1. Quinceañera - Sound in Mexican Culture
The movie employs voice and music, the two most important elements of film sound, in order to enrich the narrative with familial, generational, and cultural differences. ... Most of the youngsters in the movie are of Mexican descent but were born and raised in America, contributing to their predilection for American ideas and customs. ... Another scene toward the beginning of the movie shows a group of girls celebrating their friend's fifteenth birthday inside a limousine. This scene demonstrates the use of a technique called inaudibility, as the loud hip-hop music playing in the backgrou...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate