Oliver2

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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. ======

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.

**11.** **Find about the Great Depression in the 1930s in Wikipedia and why musical films were so important at the time? How is this period of history (Great depression)** The Great Depression was a crisis and the movies ** was famouses because the people no thought in the money **.

====== **13. Mention the name of some very famous comedians who used to sing in many of their films.** Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, (The Gay Divorcee (La Alegre Divorciada) MAURICE CHEVALIER, Monkey Business  LESLIE CARON, An American in Paris  DICK VAN DYKE, Mary Poppins

====== **14.** **Search for a pair ofvideosabout those famous comedians mentionned in the previous question.** MAURICE CHEVALIER "VALENTINE" --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-esHNKlLU

GINGER ROGERS AND FRED ASTAIRE --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A4-C-MK-Po


 * **How did I feel all long the process?**

We felt nervous because there were many people watching us, but we enjoyed it a lot.


 * **What aspects did I enjoy of my performance?**

MIREIA: I felt nervous, but in the end I liked it. JOAN: I liked the wardrobe and the makeup. GUILLEM and SARA: we think that the performance was very good and we like d the song.