MUSIC 2F03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: All Singing, All Dancing, Steamboat Bill Jr., The Skeleton Dance
15 Apr 2017
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Music for film & television test 2 textbook notes: page 115 117: early sound cartoons. Within the limitations of this text, the histories of music for cartoons and narrative films meet only in animated features. The all singing, all dancing, all squeaking mouse. Walt disney created a great sensation with steamboat willie (1928), starring mickey mouse. Dis(cid:374)e(cid:455)"s fi(cid:396)st mi(cid:272)ke(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:396)too(cid:374) it is actually the third nor is it the first cartoon with sound. But this parody of the buster keaton film steamboat bill jr. (1928) fully exploited sound technology and had enormous audience appeal. Music and sound effects are at the heart of this short, while dialogue is minimal. The coordination of movement and music in this cartoon was painstaking, but the process helped pave the way for advancements in the timing of music and film. Disney worked on more sophisticated musical settings in a cartoon series entitles silly symphonies.
