听力训练营Day19

1. The technology they introduced meant that metal and leather goods were produced there for the first time, and the East stand by the river, ships could transport goods between there and foreign markets.

2. Now, screen that is very different, it definite you will be choreographing specifically to be viewed on a screen, on a computer screen, TV screen, and a movie theater, any screen.

3. Some dancers may seem reluctant to participate in your project, because they do thrive on the immediacy of performing live. If this happens, you could point out that screen that offers other ways for dancers to connect to their audience. 

4. And you'll get to play with the film editing software several times before beginning your project. You'll also have the option of working with a student in the film department, someone who's familiar with the technology. But the choreography and the end result will be your responsibility of course. 

5. In the last few weeks, we've been looking at various aspects of the social history of London, and this morning we're continuing with a look at life in the area called the East End. I'll start with a brief history of the district, and then focus on life in the first half of the twentieth century.

6. The Romans left in 410, at the beginning of the fifth century, and from then onwards the country suffered a series of invasions by tribes from present-day Germany and Denmark, theAngles, Saxons and Jutes, many of whom settled in the East End.

7. Back in the first to the fourth centuries AD, when theRomans controlled England, London grew into a town of 45,000 people, and what's now the EastEnd, the area by he river Thames, and along the road heading north-east from London to the coast, consisted of farm land with crops and livestock which helped to feed that population.

8. Movies can distort time, slow movement down, or speed it up, show actors fading in and out of scenes, etc. All of these, All of these film making techniques, things that can't be used in a live performance, are possible in a screen dance. 

9. For example, dancers can express themselves, even change the whole mood of the scene through a facial expression, and you could film close-up shots of their faces. Facial expressions aren't as important in live performances generally, because the choreographer knows that someone in the back row of a theater may not be able to see a dancer's face clearly. 

10. You film the same dancer, entering and exiting the frame several times, moving slowly at first, then faster and faster, then in the editing room, you can digitally manipulate these images, like you might put five or ten or twenty copies of that same dancer meeting himself in the middle of the screen, to make it look like he is dancing with himself.