... may not have the ability to hear sounds, words or music with their ears; they may not have the ability to communicate through speaking; they may live in deafening silence, but they do have the capacity to feel, love, understand, appreciate, create, hear and listen to music with their hearts and minds. Music can transcend beyond sounds. "Even in silence, there is ... music" and the film delivers just that. Last Wednesday (November 25, 2009), our block was fortunate enough to attend a private screening of ... love with an optimistic deaf-mute orphaned guy (Kiko). The girl is a singer, th...

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... cd's and not selling cd's with the rating of "R" to teens under 17 without an adult present, parents may better monitor their children's choice of music. Children under 17 are not admitted to "R" rated movies without adult supervision because an R rating may be assigned to a film for its use of ... real difference between the two is the rating system. The Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) feels that most parents believe in monitoring the music their children listen to. "Although parents may object to the small number of recordings that contain sexually explicit themes, vio...

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... the film. The camera would pan the dance floor, showing two B-boys, in the typical B-boy stance, staring at each other. ROLL MUSIC PLEASE!!! The music would come in, as they approach one another. Are they going to fight? No!!! Are they going to shoot the club up?No!!! ... the knowledge on. "Yaw'll are being invited and welcomed into a culture that came from a certain people, The History of Hip Hop Rap music originated as a cross-cultural product. Most of its important early practitioners-including Kool Herc, D.J. Hollywood, and Afrika Bambaataa-were either first- or ... youth culture. B...

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... but we feel that there is some kind of danger or high emotion attached. I think the opening scene of the movie also provides suspense because the music is very dramatic and scary, we then see no trespassing signs and what looks like a haunted house. The camera takes its time to finally get ... audience into the next scene. Another transition used was a shutter type of movement from one scene to the other. There were several times that music was used to bring us from one scene to the next. The example of the fast transitions was through the scenes of the breakfast montage as ... life. I ...

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... torture of Salieri's deterioration. I"m sure parts of this movie are dramatized but it really engulfs you as a viewer. It was obvious to have Mozart's music playing throughout the movie, and I believe that is the main reason the movie was so captivating. The movie starts with Salieri in an insane asylum telling ... life and Mozart's part in it. The time period portrayed is the classical period. When Emperors and Kings ruled the land, and when most of all music was commissioned by them. I thought the manner in which the director chose to unfold the plot was classic. So many great movies ...

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... trace back to the American culture. One of which is the patriotism of the singing of the French National Anthem or the playing of American swing music at Rick's saloon. Another is the forming of two types of hero's by the characters of Rick, the outlaw hero, and Laszlo, the official ... hero. The movie is an ideological dimension as a part of America's expressive culture during wartime. When listening to the music in the movie "Casablanca," one notices how the music involved in the film score helps show the type of ideology used in the film. At one scene in the movie Victor asked ... re...

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... boundaries held by the common musical. It contains sex, violence, and an extremely large quantity of profanity. Also, the music the film provides is unlike any other previous genre of music for it is a darker form of lyrical poetry. The title of this movie is none another than 8 Mile. In ... Jr. (Eminem), more commonly known as Rabbit or B-Rabbit, is an aspiring white rap artist struggling to be recognized for his lyrical talent in a music form that is dominated by black artists. The story takes place in 1995 Detroit, Michigan. It is a city rapidly falling prey to economic devastation, w...

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... Handel and his Covent Garden opera theatre. After becoming extremely successful, Farinelli goes to Madrid, where the movie started. This was a time period when music was extremely powerful. Like many musicians of the late baroque era, Farinelli viewed him self as almost being god like. After all, that is how ... so many people treated him. Music during this era was so powerful that it could push people to cry, faint, and as one woman in the movie put it, cause a ... This late baroque period was a time of refinement. Great composers such as J.S. Bach and Handle were not simply creating ...

