Nichols states that ‘sound is as crucial as image in conveying meaning’ (2010, 64). I believe this opening sequence is an excellent example as it perfectly sums up the impact…
Before ever stepping foot on the village soil, the samurai display many bushido virtues. The seven samurai decide to take on such an unrewarding task, even to the farmers surprise as all they can offer is a warm bed and rice. Each ronin accept the terms on a more honor basis rather than any other virtue. As the seven samurai arrive, led by Kambei, the farmers are nowhere to be seen, hiding away in their shelters resulting in great confusion throughout the seven samurai as Heihachi states “A real welcome, I’d say”(57). A point at which could have been so devastating for the farmers as the samurai were questioning their decision to provide aid, was overturned by Kikuchiyo’s rather unexpected act.…
Samurai and Knights: Were the Similarities Greater Than the Differences Imagine a knight and shining armor and a merciless samurai fighting till the death. Other than these these short descriptions, samurais and knights have many clear differences. Knights were the professional warriors in feudal Europe and the samurais were the warriors of feudal Japan. Both of these fighters had a master or lord that they had to stay loyal to in order to receive land.…
Discussed the relations between sound and image in horror films. • “Music in a horror film, …participates crucially in the creation of the film’s meaning, and so close attention to the score with both the eye and the ear will generate readings of the film that do not emerge when considering only the visual and cinematographic.” (Lerner, 2010) • “I argued …that films could not be adequately understood without consideration of the relations between sound and images. ”(Johnson, 1989) • “…Although we may not be allowed to witness the penetration of the knife itself, we can hear it. This rupture of illusion comes from the music itself. ”…
Also, sound is very different and unique which makes it hard to fully understand. The “First Notes” article and the passage from “Sound as My Mentor” are both very creative and exclusive which can result in similarity. Furthermore, both writing are very creative which can result in a sort of a connection or resemblance making it difficult to demonstrate sound. The ability to see overpowers…
Throughout the film Shrek there are various uses of non diegetic sound as well as dialogue, music and sound effects, which functions in the film in order to emphasize and reveal its characters, creates rhythm/continuity, shapes the audience’s feelings and grasp the audience’s attention. For example, Donkey insisting on following Shrek and talking to him despite Shrek demanding him to be quiet. From the very beginning, Donkey’s ongoing dialogue throughout the entire film reveals his character to be chatty and good-humored. Thus, being an extrovert character and shaping the audience’s feelings for him to be joyous.…
Remember The Titans is a movie based on a true story of a football team in Alexandria, Virginia. It was 1971, and T.C. Williams High School has just integrated. This doing created confusion in the town of Alexandria but especially in the football team which came from glorious days captained by coach Yoast (Will Patton) and formed by white players only. The school board decided to bring in a new coach, Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) in order to make the new team merge racially successfully. The movie is divided in two main narratives.…
Bart Layton’s documentary film “The Imposter” employs many film techniques in peaking the curiosity of the audience while telling the story of one man who managed to lie his way into America. “The Imposter” based on a true story, found Frédéric Bourdin, a skilled serial imposter sneaking into America by impersonating Nicholas Barkly, a boy who has been listed as missing for many years. In keeping the audience curious throughout the documentary Layton uses such film techniques as lighting where Layton controls what is depicted in each scene and in what manner by how the lighting displays the scene. As well as the sound design in which purposely placed SFX (Sound Effects) and music are used to highlight or build up an important moment. Which…
Euphony is a term that is classified as a sound that’s pleasing and pleasing to hear. There exists many euphonic sounds within the universe such as: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, birds chirping, and Toby Fox's Save The World. However, we do not always notice and hear euphonic sounds that envelope us unless we give consideration to them. Some of these euphonic sounds may include: a symphony constructed of birds chirping, bells rung by the wind, and trees whistling, chatter, splashing water, and…
In chapter 4 of The Hobbit music plays a big role in everyone and everything. In the world, everybody listens to some kind of music and it impacts our lives so different and sometimes it even impacts creatures in the world. Some creature’s such as the Dwarfs, Elves and Goblins sing their hearts out in all kinds of tone, content, and structure. The dwarfs music is different from the elves and hobbits because the dwarfs music is based on adventure and going to the dragon to get their gold back. While even when they hit a bump in the road the keep on going and singing and will keep on going and sing until they arrive at the dragon to get the gold that is rightfully theirs back from the dragon.…
The expansion of technology into our daily lives has brought about many benefits but also many problems. In her essay “Silence and The Notion Of The Commons”, Ursula Franklin delineates the effects technological trends have had on sound and silence in our time. Specifically, Franklin explores how changes in the intrinsic nature of sound has, and will continue to affect our society. To illustrate this concept, Franklin first explains the natural characteristic of sound. It is, most importantly, transient.…
In the 30 minutes that I analyzed for Mr. Bean’s Holiday, the kinds of music that they used was a collection of songs. Most of the songs used in the movie were instrumental and symphony orchestra like. The composer of the score would be Howard Goodall. The type of performers that are used are an orchestra. The genres of music that are included are mainly instrumental classical like songs.…
However, sound elements such as dialogue (speech), sound effects (noise) and music, can often be as complex as the images itself. It is hard to understand a meaning of a film without the use of sound, and if I may say, just the use of sound…
The film Little Miss Sunshine was produced by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. In the beginning of this visual text we see the main characters introduced and see the family dynamic. This is when one of the most important themes is introduced, how society defines success and beauty. This theme is portrayed by the use of costume, dialogue, and sound/ music. Society has a set look on what success and beauty is and the Hoover family challenges that.…
We listen to music and hear sound in our everyday lives, whether we are listening to the music in our car, or we are listening to the sound the vacuum makes when it is turned on. Sound and music however, are not a simple concept in physics. There are so many topics and under those are subtopics. These topics include waves, which is what we will be focusing on today. Sound waves are made very easily, in fact we create them every day.…