music in film: exam #3 pt.2 Flashcards
The United states faced one of its greatest challenges during the 1940s: ________.
Historically, the decade can be divided into three distinct periods: _______.
Hollywood filmmaking and its music can similarly be viewed in three corresponding phases.
-World War II
-before, during and after the country’s entrance into war
early 1940s
what is the hollywood style from the 1930s:
continued to exert strong influence until:
major challenges to the film industry take place:
signs of the demise of ____ can be seen in:
The paradigm of the Hollywood style created in the late 1930s, which includes a lengthy orchestral score in the Romantic style, continued to exert a strong influence on American filmmaking through the end of 1950s.
Although the major challenges to the film industry would take place primarily after WWII, signs of the demise of the Classic age can be seen in films from the early 1940s.
early 1940s
what emergence was found in this decade in the music
hollywood studios required:
concert composers feelings about this
-emergence of a new musical sound influenced by the modern styles of contemporary concert composers.
Hollywood studios required specialists who devoted themselves to film almost exclusively. These composers wrote quickly and effectively but had little time for other music.
Concert Music composers did not fit well into this system, and when they tried, they resent their lack of artistic control over the final product.
One of the leading figures in bringing modern music to Hollywood.
bernard herrmann
bernard herrmann
music characterized by
his film and new timbres he added
other musical highlights
he will always be remembered for:
His music is characterized by frequent dissonances, small musical ensembles, and new and colorful musical sonorities.
-Among the innovative new timbres in his score for The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) are the recorded humming sounds of telegraph wires that help create an eerie effect associated with the devil.
-Other musical highlights include a macabre walts and the layerd violin tracks for a series of variations on “Pop Goes the Weasel”
-He will always be remembered for his 1941 score of Citizen Kane.
Citizen Kane
generally acknowledged as:
its about the:
characters:
breaks:
uses of the:
the music supports:
herrmann introduces:
his melodic material lacks:
the _____ of citizen kane appear as:
Citizen Kane (1941)
-It is generally acknowledged as America’s greatest film and can be seen as the high point of the Golden Age.
-Its about the rise and fall of Charles Foster Kane, told from six perspectives.
Newsreel: the public view
Thatcher: the guardian
Bernstein: the business partner
Leland: the best friend
Susan: the second wife
Raymond: the butler.
-Brakes contemporary practices with its contrasts between bright light and darkness.
-Use of the angles of the camera.
-The music supports the drama, captures the moods, and contributes a sense of unity to the film.
-Herrmann introduces disturbing elements in his choice of orchestration, harmony and melody.
In general, his melodic material lacks warmth.
-The darker tones of Citizen Kane appear as ominous shadows in the Golden Age. Although at its productive peak, Hollywood was facing emerging problems.
the war years
bombing of pearl harbor date
by the end of wwII, the us had become:
president ____ decided to let the film industry:
what films were produced: (3)
theaters:
The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 is the defining moment in twentieth- century American history. By the end of WWII, the USA had become a superpower and every aspect of American life was transformed.
President F.D. Roosevelt decided to let the film industry remain independent, and Hollywood responded splendidly
-Patriotic films were produced to help boost morale
Documentaries kept the public informed
Training films helped build stronger armed forces.
-Theaters sold war bonds and stars entertained the troops, supported charity and relief efforts.
casablanca
como se llamo el primer draft:
de q se trata la peli:
an official report on the possibilities of this story:
q cambios hizo el studio:
the story of casablanca takes place:
american audiences would have known the significance…
when rick describes usa as sleeping we know…
“Everybody Comes to Rick’s” was a famous script during this time in which Rick,, one of the main characters is presented as an owner of a café in French Morocco that was a hangout for European Refugees. His life there would be totally disrupted by the arrival of Lois Meredith, a seductress who had ruined both his marriage and his law practice in prewar Paris.
-An official report on the possibilities of this story was filed at Warner Bros. on December 8, 1941, the day after the pearl Harbor bombing.
-The studio saw a potential film version but changed the story to incorporate themes of separation and sacrifice. The woman, now named Ilsa, was made to be an innocent victim of events in the war, and Rick was recast as a former freedom fighter inspired to support a new cause.
-The story of Casablanca takes place within a 48h period in December 1941. American audiences would have known the significance of the date and understood that these events occurred just prior to the US involvement in the war.
-When Rick describes the USA as sleeping, we know that the country, just like Rick, is about to be awakened into action.
source music in casablanca
there is no _________
in the first 30 mins all music is:
The reliance on American popular music for this portion of the story serves several purposes:
when does underscoring first happen
MAX STEINER
Once we enter Rick’s Cafe’s, there is no underscoring.
All of the music of this almost 30 min. segment is diegetic, stemming from the pianist Sam and the band.
-Help date the story and distinguish Rick’s Café’s from the Blue Parrot, the local bare where Middle Eastern music is heard.
-Suggest the political tension in Casablanca.
-The most important source music in the film is As Time Goes By (second greatest song in Hollywood history next to Over the Rainbow.)
when rick sees ilsa
The Song of Bernadette
other movies provided:
this movie is based on:
born in:
bernadette had a vision of:
it resonated with american audiences because:
music by:
full symphony of:
(1943)
-Other movies provided a morally uplifting mood with plots unrelated to current events.
-The Song of Bernadette is a drama based on the life of Bernadette Soubirous.
-Born in Lourdes, France in the mid 20th century,
-Bernadette had a vision of a “Beautiful Lady” in a grotto at the age of fourteen.
-This story, with its setting in France (at the time occupied by Germany) and with its strong religious message of hope, resonated strongly with American audiences.
The music was by Alfred Newman.
Full Symphony orchestra and voices.
Use of leitmotifs
Music mimics sounds of nature
A Harmonic climax with the appearance of the Beautiful Lady.
THE HAYS CODE
-no picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it.
-correct standards of life, subject only to requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented.
-law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation
