Welcome to the class

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Welcome to the class!

• Literature film study

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What is a film study?

• In this lesson youre going to study the film
• The Horse Whisperer.

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Step One

• Listen to the tape and then judge the following
  statements Are they true or false?

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• 1)     A film is a series of camera shots put
  together in a proper way in order to tell a
  story.

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• 2)     A pattern of pictures and sounds are
  created in a film to show images of world that
  does not exist or could not exist.

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• 3)     Seeing a film has a lot in common with
  reading written texts such as novels or short
  stories.

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• 4)   To understand a film you only need to look
  at the shots on the screen and listen to the
  dialogues.

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• 5)     To construct the storyline of a film, a
  film writer should fix the setting of the film
  first, like when and where the story happens.

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Step II To know about the film the Horse
Whisperer from the theatrical trailer.
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• 1.What can you guess from the theatrical trailer?

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• 2.What is the setting of the film THE HORSE
  WHISPERER?
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3. Who are the most important characters in
the film? Why do you think so?
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• 4.What will be the film about? And what do you
  think of the landscape presented in the movie?

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• Step III Viewing the first chapter of the
  film,then discuss the following questions

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 1.What is Grace doing at the beginning of the
film? 2. What is Graces hobby? 3.      What
is the weather like?
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4.Where are Grace and her father staying?
 5. Where is Graces mother? And
what is her job? 6. Why does Annie get angry
when she sees the news title in the newspaper?
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7. What action is Annie going to take? 8.  What
do you think Annie and her husband are talking
on the phone? 9. What do you see in Graces
room?
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10. What do you see on Annies desk? 11. What
do you think of Annies office 12. Who is
Graces best friend? And what is her horses name?
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13. What is Graces father doing when Grace leave
home? 14. What are the girls talking on their
horse-backs?
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15.  What is going to happen in the next chapter?
Can you predict?
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Step IV Viewing Chapter 2 and then discuss the
following questions
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16. What happens to Judiths horse when they
are riding? 17.What happens next? 18. What
does Grace try to do?
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19. What do you think of Graces horse? 20.
What does the helicopter indicate?
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21. What do you know about Grace? 22. What do
you know about Judith?
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23. What happens to Pilgrim?24. What is the
local vet going to do with Pilgrim?25.What do
you know about Judith?
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Step V. Assignment Write a film introduction
and a film review according to what you have seen
and read about the film.
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Compare the two samples and tell which is a film
introduction and which is a film review.
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Sample Athe Horse Whisperer(???)is so good a
film that it is worth seeing twice. It tells
about a story of the healing power of love. The
plot of the film is quite simple. It starts with
two teenage girls leaving their houses in the
early morning
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for a horseback ride. An unexpected accident
killed one girl and her horse and made the other
girl Grace lose one of her leg and her beloved
horse called Pilgrim is also badly hurt. Graces
parents are ill-prepared for the disaster.
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They are also ill-prepared to help their daughter
cope with (overcome)her physical disability and
the mental scars(??????) of
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having seen her best friend run down by an out-of
control truck. Annie, graces mother decides that
Graces recovery will be aided if she can find a
way to heal Pilgrim.
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So, with her daughter and the horse in tow(???),
Annie heads out to Montana, where a legendary
horse whisperer Tom Booker lives and works on a
ranch (??).
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Tom finally agrees to help the horse, and so
begins a long period f restoration for four
souls(??) Pilgrim, Grace, Annie and Tom.
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Last weekend I watched a film. The setting of the
film is in the USA of the 1990s. I regard it as
the best English film that I have ever seen.
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At the outset I feared I might be bored by the
film, but, despite of the running length, I found
myself thoroughly absorbed.
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The presentation of the truck accident is
memorable for the way in which it is stagedits
loud, horrifying, and chaotic.
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The editing and cinematography are perfect,
and fashion and unforgettable cinematic moment.
Its a film as rich in visual presentation as it
is in its emotional resonance (??).
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There is an Oscar-caliber performance in the film
given by the actress Scarlett Johansson. As
Grace, Johansson does everything necessary to
make Grace a living and vital character,
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and like all good performers, much of her acting
comes through subtle(???) expression changes and
body language. Johansson is so effective, in
fact, that Graces story become
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The Horse Whisperers emotional core (??), not
just a plot device(??????) whereby Tom and Annie
find themselves and one another.