D Read the podcast script about CGI in films and complete the notes.
Host: Today, we’re chatting to actress Mandy Puller. She’s working on an exciting new sci-fi film. Mandy, tell me about your day.
Mandy: I started work at 8 this morning. Since this film is nearly all-CGI, much of the studio was covered in green. Later, they’ll replace everything in green with CGI. Some of the actors play CGI characters, so they also wore green.
Host: But that means you can’t see what the audience sees on the big screen.
Mandy: That’s right. So, in the afternoon I was supposed to be flying over a volcano. Of course, it wasn’t there; it’ll be added later. But I still had to look afraid. Then, I had to talk to an alien, but the director just gave me a tennis ball on a stick to look at. The tennis ball was supposed to be the alien’s face. I had to look at the tennis ball lovingly, and then started crying when the alien later broke my heart.
Host: But you were just speaking to a tennis ball!
Mandy: That’s right. It makes acting really hard. It’ll be more than a year before I can see what the finished film looks like. This means that I really have to trust the director and his team to make a good film.
Host: But is it worth the trouble?
Mandy: Of course it is. Without CGI, this film could hardly be made. CGI makes it easier for film-makers to take audiences to worlds that do not exist. It gives them the creative freedom to show places, creatures and events that would be impossible in real life.
An actress’s day
In the morning
• She started work at (1) .
• Much of the studio was covered in (2) .
• Actors playing CGI characters wore green.
In the afternoon
• Scene 1: (3) a volcano
She had to look (4) .
• Scene 2: talking to an alien
➢ She actually spoke to a (5) .
➢ She first looked at it lovingly, and then started (6) .
Her opinion of CGI
With CGI, film-makers are able to take audiences to worlds that do not exist more (7) .