Music is the essential, universal language. It expresses emotion, a story, and records a generation in history. In the classical and baroque era, music was written to tell a story and emphasize the emotion within that story. Music still tells stories today; movies, games, and regular songs tell stories with emphasized emotions. Games require music to set the mood and energy for specific scenarios.…
Lighting techniques utilized in 10 Cloverfield Lane In the movie 10 Cloverfield Lane directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the usage of different lighting techniques helped make the movie extremely intriguing. The way the director utilized Available light, Low key lighting, and Hard light made such an impacted on certain scenes were brilliant. The movie had some great parts and others not so much, but the main focus of this essay is to discuss the scenes were certain lighting helped to persuade the audiences’ feelings in particular ways that the director envisioned for his movie.…
The scene that I have picked that I feel sound communicates the thriller theme is when Peter Lorre’s character is on the prowl for his next victim. The scene begins with a car horn, setting the location and tone of a city street. You then see the murderer looking inside a storefront when he spots the reflection of a little girl. Although these moments are silent, there is an eerie vibe because you can see the wheels in his head turning as he develops his course of action. The murderer then begins to whistle the song “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” a tune one can often hear in other movies today during moments of high tension.…
As the conductor, Jeff Tyzik, stated, this piece is recognizable within the first two seconds. The film, as most people know, is a British comedy, which is easily seen through the music. The detective theme is portrayed through the key and laid back, sneaky rhythm. The theme is also instilled through great dynamic contrasts; these dynamic changes are very important in making the theme come to life due to the repetitive nature. However, the repetitive nature is also what makes the piece memorable.…
Representations of “The Great Gatsby” The films “The great Gatsby” as well as “Midnight in Paris” were directed to portray the vibe the directors wanted to carry all throughout the films with characters and music, taking inspiration from the novel “The great Gatsby”. The “midnight in Paris” took inspiration from the great Gatsby to help bring the film alive as well as the characters which were involved in it. Both films as well as the novel portrayed this loving couple that did anything to be together but at the end of the day that wasn’t enough to be together after all. There was always a character in the story that got in the way of their happiness.…
A major underlying issue within many cultures in the world is the struggle to either hold on to traditions and values or to move forward with modernization. In the novel Keeper N’ Me by Richard Wagamese, the cultural traditions of the Anishanabe become very important to Garnet Raven who is a disconnected member of the tribe. The major theme in the Movie, The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwich is this very issue: tradition versus modernization. The protagonist of this movie Nathan Algren played by Tom Cruise, become disillusioned with using war to suppress tradition and gains appreciation for the values of the Samurai. While there is a difference between the settings in the novel and the movie there are some strong similarities between the novel and the movie.…
In addition, dark and eerie music easily accompanies various portions of the story. For instance, the song Fatal Lullaby by Adrian Von Ziegler fabricates a dark, sinister tone and atmosphere with the usage of a keyboard. This song is appropriate for the scene for it will enforce the essence of an eldritch tone since Frankenstein is committing a monstrous…
Can you imagine being in a world with no people? A world filled with only monsters. The only person left is you. You have nothing and no one to keep you company. This reality is displayed in the novel I Am Legend which was written by Richard Matheson in 1954.…
Ringu is a 1998 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and adapted from Koji Suzuki’s novel of the same name. It follows a TV reporter, who attempts to solve a string of strange murders, whose cause is believed to be a cursed video tape. The movie opens with two teenagers talking about a videotape that kills anyone who watches it within seven days. It is also revealed that one of the girls, Tomoko, has seen it and she dies very soon after the conversation. Her aunt Reiko, a TV reporter and the movie’s protagonist, hears rumors of several teenager deaths from Tomoko’s circle of friends and realizes that they were all on the island of Izu when they watched the tape.…
Music is a relatively absent feature in this documentary until its closing. Quick-paced tunes are present to cement the strongest points at the film’s summation. Emotional appeals to urge the audience to join the cause is supported by calmer, peaceful melodies. The use of these sounds grabs the audience’s attention during the end to call them to…
In film, there are both visual and sound aspects that allow the audience to know the true meaning of a story. Two aspects equally important in a modern aged film. The award winning movie Up (2009) is brilliant at combining these two aspects. The film is about an old man’s adventurous journey to forfill a promise by traveling through a floating house carried by hundreds of balloons. Today I am going to analyze a scene in the beginning of the film about Carl’s past.…
The movie Corpse Bride is a very charming yet macabre movie of how a shy, stumbling young man accidently marries a deceased bride. This movie is done by stop motion, yet is still very elegantly. With the grim aesthetic of the Victorian era, the living world is shown to be dull, gray, and practically lifeless while the Land of the Dead is full of color, and lively characters. The detail of every character and object is rich with also a grand orchestra, soft piano and jazz numbers to company.…
Film music, both original scores and soundtracks, manifest new modes and codes that juxtapose those that exist within unadulterated music. The modes and codes that dictate film music, much like the other forms of media within this essay, are driven by the necessity to reinforce the pre-existing narrative. Claudia Gorbman analyses the modes and codes that dictate the narrative supporting nature of film within her article, Narrative Film Music. This journal article is an excerpt from her book, Unheard Melodies: Narrative Film Music which has been published by Yales French Studies. Individuals studying or researching into methods for enhancing film narratives as well as within other forms of media are the preeminent audience for this particular…
In the beginning, the director uses a suspenseful, usual low other-worldly sliding, bass that creates a momentum to that underlines the mood for the scene. The impact of the beginning score instantly creates an atmosphere of fear and paranoid for the viewers. It also creates a sense of dread for an unseen jump scare. In the scene where Danny is riding into the hallway, the music changes again into a disturbing and borderline on tragic, informing the viewer something terrible is about to happen. Then the scene reaches its climax score with climbing of bass and the strings of the violin, leaves a chilling and sinister effect on the viewers, where they moved with an unsettling feeling.…
The King’s speech is a historical drama film featuring King George the Sixth who copes with a stammer. The movie depicts historical events during the 1930s in London. Among the main characters are, King George VI who is also addressed by ‘Bertie’ by his close family members, Elizabeth, Lionel Logue as well as the archbishop, Cosmo Gordon Lang. To solve Bertie’s problem, his wife Elizabeth encourages him to seek help from Lionel Logue, a speech defect therapist. When his brother refused the throne, the once Duke of York was forced to succeed him and become the new king reluctantly.…