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... is not what society would like for it to be; and that life is more or less controlled by fate. The captured essence of human life, music, and the location all contribute to how great the movie really is. It also grabs the viewers in a relatable aspect, keeping them guessing till the ... very end. Tom is an intelligent, inattentive, and creative man, but his introduction into sad British pop music and a complete misreading of the movie The Graduate may have negatively influenced his outlook on life. This and the disintegration of his parents' marriage coincide with why ... will draw mor...

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... helped create a suspenseful mood throughout the movie. There was a great use of music in this film which helped add to the suspense of the movie as well. There was music leading up to significant events and both the volume of the music and the tune would change depending on which part of the movie it was. ... whole mood of the film. The film wouldn't be as suspenseful without the music. The whole piano playing in the movie was added music. Whenever Phillip would get nervous he would start playing the piano. One point in the movie that the music was well suited was when Phillip was playi...

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... is "Head of State" to Jim Carey in "Liar Liar" My favorite comedy of all times is "That Thing You Do". It bring the mental enjoyment of music in with the comedy, and the actors in with the whole plot. Actors such as Tom Hanks make this movie a sensation, in my book the best movie ... ever. Movies have a great sense of incorporating music at the perfect times, but what about movies about music, such as "That Thing You Do"? This movie of a local band called the Oneders later changed to Wonders because of the mispronunciation ... of the name that starts out in a garage and gets big from a ...

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... advancements in cellular phone technology. Unfortunately there are drawbacks to the rapidly growing field of technology and computers. The internet is making more and more music, movies, games, and thousands of other software accessible. Most of it is stolen or APIRATED@, and then put up on the internet for ... it easier to compact, mass multiply, and distribute a product. Also with the total fade out of eight track cassette tape and long play record, music has converted over to CDs (compact disc). CDs are in digital format what are composed strictly zeros and ones. Now that CDRW (compa...

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... . Compared with such a precedent in My Fair Lady, we discover that besides infuriating historical puritans and those who enjoy only sedate films, Moulin Rouge is reduced to an overly staged music video. If eliciting a deeper meaning behind the songs in effort to pilot a powerful message marks a necessary syntactic characteristic of the musical genre, Moulin Rouge fails. Nothing more than simple ... back to moving the paper-thin narrative forward. While blatantly disregarding most semantic elements of the historical musical genre, a few do linger. It demonstrates a self-reflective method...

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... minutes, a CD-quality version of the song is downloaded to the user's computer. The pure convenience of this practice has caused people to start pirating music. No longer does one have to go to the record store, pay $20 for an artist's CD, and listen to maybe one or two good ... about the piracy of their songs on one of the first file sharing applications. That group was Metallica, who was angered when they found out that their music was being pirated on the file sharing network, Napster, which prompted them to file a lawsuit against it. (Jones) Once the headlines were made, the ... sho...

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... two of them. The movie The Black Stallion demonstrates a deep, dark, and sad mood through music, dialogue, and setting. Music plays a key role in the deep, dark, sadness of the movie. As the ship sank, the music started to rumble, and the beat was very low-toned. The music started to beat faster and faster, which as a viewer of the movie, made my heart ... beat faster as well. When Alec and the horse were stranded on the island, it started to rain and he looked very scared and sad. The music that is being played during that scene makes it even more sad, because it is gloomy, and very lo...

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... a prince is supposed to be. No wonder why all the women in the kingdom wanted to marry him. Music and Dance The music in both of the versions was quite different from one another. Disney's music was Classical and very deep and meaningful, it also mainly consisted on solo or duet songs, where only one or ... because the characters tended to sing as they were doing a task that made it interesting to watch as we usually associate music and singing with dancing. Albert and Hammerstein had more upbeat and modern music, in almost every song there was a back up or a chorus part that was sung an...

