Film Studies 2159A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fanta, Sound Recording And Reproduction, Studio Fantasia
28 Jun 2018
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Screening 3, Lecture 3
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 11:10 AM
Screening: Fantasia
Fantasia:
•Third animated film
•Marks Disney's reign on High Art
•Premiered in New York
•Disney hoped the film would be affiliated with East Coast culture
•Pioneers use fantasound
•Stereo phone sound
•Did not break even at the box office
Lecture 3:
Database Assignment:
•3 - 4 pages (max 4 pages minimum 3)
•Include bibliography
•Standard Word formatting
•Research from reviews from the time of the movie
•Find an interesting set of reviews and discuss them
•https://search.proquest.com/results/CF75C84606094859PQ/1?
accountid=15115
•Think about options
○Pinocchio, Fantasia, Snow White
○Can use a film on our syllabus
○If using something later on in the year, watch the film and have to
find all reviews on your own
•Writing the Essay
○DO THIS WEEKS READING SOS
○"Fantasia" Cultural Instructions for Disney's Masterpiece
•Read this article!!!
○Reception Studies
•Reception Documents
•How audiences received and reviewed the screenings
•First thing about Reception: is it good or bad
•Music Critiques gave Fantasia a thumbs down
•Music and film cannot be mixed together, the music will
drown out the images and the images will drown out the
music
•Mixing high and low (high music with low visuals)
•Exasperated by the promotion of the film
•Not conventional and is demanding and is a new way to
visualize and see art
•Roadshow:
•Shown as a prestige feature
•Only shown in select theatres
Document Summary
Database assignment: 3 - 4 pages (max 4 pages minimum 3) Include bibliography: standard word formatting, research from reviews from the time of the movie, find an interesting set of reviews and discuss them, https://search. proquest. com/results/cf75c84606094859pq/1? accountid=15115, think about options. Can use a film on our syllabus. If using something later on in the year, watch the film and have to find all reviews on your own: writing the essay. fantasia cultural instructions for disney"s masterpiece: read this article!! Initially seen by only a few people but now the reissues would bring it to a larger audience: 1991 - 1992 reissue. Is a video rerelease - brought it to the home theatre: film was edited and shortened to make it more accessible, limited editions, laser disks, 60"s reissue, viewed as a psychedelic trip, hippie culture, https://books. google. ca/books? id=klueaaaambaj&pg=pa15&lpg=p. =onepage&q=walt%20disney"s%20secre t%20freak%20out&f=false: critiques object to fantasound, the listener would not be able to imagine the music itself.
