4/30 (Wed.) Movie Adaptation (Host: Grace Yang)
發表於 : 週一 4月 21, 2008 11:58 pmdear YOYOs,
I am hosting 4/30 topic about movie adaptation. Hope everyone will like it.
Movie adaptation is the transfer of a written work into a feature film. Adaptation introduces complications in audience perception and aesthetics. The most common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a film, but film adaptation includes the use of autobiography, comic book, plays, and even other films.
Some books have been adapted into films, which later allow the books to become better known or even best sellers. Take Lust, Caution for an example. It was directed by Taiwanese director Ang Lee, based on the short story published in 1979 by Chinese author Eileen Chang. The film adaptation and the story are based on events that took place during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai. Ang Lee successfully used explicit sex scenes to reflect the controversy, complexity, and transformation from both characters’ heart. The Death Note, another successful film adapted from Japanese comics series, is mainly centered on a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name into the notebook. The plot follows his attempt to create and lead a world cleansed of evil using the notebook, and the complex conflict between him and those assailing him that results.
Session 1,
Q1, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/apr/19/film.books
On this referred website, the top 50 list of adaptation movies are as follows, which I believe some of you may have never heard some of them before. Try to make your own list of the best 10 and provide the reasons.
Q2. Is there any piece of literary works that you may want to give it a try to adapt it into films? In what way you want to perform?
Session2.
Movie Adaptation
Agenda
6:45 ~ 7:00pm Greetings and free talk among members and guests /taking individual orders/getting newcomers' information
7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening remarks/ Brief self-introduction/ Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:40pm First discussion session
7:40 ~ 7:50pm First summarization
7:50 ~ 8:00pm Regrouping and taking a break (intermission)
(Session II)
8:00 ~ 8:30pm discussion session
8:30 ~ 8:50pm Acting(vote/rewarding)
8:50 ~ 9:00pm Concluding remarks/feedback from newcomers/ announcements
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聚會時間：2008/4/16 (星期三) 請準時 6:45 pm 到 ~ 約 9:00 pm 左右結束
聚會地點：日安。KAFFA 北市南京東路三段303巷24號 (02)2719-7895
捷運南京東路站（木柵線）
走法: 出捷運南京東路站後, 順著慶城街直走 3 分鐘到 "萊爾富便利超商" 時, 右轉直走 30 公尺即可看到 "日安。KAFFA"
給新朋友的話：
1. 請事先準備2~3分鐘的英語自我介紹；討論完畢後可能會請你發表1~2分鐘的感想(feedback)。
2. 請事先閱讀討論主題相關內容以及host所提的問題，並事先寫下自己所欲發表意見的英文。
3. 來之前請先讀一下討論主題，思考一下如何回答及討論。
4. 在正式加入之前（繳交可退還之保證金NT$1,000)，可以先來觀摩三次。
I am hosting 4/30 topic about movie adaptation. Hope everyone will like it.
Movie adaptation is the transfer of a written work into a feature film. Adaptation introduces complications in audience perception and aesthetics. The most common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a film, but film adaptation includes the use of autobiography, comic book, plays, and even other films.
Some books have been adapted into films, which later allow the books to become better known or even best sellers. Take Lust, Caution for an example. It was directed by Taiwanese director Ang Lee, based on the short story published in 1979 by Chinese author Eileen Chang. The film adaptation and the story are based on events that took place during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai. Ang Lee successfully used explicit sex scenes to reflect the controversy, complexity, and transformation from both characters’ heart. The Death Note, another successful film adapted from Japanese comics series, is mainly centered on a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name into the notebook. The plot follows his attempt to create and lead a world cleansed of evil using the notebook, and the complex conflict between him and those assailing him that results.
Session 1,
Q1, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/apr/19/film.books
On this referred website, the top 50 list of adaptation movies are as follows, which I believe some of you may have never heard some of them before. Try to make your own list of the best 10 and provide the reasons.
Q2. Is there any piece of literary works that you may want to give it a try to adapt it into films? In what way you want to perform?
Session2.
Movie Adaptation
Agenda
6:45 ~ 7:00pm Greetings and free talk among members and guests /taking individual orders/getting newcomers' information
7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening remarks/ Brief self-introduction/ Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:40pm First discussion session
7:40 ~ 7:50pm First summarization
7:50 ~ 8:00pm Regrouping and taking a break (intermission)
(Session II)
8:00 ~ 8:30pm discussion session
8:30 ~ 8:50pm Acting(vote/rewarding)
8:50 ~ 9:00pm Concluding remarks/feedback from newcomers/ announcements
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聚會時間：2008/4/16 (星期三) 請準時 6:45 pm 到 ~ 約 9:00 pm 左右結束
聚會地點：日安。KAFFA 北市南京東路三段303巷24號 (02)2719-7895
捷運南京東路站（木柵線）
走法: 出捷運南京東路站後, 順著慶城街直走 3 分鐘到 "萊爾富便利超商" 時, 右轉直走 30 公尺即可看到 "日安。KAFFA"
給新朋友的話：
1. 請事先準備2~3分鐘的英語自我介紹；討論完畢後可能會請你發表1~2分鐘的感想(feedback)。
2. 請事先閱讀討論主題相關內容以及host所提的問題，並事先寫下自己所欲發表意見的英文。
3. 來之前請先讀一下討論主題，思考一下如何回答及討論。
4. 在正式加入之前（繳交可退還之保證金NT$1,000)，可以先來觀摩三次。
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