學生討論與作業

In-class Discussion and Homework
1. Sept. 28: Discussion for The Great Train Robbery
2. Oct.5: Writing a storyboard for Eisenstein’s The Battleship Potemkin
3. Oct.12: On Chaplin's Modern Times
4. Oct.19: On Quotes from Dracula
5. Nov. 1: A Summary of the Film Dracula
6. Nov. 23: Comparison between the novel and the film Dracula
7. Nov. 30: Discussion for Hitchcock's The Birds
8. Dec. 7: Discussion for Never Let Me Go
9. Dec. 14~: Announcement—Final Project Presentation

1. Sept. 28: Discussion for The Great Train Robbery
Q1: How many sequences can you identify from the first 4 scenes in The Great Train
Robbery?
A1: I think there are four divisions: bandit on the platform stunned the webmaster,
after detonating the bomb and escaped to pick the train above.
Q2: Putting together the 4 scenes, what effect(s) do you think that Dir. Porter achieved
to build for his film story and for his audience?
A1: We think if we were the directors, we will also use the same order of these 4
shots.
Because this order can let audience clearly knew what the movie happened,
and this movie is use the method of chronological order.
A2: The first four scenes of the arrangement, a clear expression of the outline of the
film story, progressive into the movie theme, with the scene changes, the story is also
intensified, the audience's mood also followed up, will make people want to see the
last the end.
A3: To hand over time of the 4 scenes and explan the pocess of things. It's
arrangement can make the audience feel more nervous.

Discussion questions for Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936)
1. What could be the theme(s) of this film?
2. What is the function of the clock in the very beginning of the film(also identify the type of the shot)?
3. What is the technique used to connect the two scenes “a flock of sheep” and “a group of men out of the
subway” and what meanings may be brought out from this technique?
4. Identify the shots used in 1’58-2’28. How does the camera introduce the factory?
5. Identify different types of machine(or during 2’28-23’34). What is the relationship between man and
machine?
6. Evaluate the scenes before 23’34. What are the shot types or camera movements that attract you
the most? Explain their functions in this film.
1. I think the factory workers are the theme of the film.
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. “Factory workers” is
not a theme.
2. The clock shows the time of what people should do on that time. Like in the beginning, the clock
shows about to be 6:00, that’s the time when people waking up and ready for work. And at
noon and afternoon. Good interpretation.
3. The director connected the scene of a flock of sheep with a group of men out of the subway, to
metaphor symbolize people are like those animals going out of the fence/subway to go
eat/work (which eating is the job for those sheep.) very good.
4. The director used an extreme long shot for the outside of the factory, then high angle shot of
people entering the factory, then used pan right to show the audiences all the machines in the
factory. Good observation.
5. The relationship between the worker and the machine was quite close. The worker can’t miss any
movement (they use tools to twist the thing moving on the machine), and the main character
finally went insane from doing all the work and got send to the hospital.
Okay.
6. I think the shot of the outside of the factory attracts me the most. It’s an extreme long shot. I
thought it shows the size of the factory and marks the industrial time.
Good.
1. comedy,normal and not normal, the people are to mechanize
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
2. Time is important to with humans because it reminds us when we should to certain thingswhat to do
3. Sheep are similar the people. fade-in fade-out

Good.
4. ELS.LS.LS.LS.pan shot background and environment
That’s right.
5. Everyone's actions are repeated, very mechanized,even when the work is stopped, the action continues
Good observation.
6.LS Continue to use LS, let the role associated with the environment
Okay. But which scene do you refer to?
1. We think this film theme could be automatic. (the answer should be more specific ie. automatic machine
and human beings)
2. The time that incidents that something is going to happened.
3.fade-out and fade-in
4.Ha , Pan shot , Is
5. man is worker and machine make him cazy.--> a worker and how the machine drives him crazy
6.Pan shot, can see the surrounding in the factory. (please provide more details to explain why the scene
impresses you)
1. I think the busy work makes people crazy is the theme of the film.
That’s right
2. To the factory workers, the clock is means that it’s time for to work. CU:the clock
Okay.
3.Fade-out，people like the sheep.
Yes.
4.The director used an extreme long shot to shoot the outside of the factory, and the high angle shot of the
staff into the factory interior,then used the high angle shot and pan shot to shoot from the right side of the
machine.
Good.
5.People like the machine, need to rest or maintain, overwork will lead to bad results.
Good observation.
6.I think the shot of the gear rotation attracts me the most .It’s a pan shot.I thought it represents the progress
of the industrial age.
A strong argument with a clear explanation.

