THTRFLM 2T03 Study Guide - Elmer Bernstein, Blackboard Jungle, Juvenile Delinquency
14 Oct 2014
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Production is 1/2 of what it was in the 40s. Most significant development: expanding role of popular music. Most often used in scenes without dialogue maintains a single mood. Hard accents, rapid notes, increased volume/intensity = agitated and disturbing. Saxophone becomes the standard instrument to depict a hot woman now also depicts a hot man. The essence of the drama is the complications, not the climax. Featured: rock around the clock, first rock song to ever hit # 1 on billboard charts. Music popularity chart in the billboard trade magazine, started in 1940. Teenage hoodlums carried out a savage attack on 2 teachers. Rebellious young rock star turned movie star brought him stardom.