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... Bernard Herrmann as composer on The Day The Earth Stood Still. Jerry Goldsmith composed and conducted this lovely euphonic score for a visually stunning movie. Music Editor Kenneth Hall finely tunes the soundtrack with precision. Goldsmith's musical score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, would eventually be nominated for "Best ... more odd sounds and lowers the orchestra's register down further with sounds similar to a grand church organ. More and more does it sound alien. The music here is mainly a sedentary sound. One thing I've noticed about this film is that a few characters have a ...

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... talked about football, Doyle, and other childhood worries. He allowed Karl to be a child again. The sound also supported the theme. In the beginning the music was low and turned into the sound of a heartbeat. It expressed the beat of life going on and on. After Karl was released, upbeat ... trying to decide whether or not to kill Doyle. He felt he needed to do it, but wasn't sure if he had the right. The music got louder and faster as he approached the house, but slowed down as he entered and sat down on the couch. The ... He believed he made the right decision. He is guiltless and happy...

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... by Walter Murch, plays a tremendous role in the story line. Diegetic, internal and external, and non-diegetic sound is used all throughout the movie. Lots of source music, or diegetic sound, is used from many well know bands from that time. The use of this diegetic sound in this movie is one of the key components to ... . As the choppers arrive to the village Kilgore gives the command to play Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries on loudspeakers on one of the helicopters. As the music blares and the sounds of the choppers echo threw the sky the sound of gun fire rings out. And the order for th...

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... film and the opinion of which they should take on the themes and issues presented. "Sling Blade" makes particular use of camera movement, framing, lighting and music which all help to promote the overall feel and response the viewer takes to the movie. In films camera work plays an important role in the position of ... to him by thinking that he is the one in control of the situation and that he is the more powerful character. In a film the use of music can make a viewer respond to different situations in different ways. A soft, slow, piano tune can make the viewer respond by making the s...

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... can support my opinion. According to a Website called Top 5 Films there are five elements that make a good movie. These elements include music, a storyline, cinematography, acting and story. Let's start with music, which sets the tone for a lot of things in movies. It helps tell whether it's a sad or happy moment. For this ... tone of the movie for the narrator and makes the story look and sound more interesting. James Newton Howard was allowed to have fun with the music while mixing dark and joyful songs together. Southall also says "The lengthy album seems to pass by in a flash, main...

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... is also portrayed as more sympathetic toward the end when she goes to visit Proctor and tells him that she didn't mean for this to happen to him. The music in the movie was crucial. It set the tone very well as to what you should be feeling in the movie. I felt that the ... music was very effective as in bringing out your emotion. It made you really feel for the characters. Te progression of scenes is much different then in the book. The ... I give this film three and a half stars out of five. Many of the acting is very effective. The use of music is very effective. The music was very w...

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... definately helped give the movie a "real" effect. When the scary parts were happening the lighting was appropriately dim to set a great feeling. Sound effects and music were used pretty sparingly, but when they were used...it was spectacular. I could go on more, but I recommend you just check it out for yourself ... Although the mood was dull at times, the story was good enough to keep you watching the film with anticipation. Most of the time the music was appropriately light-country based, but some more emotional parts were ruined by a Top Gun-sounding score. You know...the emotional sl...

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... , The Odyssey, the parallels become apparent. Directly look at the movie and the epic, look at themes, plots, characters, settings, common appearances by The Sirens, and the role of both music in the movie and nature in the novel, and the similarities are obvious. In the movie and the epic, the themes and plots resemble each other. The first theme in ... were black. When their song became popular everyone thought they were black, even though they were really white. The music controlled the people to such an extent that they didn't care what color they were, they just wanted to enjoy thei...

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... would not be available; movies could have the most technologically advanced visual effects, but we would still be stuck in the silent movie era. Recorded music would not be available to us, and neither would be the radio or television. In fact, the several aspects and methods concerning processing sound are ... that it only comes out from the rear speakers of the theatre, otherwise it would not make to be a realistic film. A sound engineer for music has a slightly similar task, however it is his job to make sure that every single instrument has the proper volume on the track so the end ...

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