4. Oct.19: On Quotes from Dracula
The Diary of Jonathan Harker, May 3 1885.
At last my long journey is drawing to its close. What the eventual end will be, I
cannot foresee. But whatever may happen, I can rest secure that I will have done all in
my power to achieve success.
The last lap of my journey from the village of Klausenberg proved to be more
difficult than I had anticipated…due to the reluctance on the part of the coach driver
to take me all the way. However, as there was no other transport available, I was forced
to travel the last few kilometers on foot before arriving at Castle D.
The castle appeared innocuous in the warm afternoon sun, and all seemed
normal… but for one thing: There were no birds singing. As I crossed the wooden
bridge and entered the gateway, it suddenly seemed to become much colder due, no
doubt, to the icy waters of the mountain torrent I had just crossed. However, I deemed
myself lucky to have secured this post and did not intend to falter in my purpose.
1. Who is the narrator?
2. What’s the form of this passage?
3. Identify the scenes in this passage?
4. When does the action(s) taken place?
5. What kind of impression or atmosphere is created by this passage?
*****
Answers from students:
1. John Harker
2. A diary, or a story.
3. Village of Klausenberg, woods, castle Dracula.
4. It happened in the afternoon.
5. It's kinda weird, creepy and gloomy.
1. John Harker.
2. story or Travel Diary.
3. creek、castle、bridge、forest、mountain.
4. In the afternoon.Found eerie and no bird after arriving at the castle.
5. It's feel very strange and the screen in my mind.

1.John Hacker
2.Diary for travel
3.castle Dracula.bridge.forest
4.in the afternoon
5.weird and mysterious.
1. John Harker
2. travel diary
3. castle forest bridge woods
4. in the afternoon
5. It's very fantastic and mysterious
1 Jonathan Harker.
2 It's a diarly.
3 Bridge,woods,castle Dracula.
4 It happened ine the afternoon.
5 .It's very strange.

1. Harker records what comes to the castle.
2. Harker enters the castle.
3. A woman cries y for Harker’s help to Harker but he refuses her. And Dracula
takes him to his room after the woman leaves.
4. The woman unlocks his door luck from Dracula and criesy for his help to him
again.And she wants to suck his blood but Dracula appear suddenly.
5. Harker finds he was bitten d and he decides to kill Dracula.
6. Harker kills the vampire woman but he was is attacked by Dracula.
7. Dr. Van Helsing comes to coumtry’s country’s tavern asking Harker where to
go.
8. Dr. Van Helsing finds Huck becomed becomes a vampire when he arrived the
castle.
9. Dr. Van Helsing tells Holmwood couple Huck was dead.
10. Lucy waits ing for Dracula in her room.
11. Dr. Van Helsing recovering discovers who confronted ation to the vampire in the
hoteal.
12. Dracula is appearappeared ance and sucks vampire Lucy’s blood.
13. Mina and doctor doubt wonders why Lucy becomes more and mare weaker.
14. Mina visits ing Dr. Van Helsing.
15. Dr. Van Helsing visits ing Lucy and tells Mina who to save Lucy.
16. Lucy can’t stand stress out the garlic flower,steward is appearance and asks the
servant to take it out and open the window.
17. Lucy is dead.Dr. Van Helsing decides to tell Arthur the truthe.
18. Police takes Tania come home,and Tania informs Mina she was led by beheld
Lucy.
19. Arthur comes goes to Lucy’s the churchyard by himself and finds Lucy was
disappears.
20. Lucy takes Tania to her the churchyard and wants to suck vampire Tania’s blood.
21. Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur decide to let Lucy fall asleep forever.
22. Dr. Van Helsing explains interpret what is vampire is for to Arthur.
23. Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur inquire y where does Dracula goes.
24. Dracula seduces Mina.
25. Arthur finds Mina is not at home when he returns back home.
26. Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur go toes Dracula’s tabernacle but he is disappears.
27. Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur discuss where does Dracula go. And Arthur decides
desire that Mina should can wear clothe a cross necklace.
28. Arthur regrets.
29. Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur wait ing for Dracula outside,but Dracula is in the
house.
30. Arthur blood transfuses his blood ion to Mina.
31. Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur finds Dracula in crypt ,Dracula takes Mina away.
32. Dracula goes back to castle.
33. Dracula wants to bury Mina but Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur arrive there to stop
him advent.
34. Dracula was killeds by Dr. Van Helsing.

