The New Childrens Encyclopedia

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THEATER

People have been taking to the stage

for thousands of years, performing

everything from comic and tragic

plays to pantomimes, operas, and

musicals. The oldest plays were

performed in ancient Greece and

included song and dance as well

as acting. Some of their outdoor

theaters still stand today.

 THE LION

KING is a

musical play

based on the

animated

feature film by

Walt Disney.

Asian martial

arts movies

made the

names of stars

like Bruce Lee. They are famous for

elaborate stunts and fight scenes, and

increasingly for special effects.

HOLLYWOOD is a part of the city of

Los Angeles, but the word is often used to mean

the whole American movie industry.

Hollywood movies are watched all over

the world, sometimes with subtitles or

“dubbed” into other languages.

Bollywood is the name used to describe

the movie industry, which is based in

Mumbai (Bombay), India. Bollywood films

are produced in the Hindi language at a

rate of about 1,000 a year. They usually

include extravagant musical scenes.

CULTURE

Shadow plays use puppets and clever lighting

behind a fabric screen. The traditional shadow

theater of Indonesia, Wayang Kulit, is thought

to be over 800 years old.

TAKE A PICTURE

An average

Hollywood feature

film is just over 100

minutes long and uses

10,000 ft (3,000 m) of tape,

wound onto five

double reels.

MOVING PICTURES

In 1895, the Lumière brothers astounded audiences with

the first “movies,” and cinema has been a popular form

of entertainment ever since. Movies are made up of

a sequence of still images, which create the

impression of movement when they are shown in

rapid succession.

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