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Though we might think of film as an essentially visual experience, we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of fi

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问题     Though we might think of film as an essentially visual experience, we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of film sound. A meaningful sound track is often as complicated as the image on the screen, and is ultimately just as much the responsibility of the director. The entire sound track consists of three essential ingredients: the human voice, sound effects and music. These three tracks must be mixed and balanced so as to produce the necessary emphases which in turn create desired effects. Topics which essentially refer to the three previously mentioned tracks are discussed below. They include dialogue, synchronous and asynchronous sound effects, and music.
    Let us start with dialogue. As is the case with stage drama, dialogue serves to tell the story and expresses feelings and motivations of characters as well. Often with film characterization the audience perceives little or no difference between the character and the actor. Thus, for example, the actor Humphrey Bogart is the character Sam Spade; Film personality and life personality seem to merge. Perhaps this is because the very texture of a performer’s voice supplies an element of character.
    When voice textures fit the performer’s physiognomy and gestures, a whole and very realistic persona emerges. The viewer sees not an actor working at his craft, but another human being struggling with life. It is interesting to note that how dialogue is used and the very amount of dialogue used varies widely among films. For example, in the highly successful science-fiction film 2001, little dialogue was evident, and most of it was banal and of little intrinsic interest. In this way the film-maker was able to portray what Thomas Sobochack and Vivian Sobochack call, in An Introduction to Film, the "inadequacy of human responses when compared with the magnificent technology created by man and the visual beauties of the universe."
    The comedy Bringing Up Baby, on the other hand, presents practically non-stop dialogue delivered at breakneck speed. This use of dialogue underscores not only the dizzy quality of the character played by Katherine Hepburn, but also the absurdity of the film itself and thus its humor. The audience is bounced from gag to gag and conversation to conversation; there is no time for audience reflection. The audience is caught up in a whirlwind of activity in simply managing to follow the plot. This film presents pure escapism—largely due to its frenetic dialogue.
    Synchronous sound effects are those sounds which are synchronized or matched with what is viewed. For example, if the film portrays a character playing the piano, the sounds of the piano are projected. Synchronous sounds contribute to the realism of film and also help to create a particular atmosphere. For example, the "click" of a door being opened may simply serve to convince the audience that the image portrayed is real, and the audience may only subconsciously note the expected sound. However, if the "click" of an opening door is part of a threatening action such as a burglary, the sound mixer may call attention to the click, with an increase in volume. This helps to engage the audience in a moment of suspense.
What does the writer suggest by referring to Bringing Up Baby?
选项 A、The plot suffers from the film-maker’s wish to focus on humorous dialogue.
B、The dialogue helps to make it one of the best comedy films ever produced.
C、There is a mismatch between the speed of the dialogue and the speed of actions.
D、The nature of the dialogue emphasizes key elements of the film.
答案D
解析 本题关键词是Bringing up Baby，定位到原文第四段。根据第四段第二句，这种对话的使用不但突出(underscore)了凯瑟琳·赫本所扮演角色的滑稽荒谬(dizzy)，而且也强调了电影本身的荒诞(absurdity)和由此(and thus)产生的幽默诙谐，这反映了对话特性对电影的作用，因此选项D与原文属于相同含义，为正确选项。选项A属于无中生有，原文并未提到情节受制约。选项B也属于无中生有，文中并未提及《育婴奇谭》为有史以来最佳喜剧电影之一。选项C属于主观推导，根据第一句，该电影给出了几乎没有停歇(non-stop)、连环炮似的(breakneck speed)对话，而这只表示电影对话速度飞快，但不能推出对话速度快就一定和动作速度不协调。第四段：对话的使用服务于电影风格和角色塑造。
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