1 Dracula: He welcomed Harker to his room, and told
him that he’s to go out, and won’t come back
before sunset will not come back.
2 Dr. Van Helsing : He told Mina toto zoom in put
with Garlic in Lucy's room, and close the windows.
3 Mina Holmwood: She took Dr. Van Helsing to see
Lucy and shewho was almost killed by Dracula.
4 Arthur Holmwood: He was guarded outside the
house, bewaring watching out for Dracula., But it
turned out that Dracula the result was still he
succeeded in attacking Lucy.
5 Lucy: She dosen’t didn’t want to die of sick.
So,she deliberately to open the window to attract
Dracula to bite himher, she wanted to be a vampire
to get immortality.

6 Jonathan Harker: He went to Dracula's castle as a
librarian.

Title: The Truman Show
Year of Issue: 1998
Dir.: Peter Weir
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Leggett Linney
I. Setting
II. Plot Summary:
1. This film is one of the famous movies in the world.
2. The film stars Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, the main actor, adopted and
raised by a corporation inside a simulated television show revolving around his life.
3. Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality
television program which is broadcast live around the clock and across the globe.
4. His entire life has taken place within a giant arcological dome in Hollywood,
fashioned to create the seaside town of Seahaven Island, and equipped with
thousands of cameras to monitor all aspects of Truman's life.
5. All of Seahaven's residents are actors
6. Executive producer, Christof, who seeks to capture Truman's real emotion
and human behavior, give audiences a relatable everyman, and protect him from the
outside world with a sense of normalcy.
7. During his college years, Truman was intended to fall in love with and marry
co-student Meryl, but he fell in love with another actress, Sylvia.
8. Sylvia managed to bring Truman out of the sight of cameras long enough to
warn him that his reality is fake before she was taken away, with her "father"
claiming they are traveling to Fiji.
9. While Truman went on to marry Meryl, he continues to fantasize about
Sylvia, using scraps from magazines to recreate her face in secret, and seeks travel to
Fiji.
10. The film begins during the thirtieth year of the show. During the day, Truman
notices strange occurrences that all seem centered on him. Despite efforts by Meryl
and Truman's best friend Marlon to reassure Truman, Truman becomes even more

suspicious about his life.
11. One day, he takes Meryl by surprise by going on an impromptu road trip, but
their way is blocked by apparent and increasingly implausible emergencies. Meryl
begins to break down from the stress, and during an argument with Truman, breaks
character and is later taken off the show.
12. The next day, the producers find Truman sleeping in his basement. Marlon is
sent to check on Truman, only to find he has disappeared through a makeshift
tunnel.
13. Truman is found sailing out of Seahaven, having conquered his fear of water,
and Christof resumes the broadcast as he sends a man-made lightning storm to try to
capsize the boat.
14. Network executives fear that Truman may die on live television, but Truman
manages to persist. Realizing he cannot dissuade Truman any further, Christof ends
the storm.
15. Truman continues to sail until – to his surprise – his boat punctures the wall of
the dome. He finds an exit door, but Christof, speaking directly to Truman through a
speaker system, tries to convince him to stay, stating there is "no more truth" in the
real world and "I know you better than you know yourself", that he brings comfort to
his audience and that by staying in his artificial world, he would have nothing to fear.
16. Truman considers this, then states: "You never had a camera in my head!" and
leaves. Watching the show at home, Sylvia races to meet Truman.
III. Which part(s) that impressed you most and why?
I feel tThis movie is very unbelievable for me. Why can the actors or actress be as
Truman’ “friends” or “family”for thirty years? And if I was Truman, I must be crazy
when I know the truth. Everyone watches at me everyday all the time, and I think it is
ridiculous. And my lover is just acting as “my lover”. I can’t image that. But I am glad
that Truman finally found the exit door and leavedleft. He can live without people’s
being observed by the public watching.

