Unit 1
Light, camera, action
Project & Assessment
Learning Objectives
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Learning Objectives
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Thinking Quality: Evaluate and comment on each other's work.
Language ability: Dub an English film scene in groups.
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Learning ability: Know the strategies and tips of dubbing.
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Cultural Awareness: Understand the classification of films, the names and natures of jobs related to the industry, and the film production process, feel the charm of films, and appreciate the hardships of the behind-the-scenes staff and their dedication to the art of film.
Project
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watch the video
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What is the woman doing in the video?
Dubbing a film scene (Frozen)
Dubbing is often employed in the original-language version of a sound track for technical reasons. Dubbing allows the filmmaker to obtain high-quality dialogue regardless of the actual conditions that existed during shooting.
Dubbing is also used to add sound effects to the original sound track. It may also be used in musicals to substitute a more pleasing voice for that of an actor who performs a song on camera.
Background:
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Voice-over and dubbing are both techniques for interpreting a message to a new audience. However, while voice-over is narrative by nature and lacks the emotion and tonality of the original audio, dubbing is much more precise as it maintains the tonal, emotive, and technical richness of the original soundtrack.
The differences between voice-over and dubbing?
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As a class, discuss some film scenes that you like. Use the ideas below to help you. Then in groups, choose a film scene you are going to dub.
Are there enough characters in the scene in your group?
Are the words clear to understand?
Do the characters speak more or less the same amount?
How long does the scene last?
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☆ Are there enough characters in the
scene for everyone in your group?
It does not matter if there are more characters than group members:
one person can play more than one character.
☆ Do the characters speak more or
less the same amount?
Try not to choose a scene where one person will have to do most of the speaking.
☆ Are the words clear to understand?
Try not to choose a scene where characters are talking too quickly or using language that is too difficult.
☆ How long does the scene last?
A scene that lasts two or three minutes is preferred.
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As a group, practise dubbing the chosen film scene together.
Speak clearly and try to stay in time with the character speaking in the film.
Use your body language to get into character and help the feelings come naturally. Even though only your voice will be heard, you need to act with your whole body.
Tip
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Practice
(A quarrel between the King and Logue)
King George VI: L-listen to me ... listen to me!
Lionel Logue: Why should I waste my time listening to you?
King George VI: Because I have a voice!
Lionel Logue: ... yes, you do.
In this conversation
the King uses falling tone to give a command
Lionel feels doubtful, so he uses a rising tone to express his doubts.
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(Logue asks the King not to smoke.)
Lionel Logue: Please don’t do that.
King George VI: I’m sorry?
Lionel Logue: I believe sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you.
King George VI: My physicians say it relaxes the throat.
Lionel Logue: They’re idiots.
King George VI: They’ve all been knighted.
Lionel Logue: Makes it official then.
In this conversation
Lionel uses a falling tone to express his concern for the King
the King uses fall-rise tone to express his doubt for what Logue has said.
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As a group, present your dubbing to the rest of the class.
You can present your dubbing in different ways:
Record both your dubbing and the film scene, and present the video in class.
Record your dubbing and present the audio in class.
Perform your dubbing in class, without recording in advance.
Pair work
Think about and answer the following questions.
Do you want to be a voice actor in the future? Why or why not?
What advantages does dubbing a film scene have in terms of English learning?
Why do the filmmakers rely on dubbing to supply the sound track of an entire film?
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Assessment
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Assessment
In pairs, rank your performance level in the following areas from 1 to 5. Write down your own assessment in the column "Me"and ask your partner to write down his/her assessment of your performance in the column "Partner".
5 = Excellent
4 = Good
3 = Satisfactory
2 = Fair
1 = Improvement required
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{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}How well can you:
Me
Partner
understand the lecture transcript about the behind-the-scenes aspects of film-making?
write a film review?
understand the excerpt from the film script of Forrest Gump?
dub a film scene?
use the new vocabulary from this unit and learn topic-related words?
identify and use subject-verb agreement?
Further study
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Further study
The Academy Awards, more popularly known as the Oscars, are a set of awards for artistic and technical excellence in the film industry. Visit the official website of the Academy Awards to learn about the history and see the list of past winners.
奥斯卡金像奖(Oscars),又名美国电影艺术与科学学院奖(Academy Awards,中文简称:学院奖),是由美国电影艺术与科学学院建立的学院奖,创建于1929年。该奖项是美国历史上最为悠久、最具权威性和专业性的学院奖,也是全世界最具影响力的电影奖。奥斯卡是美国电影的最高奖,与艾美奖(电视类奖项)、格莱美奖(音乐类奖项)、托尼奖(戏剧类奖项)并称为美国演艺圈四大奖(EGOT)。
奥斯卡金像奖共设置22个常设奖项和3个非常设奖项,此外,美国电影艺术与科学学院还设置独立于奥斯卡金像奖的3个荣誉奖项,合称为奥斯卡理事会奖。奥斯卡每年举办一届,一般于每年2月—4月在美国洛杉矶好莱坞杜比剧院举行颁奖典礼,全球超过200个国家和地区进行网络直播。
拓展:
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Further study
Exercise
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Exercise
Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. ______ (build) over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering ___________ (achieve) is still used today.
In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands ________ (suffer) from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River.________ (help) the victims (受害者) of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li designed a series of channels (水渠) at different levels along mountains that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally.
Built
achievement
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To help
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_______ (good) still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making ___ suitable for farming.
Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live _________ (peaceful). Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists around the world because unlike modern dams
_______ the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, ________ (enable) the ecosystem (生态系统) and fish populations to exist ____ harmony.
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Homework
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1. Review all the words, phrases and grammar points of this unit
2. Complete the corresponding exercises after class
3. Preview pages 15-19 of Unit 2
See you next class!