1. This week, I have enjoyed all of the movies that we watched this week. I did not think that I would like High Noon because I am not the type to watch a “western.” I ended up actually liking this movie. Something I thought was neat was when the marshal was leaving for his honeymoon, a striking minor chord sounds just as he opens the letter, to find out about Frank Miller, and the chord underlies until the couple leaves again. When the fight scene builds to the climax, I felt that the trumpet provided the action of the scene and the low brass provided the intensity of the fight. I have seen To Kill A Mockingbird a couple of times before, and I like it more every time. I enjoyed the scene where Atticus kills the rabid dog with one shot…it amazes me every time I see it. I also like the courtroom scene because there is no music, only tension from everyone in the courtroom. In the Heat of the Night was interesting. I did like the story a little bit more than the music. Sidney Poitier did an excellent job at playing the role of Mr. Tibbs. I believe that American Graffiti has to be my favorite movie that we have seen this week. Instead of listening to mostly composed classical music, I was glad to hear songs that were popular back in those days. I felt that the music was appropriately put in the right scenes where they had music.
2. In the book, I learned more about movies that I would like to see and who composed them. Also the films that we saw in class helped me to understand what I had read and if it was a movie that I would want to see. I also enjoyed reading about the movies from the 1960’s to the 90’s. Also while reading the book, I found out that because of Julie Andrews, who is one of my favorite actresses, The Sound of Music became one of the most top-grossing films of all-time. It is also of my favorite movies.
3. I liked being able to see the different movie clips that we had in class because it helped me to understand what I was reading about in the book. The clips that I thought were cool were Forbidden Planet and Planet of the Apes. I liked these two because they might be movies worth watching to me someday.
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Good blog Wanda. The writing is better overall though you said "this week" twice in the first sentence. There were a few other slips. You really should read your writing out loud. You would instantly hear things that sound funny.
ReplyDeleteThe trumpet did add a lot to that scene in High Noon. The hollywood orchestrators wrote the best brass parts. It would be very exciting to play them! I would be very interested to hear what other movies the course made you want to see.
I'm glad you took the class. I'll see you around.