Title: Alien: Saw
Year of Issue: 2004
Dir.: James Wan
Cast: Tobin Bell, Makenzie Vega , Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer , Ken Leung , Michael Emerson , Monica
Potter , Danny Glover , Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes
I. Setting
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004 with just 18 days of filming
II. Plot Summary:
1. This film belongs tois a thriller horror suspense
2. Adam awakened from a the coma and pulled the plug out of his bath tub. Adam found his left foot was
chained clipped to a the pipe with a chain, with Dr. Lawrence Gordon.
3. When Gordon opened the lamp in the bathroom, he found a dead body lying on the bathroom with a
revolver and a tape recorder in his hand. The two of them Gordon and Adam did not know why they were
locked at this time., And they found a tape each in their own pockets. to find a tape.
4. The two men Uused the recorder to hear the same unidentified voice, telling instructing them why and
how the only way to escape.: Adam tried his best to escape from the bathroom., and But Gordon was
ordered the best of his ability to kill Adam, or else Gordon’s his wife and daughter would will die. Adam
found a black bag next to the toilet tank from the "follow the heart" cue in the recording recorder and then
he found two hacksaws inside.
5. The real intention was to free get them out of their handcuffed feet and deduce that the real murderer
of them was the serial killer, also known as the Jigsaw Puzzle Killer.
6. Gordon found a can with a can only be connected but can not hit the phone(what do you mean by this
sentence?), a bullet and a few cigarettes of tin, but also to find the jigsaw puzzle homicide tips: You cCan
rely on the body out of poisoned blood into the cigarette that poisoneding Dead Adam. Gordon did not
want to hurt his ass and Adam pretended to be poisoned by acting.
7. Adam admitted he had taken the money from Tharp during this time. to stole Gordon's tracker was
stolen, and all the stolen photos were stuffed in a black pocket with a saw. Adam also said he knew about
Gordon's visit to a hotel the night before, and had been betrothed by one of his medical schoolgirls, who
had been abducted by the same pig-masked murderer shortly after leaving the hotel.
8. Gordon, unaware of the safety of his family, and his sudden unavailability of a sounded cellphone, saw
Gordon shackled his right foot with his handcuffed jaws as he seized the saw.
9. The body of in the bathroom suddenly stood up, likeas a jigsaw killer. himself, but also Gordon's brain
tumor patient John too was there. When John told Adam that where the keys to the chains were, had been

in the bathtub, it was the glitter that Adam had woken up into the drain when he woke up.
10.Finally, John stepped out of the bathroom and turned off the lights, saying "After the game was over,"
closing the bathroom door, leaving Adam to screaming desperately in the bathroom.
III. Which part(s) that impressed you most and why?
The final part.Because plot from the story at first made me start confuseding., I completely do not
know what is happenhappening.ed, When the murderer finally showed up in the end telling us why
he killedthis is done, to the last floor of and when the body stood up moment, everything began
to make sense to me.explain all the reasons, how to escape, then suddenly understand realized

Summary for the film Dracula
Johnathan Harker was invited to Dracula’s castle to be the count’s
librarian. He got to the castle and saw a weird woman. After that, he met
Count Dracula then found himself locked in his room.
1. Johnathan got out of his room and saw the weird woman who asked
him to help her, she got close to him and bit him, meanwhile count
Dracula showed up and kicked Johnathan to aside and went back to
his bed (coffin).
2. Johnathan found the woman and count Dracula in their coffin, killed
the woman with the wood stick, Dracula woke up and got angry,
Johnathan went back to his room and wrote a letter to his friend Dr.
Van Helsing and told him all about it. Johnathan was killed by Dracula.
3. According to Led by Johnathan’s picture of his fiancé, Dracula was
able to found Lucy and bit her, she wasn’t killed but was getting
weaker (everyday).
4. Dr. Van Helsing came to visit the Holmwoods and checked on Lucy,
gave Mina advise about garlic flowers to keep “the vampire” away.
Lucy begged Gerda to take those stuff away and opened the window,
the next morning Lucy was found dead. First Arthur was mad at Dr.
Van Helsing, then Gerda confessed her mistake.
5. Gerda’s daughter Tania said something suspicious, such as the dead
Lucy asked her to go for a walk, Dr. Van Helsing realized she’s been
turned into the devil, followed and showed Arthur the truth, Doctor
killed the devil Lucy and had her rested.
6. Dr. van Helsing found Dracula was after Mina, went look for Dracula’s
coffin with Arthur, and stayed up all night watching the house, but
somehow Mina still got blood sucked(M lost her blood or something
drained M’s blood away), Dr. Van Helsing used(transfused) Arthur’s
blood to save Mina’s life.
7. Dracula kidnapped Mina while Arthur and Dr. Van Helsing was out
again to find the coffin, when two men realized Mina was in danger,
they drove the carriage to Dracula’s castle. Seeing Dracula was trying
to bury Mina, Arthur went to save his wife and Dr. Van Helsing went
for Dracula. They were fighting till dawn, Van Helsing pulled back the
curtains and letting the sun shine on Dracula. He finally became to
turned into dirt and disappeared in the wind.
Score: A

