Lion+King

__A "TREASURE HUNT" ON BROADWAY __

Right before we start watching "Oliver!" let's work on a short story about how musical theater started and how it has influenced the cinema. Read through the text and work on those tasks or questions that follow.

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Amusical film: Theactorssing, dance and speak to introduce and develop the narrative, the plot or the film's characters. A sub-genre of the musical is the musical comedy, which includes a strong element of humour as well as the usual music, dancing and storyline.

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The musical is responsible for the transition from silent film to sound film in the development of the motion picture. The popularity of movies grew rapidly during the golden days of the silent film era. The big Hollywood studios considered talking pictures a risky business. The Warner Bros. studio produced //The Jazz Singer// and it put Hollywood into the era of sound. Musicals were an important part of Hollywood's movie production together with action movies (Westerns), dramas, and comedies.

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The 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s are considered to be the golden age of the musical film, when the genre's popularity was at its highest in the Western world.

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Musical stars such as [|Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers] were among the most popular and highly respected personalities in Hollywood.

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Many comedies (and a few dramas) included their own musical numbers. The Marx Brothers' movies included a musical number in nearly every film, allowing the Marx Brothers themselves to highlight their own musical talents.

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The musical in film was a natural development from the stage musical. Typically the big difference between the musical movie and the musical theater is the use of luxurious scenery –It was impossible in a theatre. Many musical films, e.g. //Oklahoma////!// And //The Sound of Music// are adaptations of successful stage productions. Others, e.g. //Moulin Rouge!//, were specifically written for the screen, and some, such as //Singin' in the Rain or The Lion King//, come from a screen version.

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The trend in modern film-making is not to make a "musical", but to use a lot of background music by popular rock or pop bands. Their goal is selling the soundtrack album to fans. There are children’s animated movies such as //Beauty and the Beast// that have later become successful stage productions.

4. What was one of the first musical films? It was "The Jazz Singer". 5. Who were two very important musical stars in the beginning of musical films? They were Fred Astaire and Ginger Robers.

7. What is the difference between the musical film and the musical theatre? The difference is that in the musical films the actors sing, dance and speak to introduce and develop the narrative, all of that in a film, but the musical theatre is the same but acting in a theatre.

-How did you feel all along the process?


 * Dorine:** I felt good, I enjoyed it a lot and I was singing with a smile on my face all the time. It was funny!
 * Adrià:** I felt so good and I enjoyed it a lot but in some moments I was nervous.
 * Ignasi:** At the beginning I felt bad because at that moment I didn't like the song. Now I feel good because it was very funny.
 * Silvia:** I felt nervous but it was so funny.

-What aspects did you enjoy of the performance?


 * Dorine:** As I said before, I sang with a smile on my face all the time.
 * Adrià:** I liked the make up on my face.
 * Ignasi:** 1-Worked with my friends. 2-Sang in English. 3-The public congratulated us.
 * Silvia:** We worked very hard, so the performance was perfect.

One day of the orphans:
Journal entry 126 : Today I wake up. We don't have water to clean our faces. I dress up with my ugly clothes. I go to have lunch, I'm hungry. The food is ugly and disgusting. Me and my friends sing a song and we imagine a lot of fantastic food. I eat only gruel. At the moment, my live is horrible.

Here's our presentation (p.point) ENJOY IT!
