MUS110H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mise-En-Scène, Celesta, Headache
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Intentionally presentation as a quartet: the beatles, splhcb, album cover, conceptualization and visual thought as the how to album is heard and received. Elvis presley: don"t be cruel on ed sullivan show, jan. 1957: obscene hip movements. Film music falls into 2 categories: diegetic music: music contained within the action, underscoring: background music amplifying the mood of the scene and or explicating dramatic developments and aspects of character, laugh track, note ppt. Notable film composers: max steiner, aaron copland, john williams, hans zimmer. Classic hollywood: casablanca (1942: political undertones, clearing of the room after the national anthem duel, characterization through music, filling the space while someone is talking. Immediate intro of brass after villain stands up. Casablanca second scene: as time goes by , sam told never to play it, ominous sound after, reappearance of song representing two character"s romance, music makes the scene functionally work.
