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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.

====== 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.

====== 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.

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8. Mention rock or pop stars that have taken part in musical films such as Lion King and Saturday night fever? Elton John and Tim Rice.

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9. Why do rock or pop stars take part in musical films nowadays? Because their company win money by selling the soundtrack.

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10. Find an example of a very famous musical movie that came from a theatre production. The Phantom Of The Opera.

THE PERFORMANCE

 * **1)How did I feeel all along the process?**
 * 1) //Yolanda:// I feel very good, I can't believe we can s a ng so well.
 * 2) //Cristina:// I felt good, and tired. I thought we worked a lot; we tried to remember the lyrics to sing well. We did so good.
 * 3) //Gino//: I feel good, and I'm happy because we did a good job.
 * 4) //Jose:// I feel good, because I think we did a great job.


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


 * 1) //Yolanda:// It was funny, interesting and marvelous! I enjoy everything.
 * 2) //Cristina:// I enjoyed everything, but I would prefer to sing another song, at the end I worked the best I could.
 * 3) //Gino//: The organitzation, all the work we did, and our voices.
 * 4) //Jose:// It was incredible and it was a good performance.


 * DEAR JOURNAL:** Every day we woke up and we started to work. After what we ate, and next we continued working. When it's time to dinner we went to the dining room. We always ate the same and we went to sleep.