Unit6TheMediaLesson(1)FromPagetoScreen课件高中英语北师大版选择性

TheMediaUnit6Lesson1FromPagetoScreenDoyoustillknowanyotherfilmsorTVseriesthatareadaptedfrombooks?Istheadaptationasuccess?Step1Lead-in“Page”referstotheoriginalbook.“Screen”referstothefilm.Thefilmcanbeadaptedfromthebook.Whatdoes“page”referto?Whatdoes“screen”referto?Howdoessomethinggofrompagetoscreen?Step2PredictingReadthetitle“FromPagetoScreen”andpredictwhatwillbetalkedaboutinthepassage.Step2Predicting预测thehistoryofadapted

films?thedevelopmentofadaptedfilms?thechallengesofadaptedfilms?thebenefitsofadaptedfilms?howpeopleadaptthebooksintofilms?

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Readparagraph1.Whatisthewriter’sattitudetowardsit?Whatwillthefollowingparagraphbeabout?Step4Carefulreading

Readingabookandwatchingafilmaretwoverydifferentexperiences,butit’snormaltohavehighexpectationswhenafilmofafavouritebookismade.TherearemanytimesIhavebeenpessimisticaboutorevendisappointedbyafilmofabookIlove.Althoughhighlyregardedbooksdonotalwaysmakegoodfilms,itissafetosaythatgreatfilmsmaybemadefromnotparticularlygoodbooks.(TheGodfatherimmediatelyspringstomind.)第一课从纸书到屏幕读书和看电影是两种截然不同的体验。如果人们最喜欢的书籍被翻拍成电影，他们对电影的期待值自然更高，这种现象很正常。不止一次，我喜欢的书籍拍成电影，我都不看好，甚至很失望。尽管高质量的书并不总是能拍出好看的电影，优秀的电影也可能来自不是那么好的书，说的倒是没错。（这让我马上想到《教父》。）TheSourceMaterialsPage______booksScreen______filmsclassicnovelsshortstoriescomicbooksstageplaysbiographiesautobiographiesReadparagraph2,Whatarethesourcematerialsforadaptedfilmsandthequestionsraisedbytheauthor?Step4CarefulreadingReadparagraph2,Whatarethesourcematerialsforadaptedfilmsandthequestionsraisedbytheauthor?Q1：

Whydomanyadaptationsandindeedremakesfailbothcinemaaudiencesandcritics?Q2：Whydosomeadaptationsgetlowerratingsthanothers?Step4CarefulreadingThesourcematerialforafilmmaybetakenfromclassicnovels,shortstories,comicbooksandstageplays,aswellasnon-fictionsuchasbiographiesandautobiographies,eventhosewritten

byghostwriters.Allcanworkwell,butwhydomanyadaptationsandindeedremakesfailbothcinemaaudiencesandcritics?Andwhydosomeadaptationsgetlowerratingsthanothers?

一部电影可以取材自经典小说、短篇小说、漫画书、舞台剧，也可以取自传记、自传等非小说作品，甚至是代笔人写的作品。这些素材都可以拍出很棒的作品，但为什么许多改编、翻拍的电影没能受到电影观众与评论家的好评呢？为什么有些改编作品的评分比其他作品低呢？TheoriginalVSFilm

Para.3TopicsentenceAquestionisobviouslyhowclosetotheoriginalthefilmis.原著TheCast

Para.4TopicsentenceAnotherproblemareaisthecast.演员阵容Readparagraph3-6,Whatarethemainchallengesfacedbyfilm-makers.Underlinethetopicsentence.

Readparagraph3,Whydoaudiencesalwayshavethefeelingof“thefilmisnotlikethebook”?Becausethefilm’slengthisabouttwohours,someplotsareleftoutorchanged.Eventheendingsmaybechanged.Step4Carefulreading