The summary of Dracula
1. Mr. Harker arrived at Dracula’s castle. A woman appeared and asked for help.
Suddenly, Dracula bobbed up.
2. One night when Dracula went out. Harker was attacked by the woman. After
that, Harker found their coffins in the cellar and killed the woman.
3. Dr. Van Helsing tried to find Harker. He read Harker’s diary and found him. But
Harker had become the vampire. For justice, the doctor killed Mr. Harker.
4. Dr. Van Hesling found Lucy who is Harker’s fiancée had been bitten by Dracula.
He tried to find some way to cure her. Sadly, she still became one of them. For To
save her heart, doctor killed her by stakes.
5. One day, a little a boy transferred some words for brought a message to Mina
who is Lucy’s sister-in-law. Then she followed the words and entered a strange
house. And she was also bitten by Dracula.
6. Dr. Van Hesling and Mina’s husband found Dracula’s coffin by Mina. After a
chase and fight, they finally killed him. And Mina also turned back to the normal
person. In the end, the dark forces was destroyed.

Bram stoker’s Novel(1895) Terrence Fisher’s Film Dracula(1958)
The death of all the vampires The death of Dracula
Helsing found a coffin, the coffin written
with a name on it: Dracula. Afterwards
Helsing poured holy water into it the
inside, with a hammer and hammered
nails to his the heart beat.
Helsing and de Gu pull a fight, found not
the opponents of Dracula, he found the
curtain on the wall, so the past opened
the curtains, the room is full of sunshine,
vampire Dracula to the Sun can not resist
it, slowly decayed rot and then died.
Camera lens:
CU、MS、Tilt up/Tilt down、OSA、
POV、KS、TS
Mina Harker、Dracula、Van Helsing Dracula and Dr.Van Helsing
1. I think there’s a lot of the same action and close-up in this movie.
2. I’ll add in some dialogue to avoid the film being too dull.

Text Information Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) Terrence Fisher’s Dracula (1958)
Running Time
Pagination
p.9 7’01-10’02
Summary In the novel, Dracula opened the
door. He stood inside, holding a
lamp. He welcomed Johnathan
and shook his hand. Dracula’s
hand was as cold as ice ,like a
dead man. Dracula led
Johnathan upstairs to his
bedroom, told him to have
supper after washing up politely.
Dracula had a strong face, with a
rather cruel mouth. His
fingernails were like a cat’s.
Dracula stood on top of the stairs.
He helped Johnathan take his
luggage and took him to his room.
He took out his fiancé’s picture
from the luggage, and put it on
the table. Dracula returned to his
room to and gave him the
library’s key. Dracula saw the
picture and got to know learned
that she was Johnathan’s fiancé
Lucy. Dracula left the room then
locked the door.
Differences
What are the
differences between
the novel and its film
adaption?
1. They didn’t have dinner together in the movie.
2. Dracula didn’t know Johnathan’s fiancé in the novel.
3. In the film, the camera didn’t describe capture Dracula’s
appearance in detail. outlook exterior carefully.
In your opinion, what effects are achieved by this adaption?
The novel provides more details than the movie. is described in more detail. I think it is
because the movie has time limits. It has to omit some details and keep only key
information. in order to shorten the time limit. and it is Therefore, the movie is more
concise than the novel.

Running
Time Pagination
p.5 02’00-04’30
Summary In the novel, the diary clearly
recorded that written, no one is
willing to take a trip in with him, he
is on foot alone to the Castle
Dracula.
And it all seemed normal but for one
thing--there were no birds singing.
As I crossed the wooden
bridge and entered the gateway……
Jonathan Harker is taken by the coach driver to
the Castle Dracula. Into the castle, and he finds
found nobody so he looks around visited the
environment. The sun is warm and the
surrounding is lively. full of life around The
Castle Dracula is not terrible.
Similarities
What are the
similarities shared
by the novel and
its film adaption?
1. The birds are singing
2. The wooden bridge
3. Have a stream
The movie gives peoplethe audience a sense of reality feeling of experience. With the narrator’s voice,
more people the audience know more about the protagonist and the overall environment. But unlike the
novel, in the movie, the Castle Dracula did does not make us people feel more gloomy feeling
Differences
What are the
differences
between the
novel and its film
adaption?
In the novel, when the protagonist
visits the Klausenberg and crosses
the bridge, there is no bird, and it
gets colder.
The protagonist walked alone to the
Castle Dracula.
The movie saves time in the introduction part. Let the beginning has not so long. With the protagonist’s
narration, the movie directly into the focuses on of the main plot story which attracts will not make the
audience’s attention. feel so boring

