公共汽车停了下来。甘太太:你现在要全力以赴,福雷斯特。福雷斯特:我一定会的,妈妈。
福勒斯特(画外音):我还清楚地记得开学第一天坐公交车的情景
The bus driver opens the door and looks down. Forrest walks to the steps of the bus and looks at the bus driver.BUS DRIVER:Are you coming along FORREST:Momma said not to be taking rides from strangers.BUS DRIVER:This is the bus to school.
1.looks down朝下看
2.coming along一起来
3.taking rides 搭车
公交车司机打开车门,望着下面。阿甘走到公交车的台阶上,看着公交车司机。公交车司机:你上不上车?福雷斯特:妈妈说不要搭陌生人的车。公交车司机:这是去学校的公共汽车。
FORREST:I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.BUS DRIVER:I'm Dorothy Harris.FORREST:Well, now we aren't strangers anymore.The bus driver smiles as Forrest steps up into the bus.
1.not...anymore不再...
福雷斯特:我是福雷斯特·冈普。公交车司机:我是多萝西·哈里斯。福雷斯特:好吧,现在我们不再是陌生人了
当福雷斯特跨上公共汽车时,司机微笑了
Mrs Gump waves to Forrest as the bus drives away. Forrest begins to walk down the bus.Two young boys look up from the seat.BOY 1:This seat's taken.BOY 2:It's taken!
1.wave挥手
2.drives away开走
3.look up from从...抬起头看
校车开走时,冈普太太向福雷斯特挥手告别。阿甘开始走向车内走去。两个小男孩从座位上抬起头来。男孩1:这个位子有人了男孩2:你不能坐在这里。
Forrest looks around. A larger girl moves over so Forrest can't sit next to her. She shakes her head. Forrest looks to the other side where a boy sits alone on a larger seat. The boy looks angrily at Forrest.
1.looks around朝四周看
2.where a boy sits alone on a larger seat
where在定语从句中做状语,修饰the other side
福雷斯特环顾四周。一个大点的女孩挪过去,这样福雷斯特就不能坐在她旁边了。她摇摇头。福雷斯特望向另一边,一个男孩独自坐在一个较大的座位上。男孩生气地看着福雷斯特。
FORREST (Voice-over):You know, it's funny what a young man recollects.Because I don't remember being born.
1.it's(形式主语) funny what a young man recollects.(真正主语)
recollect 记起;回忆起
2.remember doing sth.记得做过某事
remember to do sth.记得要做某事
福雷斯特(画外音):年轻人的记忆真有趣。因为我不记得自己出生了
I, I ... don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and 1 don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But, I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world.
1.recall 回想;回忆起
2. do remember do+动词原形 强调谓语
3.I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world.
省略that的定语从句
我不记得我的第一个圣诞节收到了什么,我也不知道我的第一次户外野餐是什么时候。但是,我记得我第一次听到世界上最甜美的声音。
GIRL:You can sit here if you want.Forrest looks back at Jenny Curran, a young girl about Forrest's age.FORREST (Voice-over):I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel.JENNY:Well, are you going to sit down, or aren't you Forrest sits down next to Jenny.
angel 天使
女孩:如果你愿意的话,你可以坐在这里。阿甘回头看珍妮 柯伦,一个和福雷斯特年龄相仿的年轻女孩。福雷斯特(画外音):我这辈子从没见过这么美的事物。她就像个天使。珍妮:你到底要不要坐下 福雷斯特 坐在珍妮旁边。
JENNY:What's wrong with your legs FORREST:Um, nothing at all, thank you. My legs are just fine and dandy.FORREST (Voice-over):I just sat next to her on that bus and had a conversation all the way to school.
1.What's wrong with...
......怎么了
2.nothing at all 没什么
3.dandy 非常的;极佳的
4.sat next to 坐在...旁边
5.all the way to
一路到......
珍妮:你的腿怎么了福雷斯特:没什么,谢谢。我的腿好极了。福雷斯特 (画外音):在那辆公共汽车上,我就坐在她旁边,一路上和她聊天
JENNY:Then why do you have those shoes on FORREST:My momma said my back's crooked like a question mark.These are going to make me as straight as an arrow.They're my magic shoes.FORREST (Voice-over):And next to Momma, no one ever talked to me or asked me questions.
1.have ....on...穿着...(表状态)
2.crooked like 像...一样弯曲
3.as straight as 像...一样直
4.arrow 箭头
珍妮:那你为什么穿着那双鞋福雷斯特:我妈妈说我的背弯得像个问号。这些会让我变得像箭一样直。这是我的魔法鞋。福雷斯特(画外音):除了妈妈,没人跟我说话,也没人问我问题。
JENNY:Are you stupid or something FORREST:Momma says stupid is as stupid does.Jenny puts her hand out toward Forrest. Forrest reaches over and shakes her hand.
1.stupid傻瓜
2.reaches over伸手
3.shakes her hand和她握手
珍妮:你是不是傻了福雷斯特:妈妈说做傻事的才是傻事。珍妮向福里斯特伸出手。福雷斯特伸出手和她握手。
JENNY:I'm Jenny.FORREST:I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.FORREST (Voice-over):From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like peas and carrots.
1.From that day on 从那天起
2. pea 豌豆
珍妮:我是珍妮。福雷斯特:我是福雷斯特·冈普。福里斯特(画外音):从那天起,我们就一直在一起。珍妮和我就像豌豆和胡萝卜(形影不离)。
Setting:The setting is mainly a school bus.
Characters:
Forrest Gump: He is close to his mum as he talks about her and what she says a lot. He is a bit simple, which can be seen from his reaction to the bus driver and to Jenny.
Jenny: Kind and direct. She is the only one to offer Forrest a seat,and then introduces herself and asks Forrest questions.
Mrs Gump: She loves and cares about Forrest. She has a greatinfluence on Forrest, who always mentions what she says or does.
Plot:Forrest takes the school bus on the first day of school. The children are mean to him except Jenny, who offers him a seat. They sit together and have a conversation all the way to school. Soon they become great friends.
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