Through Shakespeare’s play ‘A Mid-Summer Nights Dream’ and the film ‘Chocolat’ the composers have presented similar reflections on the values and attitudes of their times. It is unknown exactly when Shakespeare’s play was written or first performed but it usually dated between 1594 or 1596, probably written for an aristocratic wedding. The film ‘Chocolat’ directed by Lassie Hollstrom was produced in 2001 originated from the 1999 novel written by Joanne Harris. The film is set in France 1959, same time as Shakespeare’s play was performed which is evident by the patriarchal values and attitudes reflected, it was also the error of great change. Both composers have represented beliefs, attitudes and values through the characters that have been constructed.
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
Gone with the Wind is a paradigm which is the example of classic Hollywood film score, because the music itself has characteristics being played out of the film score throughout the storyline. The classic Hollywood film score is known to create emotions and moods that mirrors the actions and drama throughout the film. The classic Hollywood film score helps bring the movie more to life, it makes it more vivid and as an audience you can see the action and drama but also feel the music blend in perfectly with the mood of the film. Also in Birth of a Nation you see how they apply well know melodies such as "Dixie" and "Tara" and how they become unique themes in the
University of Phoenix Material The Fabulous Fifties Matrix Choose ten items from the following list and identify their significance during the 1950s: |The Mickey Mouse Club |Ozzie and Harriett | |Interstate highways |I Love Lucy | |Dishwashers |Persistent poverty | |Automobiles |Black urban migration | |Hi-Fis and stereos |Urban renewal | |Poodle skirts |Beatniks (beats) | |Drive-in theaters |American Bandstand | |Levittown |Elvis Presley | |Dr. Spock |James Dean | |Event |Significance | |American |The American Bandstand was like today’s MTV and BET because it was a popluar music program deeply rooted | |Bandstand |in Philidepa. “The show epitomized many important aspects of American popular culture such as: mass | | |communication, popular music, youth culture, dance and fashion trends,
Lambert's trade-show dance number was recycled as the "Treasure Hunt" dance in How to Succeed..., while Fosse agreed to take a "musical staging" credit for choreographing all the other dance numbers. [5] Burrows also reveals that another crisis arose in rehearsals when former recording star Rudy Vallee wanted to interpolate some of his hit songs from the 1930s. On February 1, 2011 Simon & Schuster re-issued a paperback edition of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying With a New Introduction by Stanley Bing. Stanley Bing’s new introduction is written in the same style as the rest of the book and addresses office life in 2010—what has changed and what hasn’t—and all the new absurdities that the digital age has
The film was so successful because of the fantasy storytelling, musical catchiness and the abnormality of the characters the made the film stand out for the rest and becoming very unique. The film also featured what may be the most elaborate use of character make-ups and special effects in a film up to that time. The Wizard of Oz in 1939 is everybody's cherished favorite, greatest fantasy film musical from MGM during its prime years. The film was first re-released in 1949, and then in 1955, They also broadcast the film for many seasons, regularly on network TV as a prime time event; its first two showings were on CBS on November 3, 1956 and in December, 1959 (AMC). The film soon became a classic institution with annual showings for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter time, in some years, and was sort a rite of
“Zoot Suit” and “La Bamba” Film Commentary for Chic 3223 John Colosey 2/15/2012 La Bamba and Zoot Suit are two outstanding movies that take part in two different decades and while racism is portrayed in both movies, it is particularly evident in Zoot Suit. Zoot Suit takes place in the early 1940’s while La Bamba takes place in the late 1950’s. Zoot Suit is a movie that is seen through the eyes of an audience watching a musical inside a theater. Filmed in 1981, it was nominated for a golden globe award for best comedy/musical. The movie sets out to detail some of the factual occurrences related to the Sleepy Lagoon murder case in Los Angeles during the Zoot suit riots.
Golden to Jack Lyle, Subject “Data Regarding Black Journal.” NPBA Larry Williams, “Dixie Dialing- Monday’s Black Journal Will Focus On Solution,” The Commercial Appeal, January 24, 1969 BED George Gent, “TV Series for Bedford-Stuyvesant Begins Monday,” New York Times, April 5, 1968. Letters from viewers, BSRC files Melissa Harris Lacewell, Barbershops, Bibles and BET (THIS SHOULD BE IN BIBLIO—look for Lacewell) Wilson Walton, Brooklyn, NY, to IBS, 24 Apr. 1968, unarchived records of the Bedrofrd Stuyvesant Redevelopment Corporation Postcard from unknown author, May 1, 1968 Thomas George, Valley Cottage, NY, to the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, 26 April 1968 Say Brother Interview with Sarah Ann Shaw, WGBH
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1996. Print. Zeitz, Joshua. Flapper: a Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern. New York: Three Rivers, 2006.
Tamela came from the hit film Tammy and The Bachelor that artist Debbie Reynolds sang. Tamela Records introduced many artists such as Marvin Gaye, Four Tops, Marvelettes, and The Isley Brothers. Tamela Records is a record label that was established in The United Kingdom. Tamela Records has its own slogan “The Sound that makes the world go round.” Tamela was started off an $800 family loan in 1959. (tamela records) In 2005 Motown merged with Universal Records and became Universal Motown Records.