Running Time
Pagination
Pg.8-10 Meeting Count Dracula
(Not sure the exact time in the movie)
Summary Mr. Harker traveled to Dracula’s castle
by the carriage. Dracula opened the
door when he arrived, wearing all
back from head to toe. He welcomed
Johnathan and shook his hand.
Dracula’s hand was ice cold like a
dead man. Dracula took Johnathan
upstairs to his bedroom, told him to
have supper after washing up politely.
Johnathan went to the dining room
and handed over the letter from his
boss, Mr.Hawkins. When Dracula
asked Johnathan about his journey, he
noticed that Dracula had sharp white
teeth just like cat’s. Also his breath
smelt deathly, Dracula stepped back
after noticing this. Dracula asked
Johnathan to rest well and told him he
would be out till late afternoon and
finally left the room.
Mr. Harker traveled to castle Dracula on
foot for the last few miles. Count
Dracula left a note for him when he
arrived. While Johnathan sat down and
knocked things down the table, a
woman showed up asked him for help.
Count Dracula appeared with black
clothes and cloak on top of the stairs.
After the woman ran off, then Dracula
took Johnathan to his room, informing
him that he had to go out for the night.
Johnathan started to unpack. He took
out his fiancé’s picture. Count Dracula
returned to his room to give him the
library’s key. Dracula saw the picture
and got to know she’s Johnathan’s
fiancé Lucy. Count Dracula left the
room then locked the door.
Similarities
What are the
similarities shared by
adaption?
1. Jonathan was stunted by the castle’s size.
2. Dracula dressed in back from head to foot.
3. Dracula took Johnathan to his room.
4. Dinner was well prepared.
That Count Dracula’s castle was definitely huge and creepy. All the similarities show the audience how
polite Dracula was trying to be.
Differences
What are the
differences between
adaption?
1. The way Johnathan Harker traveled to the castle.
2. Weather Whether Dracula was there to welcome him or not.
3. The vampire woman did not show up in the novel.
4. They(Johnathan and Dracula) didn’t have dinner together in the movie.
5. At the very beginning of the novel, yetDracula didn’t know Johnathan’s
fiancé.
6. Johnathan noticed Dracula’s white teeth, deathly breath and sharp

fingernails in the novel.
I think the novel describes more details. , which we’t see images in words, from the way Bram Stoker has
to provide more details for his readers to picture the images in his words. And Stoker succeeds in depicting
this horrible figure wrote about Dracula, is easy for us to be afraid of him and keeping his readers in
suspense. According to our imagination makes the reader expect the following story even more.

1 . Summarizethe scene.
Mitch and Melanie metmeet at a pet store, Mitch was mistaken for a clerk, Mitch
wanted to buy his sister love the bird's birthday gift, but Mitch knew her things, was
Mitch Teased her, Melanie began to be interested in Mitch interested, so she wroite
down the license plate number, bought a pair of birds, ready to visit Mitch.
2. Summarizethe dialogue between Mitch and Melanie. What do they mainly talk
about?
Mitch said in court he had met Melaniea, the heroine denied. It is also said that
people like heroine should be locked behind bars.
3. Fromtheir conversation, what can be the personality of Mitch and of Melanie?
Mitch personality was honest and hearty, so she told Melanie not to joke about it.
Melanie like to joke, also like to do mischief, thinking thatis is nothing.
4. Whatcan be inferred from the interaction between Mitch and Melanie?
We can see in the movie that Mitch is a lawyer, so he knows things about Melanie
things.
Melanie's father is a newspaper boss, so she can rely on a lot of resources. For
example, she knows Mitch's full name and home address.

1. Summarize the opening sequence(0’00~9’24).
Beginning of the film. A lot of birds flew in the sky. Melanie entered to the pets shop
to take her birds, but it wasn’t ready. When Mitch came , he asked Mealanie if she
could help him. Actually he wanted to tease her.
2. Summarize the dialogue between Mitch and Melanie. What do they mainly talk
about?
Mitch said he met Malanie in the court, she denied it. Mitch explained he knows her
prank about breaking the windows. And Mitch said a people who like Malanie should
be locked behind the bars.
3. From their conversation, what can be the personality of Mitch and of Melanie?
Support your argument with their dialogue.
Mitch doesn’t like the people who like escaped(better expression: who are
irresponsible for what they do).
He likes to do justice.
Melanie doesn’t is not a birds shop staff, but she helps Mitch.
From this way. She is a defiant people.
Also, when Mitch corrects her wrong deeds wrong words, but she says :「”Yes, we
call them that ,too.”」
Sshowing that Melanie insists that she is always correct. doesn’t want to lose her
personality.
4. What can be inferred from the interaction between Mitch and Melanie? Support
your argument with their dialogue.
Mitch should be a lawyer who works in the court and he knows what Malanie does.
Malanie should be a rich man, her father is a manager of a newspaper office .
SO So she can use the all sources she has to find out the Mitch’s address.
You provide very good responses to all the questions. However, there are some
grammatical errors and wording problems you should pay more attention to.

