节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-11-26
难易度:Medium
关键字:cue, professional, fascinate, intense, high-definition [HD], image sensor
Welcome back, everybody.
When asked about the smartphone's capability to make movies,
most professional camera men and women will say, "It can't be as good as what we
pros are using." But after seeing the results,
many have a change of heart and leave impressed... a little anyway.
OK. Let's return to the lesson and learn about some professionally made
smartphone films on line 11.
Smartphone Moviemakers.
Some professionally made smartphone films.
Soon after Apple's iPhone 4 was released, two filmmakers decided to make a short
film using only their iPhone 4s.
Michael Koerbel and Anna Elizabeth James shot and edited the
one-and-a-half-minute film Apple of My Eye in only 48 hours.
Audiences were fascinated with the film, which received 500,000 views in its
first two days online.
The pair followed up their success with a first-place win at the 2011 iPhone
Film Festival (IFF).
Their entry, Goldilocks, was an intense spy thriller told over nine,
three-minute films.
The success of these short films has shown that smartphone movies are here to
stay.
Friends, have you ever wanted to make a professional-quality film?
Well, if you have a smartphone, you can now with just that small phone right
there in your pocket.
That's right.
And so you can not only film something on your phone, you can edit it,
maybe even put it up on YouTube for others to see without ever using a computer.
Now let's see... we have to talk about some examples if we're going to really
believe that you can make a professional camera...
professional film on just this small... small phone.
That's right.
So we're going to show you some professionally made smartphone films.
Soon after Apple's iPhone 4 was released, two filmmakers decided to make a short
film using only their iPhone 4s.
OK. So the iPhone 4, we know, is a version of the iPhone.
And it came out and has all these amazing capabilities, all these amazing
designs that you can actually shoot a full film on.
That's right.
And Kaylah, Apple released an APP on that phone that lets you edit movies on it,
so.
You could film them and edit them.
That means to make it look like the final way you want it to look and put it
online.
So these filmmakers decided to make their own movie using just the iPhone.
Now the filmmakers actually are Michael Koerbel and Anna Elizabeth James.
So they decided to shoot - so we see they shot and edited the
one-and-a-half-minute film Apple of My Eye in only 48 hours.
That's incredible.
Now this here, Kaylah, we see not only did they just use their smartphone to do
all the filming and all the editing of this fairly lengthy film,
but they did it very quickly because they could just use their phone.
They didn't have to use a computer or any other equipment to do it.
And they did... It's a one-and-a-half-minute.
So that means it is a 90-second film.
And it's called Apple of My Eye.
Now friends, if you are familiar with Taiwanese movies, this is a different
Apple of My Eye movie.
That's right. This is... film you'll actually get to see an example of.
And it's just a short film; and they did this very quickly.
That's right.
And they did it in 48 hours.
Two days to put an entire film together - that's amazing.
Now this is a professional level short film.
In fact, audiences were fascinated with the film, which received 500,000 views
in its first two days online.
OK. So they made it in 48 hours, put it online, and 500,000 people viewed it.
Now we see that word - they had 500,000 "views." When you go to YouTube, on the
bottom of the screen, you can see a "views" - number of views.
That's how many people have actually gone and watched that film.
OK. So those people that are watching the film are called the audience; and they
were fascinated by this.
If you're "fascinated," that means you are extremely interested in something.
That's right.
They were extremely interested.
Now the pair - meaning two people, meaning the two filmmakers - followed up
their success with a first-place win at the 2011 iPhone Film Festival,
also known as the IFF.
Now this is really surprising to me.
I did not know there was such thing as an iPhone Film Festival.
A film festival is where many people put their films in and try to decide whose
is the best.
Well, an iPhone Film Festival means they're only made using an iPhone.
That's right. And these two directors worked together to follow up their
success.
That means they did something after it to keep it going, to encourage it.
That's right.
And so, yeah, that's what it means to follow up something: do something after
you do something else.
Now their entry, called Goldilocks, was an intense spy thriller told over nine,
three-minute films.
OK. So let's talk about this for a second here.
Something that is "intense" is very serious, maybe it makes you feel a little
bit stressed.
That's right.
It has very strong emotions, very strong opinions come out of it for you.
And an intense spy film is about intrigue.
It's interesting; there's mystery involved.
Now it came out in three... in nine, three-minute films.
What does that mean?
Well, uh, three-minute film means it's only three minutes long.
And it came out, or was told over, nine of those films; so nine different short
films, and it was very thrilling.
That's right.
The success of these short films has shown that smartphone movies are here to
stay.
And I do think they are.
I think they're here to be a part of filmmaking.
Well especially, Kaylah, phones are going to get more and more powerful, and
their cameras will get better.
So the videos will become more and more professional.
Now Kaylah and I are not professionals, but we did try and make a video using
only an iPhone.
And we'd like to show that to you now.
Somebody awake?
Hey, little mister.
Oh, come to Mommy.
Mommy!
Oh, my big boy.
Is it a new day?
Yes, it is.
Here you go.
Oh... Mommy smells stinky.
Are you Mr. Stinky Pants?
Let's change that.
All clean! Good job!
Where are we going to go?
Is it time to play a little bit?
Yeah!
Where's your ball?
Where's your ball?
Oh... Yay.
Go, go, go... Is that Doggie?
Uh oh.
Doggie fell down.
Where's Doggie?
Uh oh.
You have a phone call.
You have a phone call.
Hello!
Yeah. Can you give Mommy the phone?
No.
Can you give Mommy the phone?
No?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, that's the ball.
My little mister is sleepy.
Yes, it's nap time.
Don't worry.
Here we go.
Here we go.
Where's your crib?
Where's your crib? Oh, there we go.
Oh, there's my boy.
Here's your tiger. Here's your tiger.
You sleep with tiger, OK?
Oh. Mommy loves you so much.
(Music).
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And time really flies.
Make sure you come back tomorrow.
Bye-bye.
Like the rolls of plastic film in an old photo camera, the days of 35-millimeter
film used for making movies are drawing to a close.
Yes, filmmaking is going digital.
And part of this digital revolution is the digital video camera found on your
smartphone.
Today, serious filmmakers are experimenting with these cameras because they're
handy,
they're flexible, they're relatively inexpensive, and they're fun.
Friends, please take advantage of this lesson's Talk About It questions.
Use them to take your English to the next level.
And then be sure to join us tomorrow for more making movies with smartphones.
Take care.