The music for Gone with the Wind is the paradigm of the Classic Hollywood film score, and the music for Citizen Kane represents, like the film as a whole, a departure. The classic Hollywood style is defined by the following features: wall-to-wall music, music scored for symphony orchestras, a Post-Romantic style, employed well-known melodies which have a full range of emotions and reflect drama, and used leitmotifs which tend to be full melodies. A specific example of this in Gone with the Wind is evident in the use of the “Tara Theme” which is the Principal theme of the film. It is heard in the opening credits and in the film with the mentioning of Tara which was Scarlet’s
Do NOT paste your essays into the message box. 1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) According to the textbook the three basic types of music heard in The Birth of a Nation are adaptations of classical works, arrangements of well-know melodies, and newly composed music. In the Birth of a Nation we can hear classical music in dramatic and action scenes, for example we can hear classical works during Lincoln's assassination, also during violent and action scenes in the movie. The second type of music is arrangements of well- known melodies used to set moods and emotion throughout the film.
1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) There are three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era: adaptations of classics, arrangement of tunes, and newly composed music. An adaptation of classics is the substantial borrowing of another work. It is usually used in dramatic scenes; like the use of the Ride of the Valkyries that was used during the ride of the Ku Klux Klan. An arrangement of tunes is is the reconception of an existing tune and is normally used to set the mood and show emotions.
Jeunet is influenced from the ‘cinéma du look’ and the ‘French New Wave’ film conventions to the more recent, ‘cinéma de banlieue’ which are able to be brought to light because of the theme of memory and its distortion. Jeunet amalgamates three heterogeneous areas of memory in ‘A Very Long Engagement’ (Jeunet 2004) to establish and evaluate the power and frailty of memory “Memory plays a complex role in Jeunet’s film, which enacts both its repression and its return” (Ezra 15). Firstly to be discussed is artistic memory, memories and emotions of the spectator are rendered because of an association with another memory from other sources, e.g. film and art. Secondly to be evaluated is personal memory which is autobiographical memory and finally, historical memory, memories that are considered facts in history.
Another important film concerning the use of popular music is Laura, which was released in 1944. The theme song for this movie became one of the most popular songs of the decade. Also, the theme was the dominant tune for much of the movie. It is heard in the opening credits, as source music in the restaurant scene, and as underscoring thereafter. The use of one dominant theme throughout the movie became one of the distinguishing traits of movies filmed from this point
Composers rely on memory to persuade responders to view history in a particular light. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Our perception of history is dependent upon a combination of events, personalities and situations. In this sense, it can be seen as a misleading impression of reality when the truth becomes distorted by our memories. This notion is evident in Stephen Frears’ film “The Queen”, the documentary “Pompeii: the Last Day” by Peter Nicholson and the novel “Mao’s Last Dancer” by Li Cunxin as all three composers rely on memory to represent a fusion of fact and fiction which ultimately influences our memory to view history in a particular light.
*These differences should be important. Paragraph 2 Sentence 1: Begin with a transition (The first major difference between the text and the movie is the relationship between Beowulf and Grendel’s mother. In the story, …”) Sentence 2: You would then discuss what happened in the story, use a transition word or phrase (“In contrast” etc), and talk about what happened in the movie. Sentence 3-5 (or 6): After you’ve listed the difference, you will then discuss why you think the movie made the change, and if you think it was more or less effective than the story and why. Paragraphs 3 and 4 Do the same thing you did in paragraph 2, except with different points.
Luhrmann’s film, then again, could on the verge of excessively boisterous and unsavoury at the same time, but in any case it kept me awake. I have to say, neither of these films are the complete adaptation of The Great Gatsby. The novel is the overall the best genre for the audience, the descriptive techniques used by F. Scott Fitzgerald, make the novel the great art that it is, with the novel written like that it gives the audience the opportunity to imagine the novel how they
Postmodernism in the film Being John Malkovich Jae Sung Park – 2011191020 Postmodernism is a philosophical idea that became prominent in the latter half of the twentieth century. This idea focuses on raising questions against the validity of reality and what is commonly regarded as the truth. In this aspect, postmodernism can be seen as a derivative of modernism, which also questions the Enlightenment ideas of absolute truths and individual sovereignty. They are both a significant drift from the realism of 19th century. However, postmodernism is distinguishable from its predecessor in several key aspects (although there is still much debate about the criteria for how this distinction can be made).
According to The Batsford Dictionary of Drama genre is a” subcategory of an art form, with its own codes and conventions.”(Hodgson 1988:149:149).The Academic Dictionary of Drama on the other hand explains genre as “the general type or form of a literary work…” (Pandey 2005:107). Genre can also be seen as “…a type of theatre, distinguished by unique constellation of music, dance, acting and play forms and techniques” (Trapido 1985:339). According to the Dictionary of Media studies, genre is “the category or type into which a film or text falls” (Unknown 2006:100). One must look at these statements critically and realize that each film is unique and has only similarities to other films which make it fall under the same category such as the Western. “ So it seems that genre is not quite the natural or certain idea that it