Discussion for Hitchcock's The Birds
1. Summarize the opening sequence(0’00~9’24).
Malanie walked through the street and entered a pet shop. She saw a lot birds spiraling before
she went into the shop.
Malanie went upstairs of the pet shop askinged for her myna bird she ordered. Mrs. MacGruder
told her the delivery was late.
Malanie wasn’t happy about them not being on time. Mrs. MacGruder went inside to make a
call.
Mitch came in to the pet shop asking Malanie if she could help him. Malanie had this grin on her
face pretended she worked there. Mitch asked for some lovebirds but Malanie kept getting the
species wrong. Mitch finally told her he’d met her in court due to her window-breaking case.
Malanie wrote down Mitch’s plate number and called the newspaper office her dad owned to
find out Mitch’s personal informationname.
2. Summarize the dialogue between Mitch and Melanie. What do they mainly
talk about?
Mitch brought up that he first met Malanie in court but she denied it. Mitch explained he knew
her from her prank about breaking a window. Also he said a person like Malanie should be
locked behind the bars.
3. From their conversation, what can be the personality of Mitch and of
Melanie? Support your argument with their dialogue.
Mitch has righteousness personality. When he told Malanie she shouldn’t be make jokes like
that.
According to Malanie’s prank we can tell she likes jokes and don’t think they’re inappropriate
impropriate.
4. What can be inferred from the interaction between Mitch and
Melanie? Support your argument with their dialogue.
Mitch should could be a lawyer who happened to be in court, and he knows what something about
Malanie do but not a police man.
Malanie should could be a rich person because her dad owns a newspaper office and which allows
her to that she can rely on. Such as she could use the sources to find out Mitch’s full name and
address.

My name is Kathy H. I am 28 years old. I've been a carer for nine years. And I'm good at my job. My patients
always do better than expected and are hardly ever classified as agitated, even if they're about to make a
donation. I'm not trying to boast, but I feel a great sense of pride in what we do. Carers and donors have achieved
so much. That said, we aren't machines. In the end, it wears you down. I suppose that's why I now spend most
of my time not looking forwards but looking back, to The Cottages and Hailsham, and what happened to us
there. Me, Tommy, and Ruth.
***
Miss Emily: Good morning, students.
Students: Good morning, Miss Emily.
Miss Emily: It has come to my attention that three burned cigarettes were
discovered, hidden behind a pot in the flower garden. I know that on
occasion students have seen some of the caretakers and deliverymen
smoking cigarettes, but I must emphasize, once again, that it is much,
much worse for a student of Hailsham to smoke cigarettes than anyone
else. Students of Hailsham are special. Keeping yourselves well, keeping
yourselves healthy inside, is of paramount importance. Have I made
myself clear?
Students: Yes, Miss Emily.
***
Student A: Look. Who's that with Miss Emily?
Student B: Do you think it's the new guardian? Miss Lucy.
Student A: I think it must be. We haven't had a new guardian for ages.
***
Miss Lucy: Why didn't Tommy get the ball? When it bounced over the fence, it
couldn't have been far from him.
Student A: The fence is the boundary of the Hailsham grounds. We don't go outside
the boundary, Miss Lucy. It's too dangerous.
Miss Lucy: Dangerous?
Student A: There was once a boy who had a big row with all his friends and then ran
off beyond the boundary. They found him, two days later, in the woods.
Tied to a tree with his hands and feet cut off. Dead. And there was the girl
who climbed over the fence, by the front gate. And when she tried to get
back, she wasn't allowed. And then she starved. Out there. Right by the gates.
Miss Lucy: Who told you these stories?
Student A: Everybody knows them.
Miss Lucy: And how do you know they're true?
Student A: Of course they're true. Who'd make up stories as horrible as that?
Cited from: “Never Let Me Go (2010) Movie Script.” Springfield! Springfield! Nov. 29, 2017.
https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=never-let-me-go

