Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с видеофильмом "Casablanca". Дворжец О.С. - 13 стр.

9.4 T 5 You are going to listen to stories about four famous film stars. Fill in   letter-box. Secondly, the system's projectors operate at 60 frames per second,
the table using information from the tape.                                         which is 250% faster than usual. The result is better picture quality than any-
                                 Gwyneth           Sean         Leonardo           thing ever seen before.
            Questions
                                  Paltrow        Connery        Di Caprio
                                                                                   MULTIPLEXES
  Where was he / she born?
                                                                                   Some of these already exist, but more are being built every year. They're hi-
  When?
                                                                                   tech cinema complexes in or near major towns/cities, with…• several screens
  First film success?
                                                                                   under one roof • restaurants • facilities for small children • special parking
  Other film success?
                                                                                   areas.
  Any other information
                                                                                   DIGITAL SOUND
9.5 T 6 Which of today's stars will go on to become legendary superstars?          Until recently it wasn't possible to use digital' techniques on film soundtracks.
▪ Do you think any of these 10 actors could be included in 'Top 10' selection      Now, though, all that has changed. A new sound system developed in Amer-
for tomorrow's hall of fame ─ Tom Cruise, Judie Foster, Keanu Reeves, Si-          ica means that 8-track digital sound can be used in cinemas. So … movie dia-
gourney Weaver, Charlie Sheen, Debra Winger, Mickey Rourke, Isabelle Ad-           logue and music will soon be as ultra-clear as a high-quality compact disc.
jani, Melanie Griffith, Michael J. Fox?
▪ Can you name their best films? Information on the tape might be helpful.         VIDEO CINEMAS
                                                                                   Video screens are already popular in clubs, stadiums and cafes. Now, video
10 What will it be like to visit a 21st century cinema? What are IMAX,             cinemas are beginning to appear. These use a special projector which has
Showscan, Multiplexes, Digital sound, Video cinemas? Read the answers to           three 'colour guns' to show videotapes on a cinema-sized screen. Each gun
the questions in the profiles below from Arts and Media Super Dossier which        projects a separate colour – red, green or blue. The images then mix to pro-
look at the latest advances in film technology. How much of the information        duce a complete picture.
did you already know?

IMAX                                                                               11 Books on the screen. Can you judge a book by its movie?
This is a projection system. It was invented in Canada and uses an enormous        Jigsaw reading
screen 14 metres high and 19 metres wide. IMAX movies are shot on 70mm             11.1 Until the twentieth century literature existed on the page or the stage.
film, but in an unusual way. The film passes through the camera (and later the     Today, it also exists on billions of screens all over the world. Thanks to TV
projector) from left to right rather than from top to bottom. This means that      and films, in fact, literature now has far more viewers than readers. Do the
70mm becomes the height of the film instead of its width. IMAX produces            hundreds of screen adaptations made every year have a good or bad effect on
enormous images which allow audiences to really 'experience' a film. At the        literature itself?
moment, though, it's still very expensive and only exists in a few specially-      You will now read about the pros and cons of screen adaptations. Divide into
built cinemas.                                                                     2 groups.
                                                                                   Group A, 'the Pros', will read about the pros of screen adaptations.
SHOWSCAN                                                                           Group B, 'the Cons', will read about the cons of screen adaptations.
Showscan is another projection system, but it's different from IMAX in two         What pros and cons of screen adaptations can you add? Compare the pros and
important ways. First, Showscan screens are slightly curved and shaped like a      cons of it and swap information. Check your version with Answer Keys.

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