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= = = 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. == ==A musical 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 themusicalcomedy, which includes a strong element of humour as well as the usual music, dancing and storyline. == ==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. == ==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. == ==Musical stars such as [|Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers] were among the most popular and highly respected personalities in Hollywood. == ==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. == ==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. == ==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. ==

==1. What is a [|musical film]? == ==<span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">A musical film belongs to a film genre that features songs, sung by the actors, interwoven into the narrative. The songs are usually used to advance ==

==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> What is the musical responsible for in the history of film? ==

<span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">With the music the scenes are most important and interesting.
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<span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">celestial, comida, bonita, comida, gloriosa comida!
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<span style="color: #00cdff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> bonic, menjar, gloriós menjar <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">!
|| = = =<span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">OPINION <span style="color: #ee00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ABOUT <span style="color: #00ffde; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">THE MUSICAL <span style="color: #ff0067; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"FOOD, <span style="color: #4eff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">GLORIOUS <span style="color: #7400ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FOOD" =

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">1) How did i feel all along the process?
==<span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">-I was nervous but happy.I think finally work was very good. Better than expected. I was excited. I was thinking of the final work. == = =

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">2) What aspects did I enjoy of my performence?
==<span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">-We sang well but we were nervous. I was shy. It was fun, and different. We put forwand to sing weel to come out best. ==

=<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Dear journal: = ==<span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Today I got up at 6 o'clock.Then my friends and I had breakfast <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">downstairs <span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">. The rich man gave <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">us <span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> our gruel. It was horrible! Next, we went to the tables to eat. When we finished, Oliver stood up to ask for more food. The rich was <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">a <span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">ngry. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">In <span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> the afternoon, my friends went to the kitchen to cadge some food, but the rich man found <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">them <span style="color: #008dff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">. Now they're cleaning the bathroom. ==