Film Music Analysis and Pedagogy David Neumeyer The ubiquitous videocassette gives us‚ for the first time‚ a convenient way to examine films and their music closely. Many classic films are available‚ especially in VHS format‚ and‚ thanks to cable stations‚ more films of all eras and genres are being shown on television than ever.1 Since music has been an important element in the medium from its earliest days‚ it follows that now we have the opportunity to invoke film scores routinely as audio-visual
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The film ‘About a Boy’ directed Paul Weitz goes through the ups and downs of a 12 year old boy called Marcus Brewer (Nicholas Hoult). Marcus has started at a new school and is attacked and harassed by bullies. His mum Fiona Brewer (Toni Collette) battles through life raising Marcus by her own while fighting depression. Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) a thirty six year old man with no job‚ wife and kids becomes close friends to Marcus; he helps out Marcus problems with the bullies and assists with Fiona’s
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In this “Culture of Me” society‚ everything is Me-based. In the video “It Is All About Me‚” the author mentions that this generation is known as “Gen Me”; it comes from the formula Gen X + Y +Z. People from this generation are known to be more confident‚ assertive‚ feel more free and equal‚ and have highest self-esteem compared with previous generations. However‚ these people tend to possess greater possibilities of having depression‚ suicide‚ loneliness‚ and isolation at the same time. Baby boomers
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In “The Truth about Torture‚” Charles Krauthammer critically analyzes the John McCain‚ an individual with tremendous moral influence who was tortured by the North Vietnamese‚ amendment. This amendment would prohibit all forms of torture from being executed on war prisoners of America. In response‚ Krauthammer states that in certain scenarios‚ torture is not “just permissible‚ but also morally required.” He divides the war prisoners into the following three classifications: ordinary soldiers arrested
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The political cartoon‚ ‘PRIVACY WARS’ illustrated by Greg Perry displays the character‚ Darth Vader from the movie saga ‘Star Wars’ holding an article of the title “Bill C-51”. ‘PM’ is inscribed on Darth Vader’s suit‚ comparing between Vader and former Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Stephen Harper. We can conclude this as the article in Vader’s hands was released during the time Harper served as PM. In the beginning of the movie‚ Vader was a moral character‚ and only after he became exposed to
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July 19‚ 2010 English 135 Essay # 1 The Power of Music The high pitched sound of a violin‚ the deep thump of a bass drum‚ the sultry voice of a singer‚ or the powerful words of a lyricist – all of these show the power of music. Music can cheer you up when you are sad or calm you down when you are excited or anxious. Music has the power to change your mood‚ trigger great memories‚ and is a powerful form of expression. Music is also universal and is one of the strongest and oldest art forms
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For this assignment‚ I am choosing to compare two different genres of music; Jam band music‚ and Rap. In my opinion‚ these two genre are on totally different ends of the musical spectrum. Bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish draw their inspirations from other genres like rock‚ folk‚ funk‚ jazz‚ and bluegrass and from the idea of improvising musically with each other on stage. On the other hand‚ most rap styles of music draws its message from popular culture‚ often drugs‚ and gang related activities
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there has been a music revolution that provided an output of expression through lyrical messages. These lyrical messages were those of which opposed the idea of sending American troops to the war in Vietnam. This protesting had brought many different composers to rally together to form a revolution that would forever change the popularity of a genre. This genre was called rock ‘n’ roll which had provided a new insight to how the Vietnam war was portrayed. Two authors talk about how the revolution
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Music is a wonderful thing. There are many different genres and types of music out there. Music helps people with different things. It can help them through the day. It could also help them through a struggle they are going through. Music can get you motivated to start the day. Music can get the blood flowing in the morning. I like all music‚ except for country music. There is something about country music that is annoying to me. I don’t know what it is‚ I just really despise country music. Music
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Summary of the Grit Jonah Lehrer’s article‚ “The Truth about Grit” introduces‚ and describes a mental trait called grit. The author begins this article by comparing his work on grit with Isaac Newton’s theory on gravity. The mental trait‚ grit‚ like Newton’s theory was not a new idea‚ but rather put a name and study of the term. Using Newton’s long determination on one specific goal was also an enhanced way to proving Lehrer’s theory on grit. Lehrer later describes the term as‚ “setting a specific
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