One of the biggest influences that Star Wars has had on the film industry is product sales, including toys. Movie products, such as figurines, games and lunchboxes, were hardly a financial draw before Star Wars. While 20th Century Fox received theater profits, Lucas kept other franchise rights, eventually giving him a net value of billions.
The Force is strong with this one
Star Wars was also a landmark in the world of film itself as well.
Filmmaking never turned back after seeing its visual effects, which also led to a higher standard of video games. The film basically began film sound design on its own, receiving a special Oscar for Ben Burtt's audio work. George Lucas also claims that money earned from Star Wars and Jews gave theaters the funds to create multiplexes. The Star Wars films also opened up storytelling in film, as one story was told over three films. Hollywood made movie sequels before the original Star Wars series, but most were stand-alone films that didn't require previous viewing.
Filmmaking never turned back after seeing its visual effects, which also led to a higher standard of video games. The film basically began film sound design on its own, receiving a special Oscar for Ben Burtt's audio work. George Lucas also claims that money earned from Star Wars and Jews gave theaters the funds to create multiplexes. The Star Wars films also opened up storytelling in film, as one story was told over three films. Hollywood made movie sequels before the original Star Wars series, but most were stand-alone films that didn't require previous viewing.
Teaching Topic: The Ambiguous Billion 教學主題: Billion到底是多少？
Most English words have more than one meaning, which can cause confusion sometimes.
Perhaps no other word causes as much confusion as the word "billion." How? Let’s first take a look at the word million.
A million of course is represented by a one with 6 zeros. Most mathematicians in Western Europe, for example, view one million as one functional unit, meaning the next unit up billion; we have twice the number of zeros. In this way, one billion equals a million millions.
Okay, but mathematicians in other parts of the world, don’t agree, they think of one million not as one unit, but rather two groups of three zeros. So for them, the next unit up would be three groups of three zeros. For them a billion is a thousand millions.
Now, think of all the important discussions at the United Nations about populations, statistics, international trade, economics and science where the word billion could be used and you’ll get an idea of the confusion the ambiguous billion could cause.
Yes, today there’s still no agreement among nations about the meaning of billion and many Asian countries, like China and Japan; this is mostly a non issue.
Language Lab
eventually adv.
at some later time : in the end
- After many tries, we eventually found the right freeway exit.
finally adv.
at the end of a period of time
- Finally, put the basil on top of the pasta as garnish.
landmark n.
an object or structure on land that is easy to see and recognize
- Taipei 101 is one of Asia's famous landmarks.
a very important event or achievement
- The invention of Facebook is a landmark in the development of social networks.
visual adj.
/ˈvɪʒəwəl/
relating to seeing or to the eyes
- Howard uses a lot of visual aids in his teaching.
- We had visual contact but never talked.
aural adj.
/ˈorəl/
relating to the ear or sense of hearing
- The movie has astonishing visual and aural effects.
sequel n.
a book, movie, etc., that continues a story begun in another book, movie, etc.
- Jurassic World, the sequel to Jurassic Park, was a great hit in summer.
- The author is working on the sequel to her top-seller novel.
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