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A journalist investigates what people did before special effects

What do the films However, Griffith The Day After didn’t want to use Tomorrow and artificial snow to The Day After Tomorrow Way Down East make the film. have in common? He wanted very 1 The answer is extreme weather – they both had realistic scenes scenes with blizzards, snow and ice. Today so he waited for filmmakers use special effects and artificial three months for snow to create these scenes, but in the past real snow! Then it was more difficult. So, how did people film finally, one night in March there was a terrible snow scenes without modern technology? Well, blizzard. Griffith went outdoors with the actors 6 believe it or not, they simply waited for winter! and the film crew . They filmed all day and all 7 night in the snow. They even had their meals In 1920 the film director D.W. Griffith made 8 2 outdoors! The film crew built a big bonfire to the silent film Way Down, in the USA. The film keep warm. The director and his assistants wore was a romantic drama and it starred the famous warm coats, hats, scarves and gloves, but Lillian American actress Lillian Gish. She played a poor Gish didn’t! She was extremely cold, her hands country girl called Anna. At the end of the film, 3 froze and she had ice on her face and in her hair! Anna gets lost in a terrible snow storm and 4 collapses onto some ice in a frozen river. She Today things are different. Filmmakers can nearly dies but, at the last minute, her friend, choose from 200 different types of artificial 5 David, rescues her . snow and it is all very realistic. Some people even make ‘warm’ snow for actors. Lillian 9 Gish would be amazed ! Glossary 1 both tutti e due Lillian Gish factfile 2 silent film film muto 3 gets lost si smarrisce Occupation actress 4 collapses crolla 5 rescues her la salva 6 film crew troupe cinematografica When born? 14th October, 7 even persino 1893 8 bonfire falò 9 would be amazed sarebbe sbalordita Where born? Springfield, Ohio, USA Film career from 1912 to 1987 Famous films The Birth of a Nation (1915) (silent) Way Down East (1920) (silent) Duel in the Sun (1946) Night of the Hunter (1955) The Whales of August (1987) Died 27th February, 1993 (aged 99)

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4663847 High Five TRB 2.indd 30 07/05/2014 08:45 Name Class Date BB Reading Focus on you 1 Leggi l’articolo e completa il factfile del film 4 Rispondi alle domande in modo personale. Way Down East. 1 How often does it snow in your town? 2 When was the last time it snowed? Way Down East factfile 3 What did you do? Film genre 1 4 How long did the snow remain on the Date 2 ground? Filmed in 3 5 What’s your opinion of snow? Director 4 Starring 5 Writing 5 Scrivi le domande su Lillian Gish. Poi usa le Tutte queste frasi sono false. Correggile. 2 informazioni a pag. 30 per rispondere. 1 Lillian Gish was a poor country girl. 1 who / Lillian Gish?

2 She spoke a lot in Way Down East.

3 The story takes place in the summer. 2 when and where / she born?

4 In the film Anna rescues her friend David from a frozen river. 3 when / she act in films?

5 The film director used special effects and

artificial snow to create the snow scenes. 4 she speak / in the filmThe Birth of a Nation? 6 He filmed the snow scenes at Christmas time. 5 when / she die? 3 Rispondi alle domande. 1 How do filmmakers create snow scenes today? 6 Scrivi un brano (50 – 75 parole) sul famoso 2 Why were the snow scenes in Way Down regista D.W. Griffith. Includi queste East different? informazioni. 3 How long did the actors and film crew stay outdoors when they filmed the snow scenes? D.W. Griffith factfile 4 Where did they have their meals? 5 How did the director and his assistants keep Occupation film director warm? When born? January 22nd, 1875 6 Why was Lillian Gish, in particular, extremely cold? Where born? Crestwood, Kentucky, 7 What physical effects did the cold weather USA have on her? Film career directed films from 1908 8 How many types of artificial snow are there to 1931 today? Famous silent The Birth of a Nation films (1915) Intolerance (1916) Way Down East (1920) Died July 23rd, 1948

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