英语词汇：微电影崛起

 　　随着微视频的崛起，微电影的火苗正在熊熊燃烧。在极短的时间里、使用极少的经费，却讲述了一个精彩而发人深思的故事，这正是微电影独特的风格和它日趋流行的关键。

　　A look at microfilms

　　When it comes to movies, we usually think big—big actors, big budgets, big screens, and, if lucky, big profits.[2]

　　Unfortunately, that puts up some big barriers for aspiring¹ young filmmakers and their dreams.[3] However, thanks to easy access to technology, that’s all changing.

　　All anyone really needs nowadays is a camera, a computer, an Internet connection, and, of course, a good idea. With that, you can enter the microfilm world. Shooting a movie using friends and family as the cast has become a common class project for high school students.[4] After a little editing² on a laptop, some even decide their creation³ is worth sharing online.[5]

　　Microfilms are shot within a short period of time and last only a few minutes or even shorter. Most are completed on an extremely small budget and offer a cheap way for grassroots[6] directors to realize their dreams.

　　Once the realm of film festivals, the genre⁴ has taken off due to being perfectly⁵ suited to new media platforms such as mobile phones and tablet computers.[7] They are also easily shared across social networks and microblogs[8] .

　　But microfilms are far different from the shorts commonly found on YouTube.[9] A microfilm must have a solid and thought-provoking plot.[10]

　　Most importantly, the movies are easily distributed and there can be no concern about long-term box office profits[11].

　　Most people who upload[12] a microfilm simply see it as an easy way to share their fun with a few friends and family. Others may be curious about what sort of reaction their production may receive from the general public.

　　In China, video sharing sites like Youku provide a massive⁶ audience and the potential to go from nobody to somebody overnight[13]. Such potential has not gone unnoticed by amateur⁷[14] directors. A good microfilm, which gets noticed on a video sharing site, has the power to launch a career into stardom.[15] Recognizing that talent now has a new platform, famous international film festivals are now screening[16] microfilms. They are being acknowledged⁸ as pieces of art. Some people believe that keeping a project small—not having too many people involved who may simply want to change the original idea—makes it more authentic⁹[17], more powerful. This has attracted even the big names[18] in the movie business to start thinking micro.

　　Vocabulary

　　1. micro cinema: 微电影，是指专门运用在各种新媒体平台上播放的、适合在移动状态和短时休闲状态下观看的、具有完整策划和故事情节的视频（“类”电影）短片，时长通常为30－300秒，制作周期较短，投资较少。

　　2. come to: 涉及，谈到；budget: 预算。

　　3. barrier: 障碍；aspiring: 有抱负的。

　　4. Shoot: 拍摄；cast: 全体演员。

　　5. editing: 剪辑；laptop: 笔记本电脑。

　　6. grassroots: 草根，普通大众。

　　7. 作为最初起源于电影节领域的一个类型，微电影因完美适用于诸如手机和平板电脑等新的媒体平台而日趋流行。

　　8. microblog: 微博。

　　9. short: 电影短片；YouTube: 知名视频网站。

　　10. thought-provoking: 发人深思的；plot: 情节。

　　11. box office profit: 票房收益。

　　12. upload: 上传。

　　13. from nobody to somebody overnight: 从无名小卒到一夜爆红。

　　14. amateur: 业余的。

　　15. launch: 发动，发起；stardom: 明星界。

　　16. screen: 放映，播放。

　　17. authentic: 真实的。

　　18. big name: 知名人士，大牌。

 

1 aspiring   

adj.有志气的；有抱负的；高耸的v.渴望；追求

参考例句：

• Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
• He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句

2 editing   

adj.编辑的

参考例句：

• The processing of data in random order,not subject to preliminary editing or sorting.未经预先编辑或分类，以任意次序对数据进行的处理的做法。

3 creation   

n.创造，创造的作品，产物，宇宙，天地万物

参考例句：

• Language is the most important mental creation of man.语言是人类头脑最重要的产物。
• The creation of new playgrounds will benefit the local children.新游戏场的建立将有益于当地的儿童。

4 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

5 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

6 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。

7 amateur   

adj.业余的，非专业的；n.业余爱好者

参考例句：

• He made an amateur attempt to build a cupboard.他很外行地试做了一个碗柜。
• Although Tom's only an amateur he's a first-class player.虽然汤姆只是个业余爱好者，但却是一流的高手。

8 acknowledged   

adj.公认的v.承认( acknowledge的过去式和过去分词 )；鸣谢；对…打招呼；告知已收到

参考例句：

• He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake. 他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The police acknowledged that three police vehicles were damaged. 警方承认有三辆警车被毁。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。