1. I thought that the movies that we saw this week were very interesting and quite enjoyable to watch. The Silly Symphonies were probably one of the ones I enjoyed the most because of the way the music was used to go along with the body movements. Another movie that I liked was The Adventures of Robin Hood. In this film, we can definitely see the “Mickey mousing” that we talked about in class. I actually thought that the fight scene they had when King Richard comes back, was awesome because of how they attempted to match the “battle” scene with the music. King Kong was also a good movie. It too had the mousing effects and a lot of in the frame music, but one thing that I liked about the movie was the ability to create suspense by using silence. For instance when Kong was on top of the Empire building and it wasn’t until the airplanes begin shooting at him does the music come back strong and in full force. The suspense that Steiner used was the perfect edge-of-your-seat moment.
2. I found it to be pretty slick to find out that movie theatres began selling popcorn and drinks to keep the audience coming to see the movies…I always wondered if that was something that they thought of later on in the years. Something that I found interesting in the book was the use of the electronic instrument the theremin. I thought that what it would be used for fit perfectly. The word film noir was something that caught my eye also. I didn’t know that the French used it to describe U.S. films that included gloomy nature, but capture the realistic style and nature of people. Another tidbit that interested me was for The Lost Weekend the composer Rozsa, tried to tell others that the temp track would not work for the movie so they put his original score in and it became an instant hit.
3. In class I was surprised to find out that John Williams had help for his Star Wars theme from Korngold. Being able to hear how Korngold wrote it versus the way Williams evolved on it was quite astounding. So I guess that’s how the composers got their way around the copyright policy. I also felt in was enchanting to know that The Adventures of Robin Hood literally saved Korngold’s life. It is mind boggling to think that Korngold would have been in a concentration camp if he had not have decided to compose for the movie.
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Wanda, your content is always good. You started off writing better, but I sense you perhaps hurried to finish, because the syntax and word choice becomes increasingly problematic. I won't list them all here, but I'll give one example, especially since you were making a very good point.
ReplyDelete"For instance when Kong was on top of the Empire building and it wasn’t until the airplanes begin shooting at him does the music come back strong and in full force." This would be better as: "There was no underscore until Kong was on top of the Empire State Building. Only when the airplanes begin shooting at him does the music come back strong and in full force." Also the term is always "Mickey Mousing" and not "mousing."