Music - Defined in various ways‚ depending on its role in a given culture as well as on highly subjective individual opinion - The prevailing (Western) idea of music is as an art of organized sounds 2 Characteristics of Sound - Pitch - Highness or lowness - Dynamic level -Loudness of softness Pitch -The pitch of a sound depends on the rate of vibration‚ or frequency‚ of the sound-producing medium. - A faster rate of vibration causes a higher pitch‚ and a slower rate of vibration causes a lower pitch
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The Mamas and the Papas played a major role in the pop scene of Southern California in the mid to late Sixties. The group formed out of the folk music revival of the late Fifties and early Sixties. The members included John Phillips‚ who had been a member of the folk trio called the Journeymen; Cass Elliot came aboard after a stint in the Big Three‚ while Denny Doherty played with the Halifax Three. Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty also played together in the Mugwumps‚ which also included John Sebastian
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Philosophy Through Film | Aristotle & “I Remember Mama” 1. In Aristotle‚ the good of man is described as final and self-sufficient. That is‚ the chief good is something final. This relates well to Uncle Chris throughout the movie. Everyone was scared of him – he drank‚ he drove fast and was quite brash. However‚ when he died‚ his nieces discovered that there was no inheritance‚ because he had been donating it to children with leg problems so that they didn’t grow up and limp as
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Techniques of Montage in Run Lola Run to Create Dialectical Meaning Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer‚ 1998) is a film that is edited together in a way not necessarily for traditional continuity editing‚ rather to create meaning for the shots in the film. It is edited at a very fast pace‚ leaving many shots to be only one or two seconds long‚ with the main focus being on the film’s various attractions to get meaning across to the viewer. This type of montage aligns specifically with Sergei Eisenstein’s theory
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Analyzing/ Evaluating a Movie Y tu mama tambien Y tu mama tambien by Alfonso Cuaron is the movie evaluated in the next paragraphs. The movie is starred by Gael Garcia Bernal‚ Diego Luna‚ and the Spanish Maribel Verdu. The movie starts with the typical two best friends Julio (Garcia Bernal) and Tenoch (Luna) whose girlfriends are about to depart for summer vacations. As they leave the airport‚ after their take off they continue to their own world of irreverence and over stimulated
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The novel Mama Day by Gloria Naylor explores both the intriguing relationship between a young city boy and a culturally confused girl‚ George and Ophelia‚ and the simple yet supernatural life of an old‚ wise woman on an isolated island entirely detached from the civilized world around her. Ophelia‚ or Cocoa‚ becomes a link between the chaotic world and hustle and bustle of the mainland and the life of Willow Springs that connects her into a cultural and much different identity. The setting of a novel
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Tupac Shakur was a young rapper who wrote the song “Dear Mama” dedicated to his mother. He uses elements such as dynamics‚ instrumentation‚ and tempo to help piece together his incredible song made for his mother. The song “Dear Mama” by Tupac Shakur begins with the artist rapping his 17-year-old self. From breaking rules in school and hanging out with older people‚ to being kicked out the house by ruin his mom‚ Tupac always could depend on her to be there for him. He dedicated this song to
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the contrast in Tupac’s lyrics from one album to another. One of the songs on Tupac’s album Me Against the World is called "Dear Mama". In this song Tupac talks about how his mother managed to raise him regardless of the struggles they endured. A good Example of the way Tupac Expresses these feelings comes from the middle of the song: Tupac wrote the song “Dear Mama” to express the amount of appreciation he had for his mother‚ as well as his childhood struggles he and his family
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Mama Wakatsuki shows signs of depression through the way she acts. She is now becoming a bad example for her children by acting out in front of them."My mother began to weep. It seems now that she wept for days... but I had never seen her cry like this. I couldn’t understand it."Jeanne’s mother is crying all the time about her father being taken away by the FBI.This reveals the she is depressed because the way she acts about her husband was being taken away. She has cried so much that even her children
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successful empire to last beyond a generation and see the peaceful succession of kings. The empire was relatively short-lived‚ as the Babylonians conquered them within only a few generations. Kings Further information: Sumerian King List‚ List of kings of Babylon and List of Assyrian kings The Mesopotamians believed their kings and queens were descended from the City of Gods‚ but‚ unlike the ancient Egyptians‚ they never believed their kings were real gods.[39] Most kings named themselves
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