1. Who is the narrator and what’s his/her job? What are the institutions mentioned in the 1st
paragraph?
2. According to the 1st
paragraph, what can be indicated about the donation?
3. The last line of the 1st
paragraph goes “I suppose that's why I now spend most of my time not looking
forwards but looking back……” What can be inferred from this quotation?
4. There is a transition between the 1st
and the 2nd
paragraphs, in your opinion, what is the function of this
transition?
5. What can be inferred from Miss Emily’s announcement in the 2nd
paragraph?
6. Who is Miss Lucy?
7. What is the key information conveyed in the final paragraph?
8. After learning “something” from the student, how does Miss Lucy respond to that? How does the student
receive it?
9. According to Paragraph 2~4, What can be indicated about Hailsham, such as its students, teachers and the
narrator?

1. Who is the narrator and what’s his/her job? What are the institutions mentioned in the
1st
paragraph?
Kathy H. She is a carer. Hailsham/Cottages.
According to “In the end, it wears you down”, we can tell the donation will finally kill them.
paragraph goes “I suppose that's why I now spend most of my time not
looking forwards but looking back……” What can be inferred from this quotation?
Since Kathy knows their fate, she won’t expect her life to have any more changes. That’s why
she’s looking back to the time she thinks it was great and valuable.
and the 2nd
paragraphs, in your opinion, what is the
function of this transition?
It should be the past, since Kathy said she’s 28 years old in the first paragraph, in the second
paragraph was the conversation between the teacher and students.
paragraph?
Children in this institution should have healthy body condition. It’s because they are going to be
donors, like Kathy mentioned in the first paragraph.
She is the new guardian of Hailsham.
All the students in Hailsham are naïve. They believed in that if they leave the institution, such
as get over the boundary or the gate there will be terrible things happen to them.
8. After learning “something” from the student, how does Miss Lucy respond to that? How does
the student receive it?
Miss Lucy found it unbelievable, she thinks those were stories that students been told, but they
said there was no one telling them, they were like the secrets known by everyone in Hailsham.
9. According to Paragraph 2~4, What can be indicated about Hailsham, such as its students,
teachers and the narrator?
Hailsham is an institution that brings up donors, the teachers’ job is to make sure they’re
healthy. The narrator Kathy was one of the kids grow grew up in Hailsham too.

Comment: Great. You provide very clear and persuasive responses to all the questions.

1. Who is the narrator and what’s his/her job? What are the institutions
mentioned in the 1st
paragraph?
Organ donors Hailshan
Since there are similar appearances and organs, how many replicators differ from the
average person?
paragraph goes “I suppose that's why I now spend most
of my time not looking forwards but looking back……” What can be inferred from this
quotation?
Because donors can not see the future, they look forward to the future
and the 2nd
paragraphs, in your opinion,
what is the function of this transition?
Back to the most pure human shout, should be more people shivering conclusion
paragraph?
Plot development after the story
Tell the truth teacher
If the meaning of living in the world is organ donation, how much will you be
sympathetic, and the writer will reflect on the premise that this is set cold and sharp
8. After learning “something” from the student, how does Miss Lucy respond to
that? How does the student receive it?
Surprised
Full of hope

Final Project (Tentative)
1. Comparison of two films
A. Terence Fisher’s Dracula(1958) and 侯季然《顫慄》(2014)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av7146880/
B. Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds(1963) and 徐克《蝶變》(1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvwEPEy_yvA
- A Summary of the movies
- Focus on the latter one, discuss similarities and differences of the two
- Your comment: which one you prefer, and why
2. Comparison of the Novel and its Film Adaption
A. Bram Stoker’s Dracula and its Film Adaption
B. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go and its Film Adaption
- A Summary of the novel and the adapted movie
- Select “a section” from the film work and compare its similarities and
differences with the novel.
- Your comment on the adapted section and how this section influences your
perception of the whole film work.
3. On themes and shots of one film:
- A summary of the movie
- Point out one important theme of the film
- Provide evidence from the shots or section you choose: analyze the shots first
- Explain the meaning of the shots (how they may manifest the theme movie.)
4. On Short Film making (3~5min)
1. 2-4 persons in a group
2. Each member should act(with lines) in the film
3. With an English title and English subtitle
4. A summary of your movie (100~200 words)
5. Length of the film should be 3~5 minutes
5. On A Film Introduction (3~5min)
http://mimicmoviespeech.wixsite.com/103-1/video
1. Summary
2. Select a key scene and analyze (with English Subtitles)

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