课件15张PPT。Visions of the capitalPre-reading:Brainstorming:
Beijing will hold the 2008 Olympics, when
many international visitors will come.
What do you think you could introduce to them about the city?Who are invited to shoot the film?
Where are they from?马吉德·马吉迪
1959年出生于德黑兰,马基德的电影处女作《手足情深》获选1992年戛纳影展导演双周放映。其后的《继父》一片先后获得伊朗影展最佳影片,北美洲圣保罗影展、突尼斯影展等重要奖项。1998年的《天堂的孩子》成为首次获奥斯卡最佳外语片提名的伊朗影片,扩大了伊朗电影的国际影响力,马基德迅速成为伊朗人心中的民族英雄。1999年《天堂的颜色》继续《天堂的孩子》的辉煌,蝉联了蒙特里尔电影节上最佳电影奖。一直痴迷于儿童电影的马基德·马基迪,首次转变题材,创作出反映难民生活的《巴伦》,显现出其作为一个优秀导演对各种题材的超常把握能力。
Background: a famous director, Majid Majidi has been invited to shoot a 5-minute film to share his impression of the city with the world. One of his interesting works is Children of Heaven (《小鞋子》).Plot of the film: A brother and sister share a pair of shoes when the boy (though no fault of his own) loses his sister's only pair (they have classes at different times of the day). Knowing their family is too poor to buy a new pair, they keep it a secret. Then the boy has a plan: the third-place prize in a student running race is a new pair of shoes, and he's determined to win them.朱塞佩·托纳托雷?Giuseppe Tornatore?1956年5月27日出生于意大利,早年从事摄影工作,曾任电视台的纪录片导演,其电影作品曾多次参加国际比赛得奖。他首次导短片就有佳绩,1982年在意大利萨莱诺影展中曾以长篇纪录片得奖。1985年编导首部剧情片《被称为教授的男人》,此后他导演的电影作品也几乎都由自己编剧。1988年32岁的时候执导第二部影片《天堂电影院》在戛纳电影节得评审团大奖,次年又获得奥斯卡最佳外语片奖;1995年39岁时编导的《新天堂星探》,荣获意大利大卫奖最佳导演奖及威尼斯影展评审团特别奖;1998年42岁时编导的史诗巨作《海上钢琴师》,捧回意大利大卫奖最佳导演奖;2000年44岁编导了《西西里岛的美丽传说》。
The movie describes an ordinary person's life and love in a gentle but impressive way.As a nationwide-famous film director,? Salvatore (nicknamed Toto), who once was a boy brought up in a small town of Italy, returned his hometown for the funeral of Alfredo, his old friend who was a projectionist of the local cinema thourghout his childhood.? As he returned home, everything reminds him of his love story of the beautiful Elena.Plot of the filmOliver Stone, USA
(World Trade Center) Jane Campion, Australia (The Piano) John Woo, HongkongWhile-reading:Practise using the prediction reading strategy
and checking your predictions.
Read the first paragraph, then decide what
the subject of the story is and predict what
the next paragraph will talk about.
Key words that can serve as clues:(Para 1) What do foreigners think of Beijing?
--symbol of Beijing –scratch the surface
(Para 2) better understanding…more impressed…
(Para 3) currently shooting, a film project, share…with
(Para 4) children, theme
(Para 5) other directors
(Para 6) his visit to Beijing; strong impression
(Para 7) when shownPost-reading:1. The story mainly talks about _______.
different symbols of Beijing
B. “Vision Beijing” film project
C. five international film directors
D. foreigners’ opinions about Beijing2. The sentence “they only scratch the surface” means ______.
there is much more to Beijing than these things
Beijing is like this on this surface
foreigners don’t know much about the cityD. you need to stay longer to understand the city better3. From the two directors’ words, we can see that ______.
they believe their films can improve relations between the countries
they are impressed by Beijingers
they mostly focus on children
they are attracted by Beijing’s beauty and want to come again
Activity :Suppose you will shoot a five-minute film to present your city to the world. What or whom will you make the theme of your film? Why?