談論電影
1. 談論電影的 Chunks
• adapt a screenplay　改編劇本
例　They adapted the screenplay from a novel.　
他們將小說改編成劇本。
• be ahead of schedule　進度超前
例　Apparently, filming on the new Spiderman movie is ahead of schedule! The producers are very pleased.　
顯然新《蜘蛛人》電影的拍攝進度超前！製片們都非常高興。
• be behind schedule　進度落後
例　Because they had to fire the star and hire a new one to take over, filming is behind schedule.　
由於他們必須開除那個明星並雇用新人來接手，所以拍攝進度落後了。
• be on schedule　按照進度
例　It’s on schedule. Everything is going according to plan.　
進度準確。一切都按照計畫進行中。
• be over budget　超出預算
例　There were delays because of bad weather. Since this caused some unexpected costs, they are over budget.　
氣候不佳而造成了延宕。由於產生了一些事前沒有預料到的成本，他們超出了預算。
• be within budget　預算之內
例　So far there are no problems, and everything is within budget.　
目前為止沒有發生任何的問題，一切都在預算之內。
• go on general release　全面上映
例　It goes on general release next month in the States, and then the month after that, it goes on general release globally.　
它下星期在美國全面上映，然後再下個月會在全球全面上映。
•play a character　飾演一角
例　He plays three different characters in the same movie! He’s amazing!　
他在同一部電影裡飾演三個不同的角色！他真是太厲害了！
• play a part　飾演一角
例　Brad plays that part really well. It’s such a good part for him.　
布萊德把那個角色演得非常好。那個角色很適合他。
• shoot some footage　拍一些畫面
例　The director and cinematographer shot some footage together before they started filming the movie to show prospective investors how the film would look.　
導演和攝影師在拍片前一起拍了些畫面，讓可能的投資者看看片子會是什麼樣子。
• take a shot　拍攝
例　They had to take that shot twenty-seven times because the actors couldn’t stop laughing.　
他們必須拍攝那個鏡頭二十七次，因為演員不停笑場。
• write a screenplay　寫劇本
例　The screenwriter wrote the screenplay when he was a student.　
編劇在他學生時期就寫好了劇本。