Akeyquestionisobviouslyhowclosetotheoriginalthefilmis.Sinceatypicalfilmisonlyaroundtwohourslong,itbecomesaquestionforscreenwriterstodecidewhatisappropriateforthescreenandwhattoleaveout.Screenwriterstakecreativelibertyandsometimestheremaybechangestotheplot,additions,andevendifferentendingstopleaseproducers,directorsandtestaudiences.I,likemanypeople,haveoftenleftthecinemafeeling“thefilmisnotlikethebook”.显而易见，一个关键的问题在于这部电影与原作接近程度如何。电影通常只有两小时左右，在有限的时间里，编剧要决定书中哪部分适合银幕，哪部分不适合。对此编剧有一定的创作自由度，有时为了迎合制片人、导演、观众，会改动部分情节，甚至演绎不同结局。和很多人一样，我也经常在看完电影后感叹“这部电影和原作不一样”。Anotherproblemareaisthecast.Findingactorsacceptabletofilmaudiencescanmeanthedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.Readersofthebookusetheirimaginationstovisualisecharactersandhaveverydefiniteideasabouthowcharactersshouldlookandsound.ThisiswhereIthinkmanyfilmadaptationsfalldown.另一个问题是演员阵容。找到电影观众所接受的演员，有时决定着电影的成败。读者会通过自己的想象，将书中的人物形象化，角色的外貌、声音他们都有明确的想法。我认为选择的演员不符合他们的想象，成为很多电影改编失败的原因。TechnicalReasonsPara.5TopicsentenceSomefilmsaredifficulttobeadaptedfortechnicalreasons.TheScreenwriterPara.6TopicsentenceOnemaythinkthatitisthebookwriterwhoisinthebestpositiontodofilmadaptations.Infact,sometimesauthorsareveryinvolvedintheprocessandmayevenbethescreenwriter.Somebooksarejusttoodifficulttobeadaptedfortechnicalreasons,althoughfilmslikeLifeofPiarechangingthisidea.CGI(ComputerGeneratedImage)technologyhashadahugeimpactonthefilmindustry.Itallowedthepreviouslyunfilmabletobecomeareality.一些书由于技术原因很难拍成电影，虽然《少年派的奇幻漂流》等电影的出现正在改变这一问题。电脑生成动画技术对电影产业有重大影响，让以前无法拍摄的内容成为现实。Onemaythinkthatitisthebookwriterwhoisinthebestpositiontodofilmadaptations.Infact,sometimesauthorsareveryinvolvedintheprocessandmayevenbethescreenwriter.Thiscanactuallybeadisadvantagebecausetheymaybetooclosetothematerialandfinditdifficulttoadapttoanewform.Atothertimestheyarenot,andthereareinstanceswherewritershavebeenveryunsatisfiedwiththefilmversionsoftheirwork;StephenKingisanexampleofthis.EvenmoreextremewasnovelistJ.D.Salinger,whomadesurenofilmversionsofhispopularnovelACatcherintheRyecouldeverbemade.Inthissituation,itisclearthatviewerswillnotbedisappointed!Forme,anyway,itisalwaysabadideatowatchafilmofabookyoulove.人们可能会认为，最适合改编电影的人应该是书籍作者本人。事实上，作者有时的确会参与改编，甚至可能担任电影编剧。但这其实有局限性，因为作者本人可能过于忠于书中内容，很难将其改编成一种新的形式。有时作者本人并不是电影编剧，于是出现了作者对自己作品所拍摄的电影版本非常不满意的情况。史蒂芬•金就是这样。小说家杰罗姆•大卫•塞林格更为极端，他永远不准自己广受欢迎的小说《麦田里的守望者》被拍成电影版本。如果是这样，读者就永远不会失望！不管怎样，我认为去看自己钟爱的书籍翻拍成的电影不会是个好主意。Readparagraph7,Whatistheconclusiondrawnbytheauthor？Howdidtheauthorconcludehisargument?

Conclusion:TherehavebeensomehighlysuccessfulfilmsmadefrompopularbooksHow:Bygivingexamplesofsomesuccessfulfilms.Despitethechallenges,therehavebeensomehighlysuccessfulfilmsmadefrompopularbooks.Forme,Jaws,HarryPotterandTheLordoftheRingsallfitthiscategory.AndpossiblythebestproofofasuccessfuladaptationistheJamesBondseries,themajorityofwhichhasbeenadaptedfromthe007novelsoflanFleming.Perhapsunusually,audiencesseemtoacceptthattheactorswhohave45playedJamesBondhavechangedsooften,althougheveryoneseemstohavetheirfavourite.IknowIdo.尽管挑战重重，还是有一些改编自畅销书的电影取得了极大成功，例如《大白鲨》《哈利波特》和《指环王》都是成功的案例。可能最好的例子是詹姆斯•邦德系列，该系列的大部分作品都改编自伊恩•弗莱明的《007》系列小说。系列影片中詹姆斯•邦德的扮演者经常换人，但观众们似乎也能接受，这让人难以相信。但我相信每位观众和我一样，都有自己最喜欢的那个扮演者。Part1(para.1)Part2(para.2)Part3(paras.3~6)Part4(para.7)Introducethetopicandthewriter’sopinionMainchallengesfacedbyfilm-makersConclusionSourcematerialsQuestionsStep5Readforstructure1.Whatfactorsshouldbetakeninto

considerationwhenadaptingbooksintofilms?2.Whatistheauthor’sopinionattheendaboutadaptedfilms?

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5Think&ShareStep6ReadfordeepunderstandingCheckyouranswers.1.Whatfactorsshouldbetakenintoconsideration

whenadaptingbooksintofilms?Theselectionofcasts,theuseoftechnologyandthe

screenwritersshouldbeconsideredwhenadaptingbooksintofilms.2.Whatistheauthor’sopinionattheendaboutadapted

films?Highlighttheevidenceinthearticle.Doyouagreewiththeauthor’spointofview?Whyorwhynot?●Theauthorispessimistic/negativeaboutit,becausehesaysthat“itisalwaysabadideatowatchafilmofabookyoulove”.●

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