Pygmalion

Before watching the movie, i tried to read the printed text. I found that the printed text was difficult, especially the dialogue of Eliza. By looking at the printed text, Eliza's speech is printed without vowels. thus, when reading, a lot of interpretation need to be done. Besides, I need to reread the text to match my assumption into the correct situation. It was different when listened to the speech spoken in the movie, her pronunciation was much clearer and easier to understand/ comprehend.

After watching the movie, I got a clearer picture of the plot of the story. the setting of the exposition was at a pathway. it was raining and a lot of people gather together under shelter. The conversation printed in the text were quite confusing, as it involves many people speaking of different topics. A clearer picture is viewed as all dialogues are spoken by total different people, - different tone, pitch, thus this help me to differentiate who is speaking about which certain issue.

Besides, through movie, it takes up shorter time to view the changes that Eliza had went through. We can see the differences in her appearance of a flower girl changes into a higher class lady. In the text, i had to imagine the picture of Eliza before and after lessons. It was hard to imagine a flower girl of olden days. however, through movie, the image formed was visible.

As a conclusion, this story in printed text form and movie form portrayed two different views. While reading through text, students are able to read the printed writing and they need to use their creative mindset to get a picture of the development of the story. On the other hand, though watching movie, students get to train their listening skills and at the mean time get a clearer view of the plot of the story.