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O 5 Since When? 9 Reading Before Reading 1. What do you know about early film production? 2. What do you know about special effects? رابط الدرس الرقمي www.ien.edu.sa A HISTORY OF SPECIAL EFFECTS 1 Audiences have been fascinated by the moving images in films ever since the Lumière brothers first. showed short films in a café in Paris on December 28, 1895. That day, the audience screamed when a train 5 on the film came straight toward them. Since then, filmmakers have used various techniques to amaze viewers. These techniques form the art of special effects and create the visual illusions on the screen. One of the first special effects used in motion pictures 10 was discovered by accident. While filming in the streets of Paris in 1896, Georges Méliès's camera stopped and started again. When he viewed the film later, he found that the "stop trick" had caused a bus to turn into a carriage and pedestrians to disappear or change into different people. Because the film. 15 sequence had been interrupted, the picture seemed to mysteriously change before his eyes. Since then, filmmakers have used tricks like this to make people see things that didn't happen in real life. Filmmakers today still use other old techniques such as miniatures and the animation of small-scale models. One of the most famous special effects in film history was the title character in King Kong, made in 1933. The huge gorilla on top of the Empire State Building was actually only 18 inches (45 centimeters) 20 high. The film contained many revolutionary technical innovations for its time. Another classic was Star Wars (1977) and its sequels, created by George Lucas. His ideas for the imagery and action scenes were so fantastic that the special effects crew often had to invent new techniques to accomplish them. They made many improvements in effects technology and developed a computer-controlled camera to create scenes with more realistic motion. 25 Nowadays, digital technology has given special effects a totally new dimension. Films such as Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Transformers, and Pirates of the Caribbean have become references in the art of visual effects. Imaginary 30 situations and characters that only existed in books and comic books, such as Spiderman, have also been made to look realistic on television thanks to computer-generated images. The art of filmmaking never stops. What amazing visual effects will filmmakers use in the future? You'll see them on the screen soon! وزارة التعليم Ministry 54ucation 2024-1446 SG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 54 30/4/24 12:31 AM

What do you know about early film production?

+ After Reading A. Match the words with their meanings. 1. 2. technique sequence 3. interrupt 4. miniature 5. 6. innovation accomplish 3456 a. a new way of doing things b. a small model c. succeed in doing something d. a way of doing things e. stop in the middle f. actions or events in a particular order B. Answer about the article. 1. How long have audiences watched films? 2. How was the “stop trick” discovered? 3. What special effect was used for King Kong? 4. How did the special effects crew of Star Wars create realistic motion? 5. What films have become references in the art of visual effects? 6. Have you seen any of the films mentioned in the article? What is your opinion of them? Discussion 1. Give examples of special effects in films you've seen on TV. Which impressed you the most? 2. Describe a TV film you saw that had a lot of special effects. 3. Do you like to watch old black and white films? Why, or why not? 4. Have you ever seen a 3-D (three-dimensional) film? 5. What do you think special effects will be like in the future? 10 Project 1. Work in groups. What do you think is the most important invention of the last century? How has it changed people's lives? 2. Present your arguments to the class about why you think it is so important. وزارة التعليم Ministry of Education 2024-1446 SG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 55 55 30/4/24 12:31 AM

Match the words with their meaning

Answer about the article. How long have audiences watched films?

Give examples of special effects in films you’ve seen on TV. Which impressed you the most?

Work in groups. What do you think is the most important invention of the last century? How has it changed people’s lives?