LECTURE READING 1
I will read aloud the lecture below. Please listen and take notes.
講師が文章を音読しますので、よく聞いてメモを取りましょう。
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Colors have been an essential factor in film making. They are an important visual tool to narrate stories. Filmmakers usually create a specific color palette that will be used for the entire film. They believe that the use of different colors in movies creates a dramatic impact on viewers. They also affect how people perceive the story. Two of the many reasons why colors are important in films are because they simplify the story and they help viewers understand the emotions in the story.
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Now, let’s discuss how colors can simplify the story. One of the goals of every filmmaker is to provide information without the use of words. So, they use specific tints and tones to tell the setting of a story. Filmmakers often use blue to show winter or night. Warm orange suggests autumn. While monochromes are usually used for flashbacks. These colors and distinctive tones help people follow the shift of the stories.
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Most filmmakers would agree that emotions can still be expressed even without any words. Colorists do color grading to adjust the colors in every frame by adding or removing colors. This way, they can help viewers deeply understand the emotions of the characters. For example, the character is feeling depressed. To communicate this emotion, the colorist will lower the saturation to make the frame look duller. Dull colors represent grief, sorrow, and the likes.
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READING PRACTICE
Now, please read aloud the lecture above.
上の文章を音読してください。
QUESTION
Using the examples and information from the lecture, talk about the importance of colors in films.
講師が講義について質問するので答えましょう。
PREPARATION
You have 20 seconds to prepare your answer.
Please start your preparation silently.
Please start your preparation silently.
回答の前に20秒の準備時間があります。静かに解答の準備を始めてください。
PREPARE
(20 seconds for preparation to answer)
(回答の準備時間20秒)
ANSWER
You have 60 seconds to answer. Please start your answer now.
60秒で回答します。回答を始めてください。
ANSWER
CHECK YOUR ANSWERS
We will check the sample answers. Please repeat after me.
解答例を見ます。講師に続いて読みましょう。
SAMPLE ANSWERS
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A male professor is talking about the importance of colors in film making.
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According to the professor, colors are an important visual tool to narrate stories. He also mentions that filmmakers believe that the use of different colors in movies creates a dramatic impact on viewers.
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The professor presents two of the many reasons why colors are important in films. He explains that colors simplify the story and they help viewers understand the emotions in the story.
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First, the professor explains that colors can simplify the story. He also says that filmmakers use specific tints and tones to tell the setting of a story.
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Second, he mentions that colors help viewers understand the emotions. He explains that the colorist adjusts the color based on the emotion they want to express.
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Through this short lecture, I learned that colors are important in films. They simplify the story and they help viewers understand the emotions in the story.
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LECTURE READING 2
I will read aloud the lecture below. Please listen and take notes.
講師が文章を音読しますので、よく聞いてメモを取りましょう。
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A lot of people would agree that beauty is all about preference. However, have you ever wondered what influences our preferences? There are some researches that reveal some of the basic factors that affect how people see beauty. Two of them are averaging and facial symmetry which we will be tackling today.
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Let us discuss the first factor which is averaging. It is the combination of different facial features of different people. Some researchers conducted a study on averaging. They created artificial faces through computers by combining several people’s facial features. This resulted in average faces which gained more positive feedback compared to faces that have unique facial features. This implies that a face that has mixed-race features looks more attractive for most people.
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Now, let’s move on to the second factor. Facial symmetry is the specific measurement of the facial features. If the left side and the right side of a face look like each other, this is considered symmetrical. On the other hand, asymmetrical faces are usually associated with faces with abnormalities. Most people find symmetrical faces more attractive compared to asymmetrical faces. The “beauty is good” and “disfigured is bad” thinking of people might have a significant impact on how they appreciate beauty.
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Despite all these factors, we should remember that the way people see beauty today may or may not change in the following years.
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READING PRACTICE
Now, please read aloud the lecture above.
上の文章を音読してください。
QUESTION
Using the examples and information from the lecture, talk about the basic factors that affect how people see beauty.
講師が講義について質問するので答えましょう。
PREPARATION
You have 20 seconds to prepare your answer.
Please start your preparation silently.
Please start your preparation silently.
回答の前に20秒の準備時間があります。静かに解答の準備を始めてください。
PREPARE
(20 seconds for preparation to answer)
(回答の準備時間20秒)
ANSWER
You have 60 seconds to answer. Please start your answer now.
60秒で回答します。回答を始めてください。
ANSWER
CHECK YOUR ANSWERS
We will check the sample answers. Please repeat after me.
解答例を見ます。講師に続いて読みましょう。
SAMPLE ANSWERS
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A male professor is talking about some of the basic factors that affect how people see beauty.
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There are some researches that reveal some of the basic factors that affect how people see beauty.
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The professor presents two factors which are averaging and facial symmetry.
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First, the professor explains that average faces gained more positive feedback compared to faces that have unique facial features. This means that a face that has mixed-race features looks more attractive for most people.
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Second, he mentions facial symmetry. He explains that most people find symmetrical faces more attractive compared to asymmetrical faces.
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Through this short lecture, I learned that there are a lot of factors on how we perceive beauty. Two of them are averaging and facial symmetry.
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