How to Shoot a Movie

A movie is a series of pictures.Each image is a still picture,just like a picture you take with a regular camera.But the pictures flash by so fast in a movie.As a result,you see horses run,people talk,and other kinds of motion.26____ Movies are also called films because they are filmed.

Lots of work has to be done before the filming begins.The producer and the director plan how and when they will film each scene.

A movie is filmed scene by scene.27____ The scenes are not usually filmed in the order you see in the movie.Sometimes the weather is bad and an outdoor scene cannot be filmed.Big fancy sets take a long time to build.Scenes using these sets are often shot later.However,you may see them at the beginning of the film.

Sometimes a movie needs special effects.They include small models of huge scenes and cleverly designed sets.28____ Moviemakers use these to film scenes and places that do not exist.They might use a small model of a large building to film the building falling down.

Films can be turned into computer files.29____ They can use computers to make new images.For example,dinosaurs (恐龙) made by computer looked like they were flying in some films.

30____ Many images in Titanic,including crowds of people on the ship,were actually made by computer.In some other films,computers were used to make the actors look as if they were fighting while floating in the air.

A.And a scene is filmed shot by shot.
B.Computers can even make images of actors.
C.Moviemaking includes several different stages.
D.They also include computer-made images.
E.That's why movies are sometimes called motion pictures.
F.Moviemakers can then change the images any way they want.