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1.What is “Movie”? 1. Dictionary meaning A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity. 电影：一组连续的照片被投影到屏幕上并以极快的速度依次放映使之产生连续性和动态的视觉 2. Advantages of MoviesWindow—It opens another horizon Mirror—It reflects the society and the life Painting—The author creates it freely Pen—It records what goes on in the world Language—It uses body language or feelings to express. Hammer—It awakens people in the society Machine gun—It can even bring about a revolution 1. we can get information easily and faster. 2. We can see in the movie what we cannot express in words. 3. It can interact with the audience. Disadvantages History of movies In the case of Hollywood, it’s enough to talk about three major historical periods—early cinema, classical Hollywood cinema, and post-classical Hollywood cinema. Early cinema Roughly from 1895-1920s. Development of celluloid, cameras and projectors. The first movie in the world: Arrival of a Train, by Lumiere brothers, 1895. Actuality filming 真实摄影—record and represent aspects of “real life”. What lay at the heart of this period--- comedy sketches, magic shows, or simply images of moving vehicles. “The cinema of attractions” Classical Hollywood Cinema From the early 1920s through to the late 1950s. Development of sound and Techni-color “big five”– Warner Brothers华纳兄弟公司，Loew’s-MGM米高梅公司，Fox福克斯公司，Paramount派拉蒙公司，and Radio-Keith-Orpheum RKO雷电华公司.“three little”– Columbia哥伦比亚公司, Universal 环球公司 and United Artists 联美公司. Post-Classical Hollywood cinema 1960s- Development of other exhibition channels and multimedia platforms Competition with TV Categorization of genres In fact, genres and generic classifications are used more flexibly than much academic criticism would suggest. It is rare to find a film that belongs exclusively to one genre; that is to say, almost no film will possess all of the characteristics of a single genre and none of the characteristics of any ot