【英语趣味课堂】电影的将来-The Future of the Movie

Todd: Al, you are a big movie fan? 

 

Al: Yes, I am.

 

Todd: So as a big movie fan, what do you think about all the amazing technological¹ special effects that they're doing now?

 

Al: I think it's going to lead to a point where we don't need actors anymore.

 

Todd: Seriously.

 

Al: Yeah.

 

Todd: I mean, how could they do that though?

 

Al: You'll be able to completely create a believable character. You can already create a believable character on a computer and give it life and emotion, and he won't be asking for 10 million pounds a movie. He'll be free to create and he'll do exactly what you say, and he'll come to the set on time. He won't need to come to the set will he. He won't turn up on the set drunk is what I mean. He'll be just completely at your mercy to do whatever you want with.

 

Todd: So, you're saying in the future, they'll just write a story and then just like animation², they'll just design the character and then have the movie with the background and everything.

 

Al: Yeah. Actors will only be important for reference. Directors will go on back and look at great performances and copy them, or copy nuance³ and performance for there computer generated character. You'll need the voice actors for awhile, and then computers will be able to create the human voice, recreate the human voice, too.

 

Todd: Are there any examples of movies, where this is actually happening now?

 

Al: You look at Yoda. In Star Wars Episode III, Yoda is completely believable.

 

Todd: And that's all computer graphics⁴, it's not?

 

Al:It's all computer, I think he's a puppet, I think in this one he was completely computer animated⁵. It was a puppet for some of Episode II.

 

Todd: Yeah. That's pretty impressive.

 

Al: Yeah, and scary. Human will be unnecessary soon.

1 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

2 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

3 nuance   

n.(意义、意见、颜色)细微差别

参考例句：

• These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.这些用户会很快了解他们所使用程序的每一细微差别。
• I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.我希望我不要变得这样去思索一切琐碎之事。

4 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

5 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。