新媒体视听教学课件：Unit 8 The Oscars,the Movies

1、How well do you know about the Oscars? The following quiz questions will help you to know more about it.1.Winners of Academy Awards frequently give tearful _.A. presentations B. acceptance speechesC. victory speeches D. eulogies2. At the Academy Awards, the film stars usually arrive by _.A. limousin

2、e B. long carC. fork-lift truck D. long car3. In 2010 Jean-Luc Godard won an honorary award _ his development of a new kind of cinema.A. in recognition for B. for recognition inC. in recognition of D. in recognition to4.Cinema is sometimes affectionately called _.A. the large screen B. the silver sc

3、reenC. the golden screen D. the bronze-age screen 5.Which award did Melissa Leo win at 83th Academy Awards (2011)?A. Best actress in a supporting role B. Best actress in a supported roleC. Best support actress D. Second-best actressHow many Academy Awards do you know? Name some.Actress in a Supporti

4、ng RoleActor in a Supporting RoleActor in a leading roleActress in a leading roleCinematographyScreenplay AdaptationOriginal SongForeign language filmOriginal Musical or Comedy ScoreOriginal Dramatic ScoreOriginal Screenplay女配角男配角男主角女主角摄影剧本改编歌曲外语片音乐（喜剧）音乐（戏剧）原著剧本Costume DesignMake upArt DirectionLiv

5、e Action Short Film Animated Short FilmSound Effects EditingSoundVisual EffectsDocumentary Short Subject Documentary FeatureLifetime Achievement服装设计化妆 艺术指导纪实短片动画短片音响效果剪辑音响视觉效果记录短片记录长片终身成就 DirectorFilm EditingThe best pictureThe academic awardsRed carpetCelebrityNominatePresenterThe Oscar goes toAcce

6、ptance speech导演剪辑最佳影片电影学院奖红地毯名人提名颁奖嘉宾奥斯卡获奖者为获奖感言12Now lets enjoy some of the fantastic moments in the Oscar history!Jack Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has

7、 been nominated for Academy Awards 12 times and he is a three-time Oscar winner:One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1976) (Best Leading Actor)Terms of Endearment (1983) (Best Supporting Actor)As Good As It Gets (1998) (Best Leading Actor) Introduction to the Seclected Scene: Academy Award for Best Pictu

8、re The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible

9、 not only to vote on the final ballot, but also to nominate. During the ceremony, Best Picture is reserved as the final award presented. It is considered the most important of the Academy Awards, as it is the final award presented, and represents all the directing, acting, and writing efforts put fo

10、rth for a film. The best picture of 2010 goes to The Kings Speech.The best picture of 2009 goes to The Hurt Locker.Thank you very much. Oh I love the movies. They 1._ us, they offer us hope, they give us dramas, they can take us to places weve never been and just even for a few moments, they can tak

11、e us away when you wanna 2. _.Movies 3._ us, they 4. _ us, and despite our differences, they are the common link that 5. _ the humanity (人性) in all of us.And of all the millions of hours of movie entertainment over the past 80 years, there are only 79 the Academy has 6._ with its greatest tribute: 7

12、9 movies that are known simply as “Best Picture”.entertaintoucheshonoredinspireget awaychallengeI love the movies. They entertain us, they offer us hope, they give us dramas, they can take us to places weve never been and just even for a few moments, they can take us away when you wanna get away.电影可

13、以娱乐身心，亦可以赋予人们希望；不同的影片引领观众进入不同的“戏剧人生”，展现从未涉足的地域风景，让人们享受，哪怕只是短暂的，逃离世俗嘈杂与喧嚣的快感。2. Movies inspire us, they challenge us, and despite our differences, they are the common link that touches the humanity in all of us.电影亦赋予人们灵感与鞭策，纵然个体间存在着差异，但电影总能洞悉人性本质，触动心灵。Do you know any of those movies that won the Acad

14、emy Award for Best Picture? here are posters of some of the best pictures.Step 1: Pick one or two, think to yourself what the movie is about.Step 2: Discuss with your partner and list at least three reasons why it is “the best”.Step 3: Present your “best” movie to your class.Step 4: Vote for the bes

15、t presentation.Introduction to the winner: Henlen Mirren Helen Mirren is one of the best known and most respected actresses with an international career that spans stage, screen and television and has won many awards for her powerful and versatile performances. Mirren has portrayed four British quee

16、n: a queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in The Madness of King George (1994), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; a queen regnant, Elizabeth I, in the 2005 miniseries Elizabeth I. a police woman undercover as the Queen in The Fiendish Plot of D

17、r. Fu Manchu.The Queen(2007). She won the Academy Award for the best actress in the movie. Helen MirrenKate WinsletPenelope CruzMeryl StreepJudi DenchVolverThe QueenNotes on a ScandalLittle ChildrenThe Devil Wears Prada1. What does Helen Mirren compare her Oscar award to? Whats her impression on the

18、 award?2. How does Helen Mirren compliment her fellow nominees?They are brilliant, brilliant actresses who get such amazing performances this year.Its a huge honor. The biggest and the best gold stars that she has ever had in her life.3. What does Helen Mirren say about Queen Elizabeth? She had main

19、tained her dignity, her sense of duty and her hair-style. Shes had her feet planted on the ground, her hat on her head, her handbag on her arm and shes weathered many, many storms. full courage and consistenceSituation1: Role A: You are the host of the National Super Voice Girl/Boy competition in wh

20、ich 150,000 young people have taken part in nationwide. Now you are about to announce * as the 3rd place winner in the final round. Introduce him/her and welcome him/her to make a short speech.Role B: You just won the 3rd place in National Super Voice Girl/Boy competition. Actually, you had expected

21、 to win the championship and now youve been given a chance to say a few words before you leave the stage. Situation 2: Role A: You are the host of the 14th 21st Century National English Speaking Contest. Now you are about to announce * from Anna University as the champion. Introduce him/her and welc

22、ome him/her to make a short speech.Role B: You are the champion in the 14th 21-Centuray National English Speaking Contest. Now youre invited to make a short acceptance speech before the audience, the experts and the camera.How should we do this activity? Do I work with a partner? (yes) When I presen

23、t my acceptance speech, can I refer to my notes? (yes) Can I write down everything and just read them out? (no)How long should my speech last ? (less than 45 seconds)Raised in Berkshire, Winslet studied drama from childhood, and began her career in British television in 1991. She made her film debut

24、 in Heavenly Creatures (1994), for which she received her first notable critical praise. She achieved recognition for her subsequent work in a supporting role in Sense and Sensibility (1995) and for her leading role in Titanic (1997), the highest grossing film at the time.Kate Elizabeth Winslet (bor

25、n 5th October 1975) is an English actress and occasional singer.She has received multiple awards and nominations. She is the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader (2008). In this movie Kate Winslet plays Hanna Schmitz, a Ge

26、rman woman in her thirties whose teenage lover is unaware of thedark secret in her past.Pre-view question: When you make compliments on someones performance or work, beside “good”, “great”, what other adjectives can you use?Exercise 1: Watch and take down the words the presenters use to praise these

27、 5 nominees.unforgettableextraordinary voiceunmatched excellencebrilliant performanceauthentic portrayalone far too exceptional to be ignoredamazing examplecontinue to push the boundaries of whats possibleastonishingone of the most gifted and inspiringThat this role is played so authentically is due

28、 to the very modern giftsMarion CotillardShirly MacLaine Nicole Kidman Halle Berry Sophia LorenTwo WomenThe Hours Monsters Ball La Vie En RoseTerms of EndearmentAnne Hathaway Kate Winslet Meryl Streep Melissa Leo Angelina JolieDoubt Frozen RiverThe ReaderChangeling Rachel Getting Married_ 1. Anne Ha

29、thaway was considered as an example for all the actresses in the movie business._ 2. Anne Hathaway was praised as having an extraordinary voice and was encouraged to keep singing._ 3. The qualities encompassed by Kate Winslet in The Reader includes: passion, perseverance and extraordinary depth._ 4.

30、 In Frozen River, Melissa Leo played a woman who has lost everything, yet still holds hope for a better day.FTFT_ 5. The name Meryl Streep was considered to represent a whole world of unmatched excellence._ 6. In Doubt, the strict Catholic nun struggled with her own moral beliefs._ 7. Changeling is

31、about a young mother loses her only son and is forced to take part in a cover-up by the police force investigating his disappearance.FTFExercise 5: Listen to Kates acceptance speech and answer the following questions:1) When Kate Winslet was 8 years old, she would usually stare into the bathroom mir

32、ror and hold what thing to pretend it as the Oscar statuette? 2) Who was that man whistling during Kates speech? 3) What did Kate thank her wonderful husband and two beautiful children for?She held the shampoo bottle to pretend it as the Oscar statuetteHer dad whistled during her speechThey let her

33、do what she loves and they love her just the way that she is Introduction to Natalie Portman：Black Swain (2010)Her website: / born in Jerusalem, Israel, to a doctor father (from Israel) and an artist mother (from Ohio), who also acts as Natalies agent. After a few moves, her family finally settled i

34、n New York, where she still lives to this day. She graduated with honors, and her academic achievements allowed her to attend Harvard.She was discovered by an agent in a pizza parlor at the age of 11. She was pushed towards a career in modeling but she decided that she would rather pursue a career i

35、n acting. She was featured in many live performances, but she made her powerful film debut in the movie Lon (1994). Following this role Natalie won roles in such films as Heat (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), and Mars Attacks! (1996).It wasnt until 1999 that Natalie received worldwide fame as Queen A

36、midala in the highly anticipated US$431 million-grossing prequel Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). She then starred in two critically acclaimed comedy dramas, Anywhere But Here (1999) and Where the Heart Is (2000), followed by Closer (2004/I), for which she received an Oscar nominati

37、on.Nearly 1._ years before Natalie Portmans Oscar 2._ role in Black Swan, she was a 3._years old kid, who wowed audiences in the 4._. Now Natalie is 29, and she is 5. _ to Oscar goal. “It is an incredible feeling”. What is perhaps more incredible is Portmans smooth 6. _from child actor to adult supe

38、r star, all well-sides stepping into traps that 7._many young 8. _ today.nominatedseventeenthirteenprofessionaldancing her waytransitiontempedcelebrities“I think Natalie has a pretty 9. _ family” Hollywood 10. _ Howard Bragman said Portmans path to success is 11. _ valuable guidance from none other

39、than mom and dad. “Her parents have really made sure that she is 12. _ the craft and not the stardom, we heard a lot about other child stars like Linzi Lohen certainly comes to mind and who have a different kind of 13. _ , and thats when things 14. _ .” Also helping Portman keep it together, Bragman

40、 said is her 15. _. publicistextraordinarydue in part todedicated toparental situationfall apartwork ethicHow old is Portman 17 years ago?What is more incredible about Portman according to the narrator?She was 13 years old 17 years ago.Portmans smooth transition from child actor to adult super star,

41、 all well-sides stepping into traps that temped many young celebrities today.What factors can be attributed to Portmans success according to the Hollywood publicist Bragman?How does the actor Liam Neeson, Portamans partner in Star War, comments on Portman?a. Valuable guidance from her mom and dad.b. Her work ethic, she is disciplined and hard-w