Sweep has an obsession with helicopters and fails miserably to build a model one and fails again when playing with little ones. He is given the opportunity of a lifetime though when he is invited to go up in one! Mathew writes a story at the end of the day and reads it to the guys.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Amazing Sound Recordings in Movies
Before 1927, movie audiences did not enjoy the rich quality of films which had authentic sound recordings to enhance the film. The Jazz Singer opened a new era in film making by bringing sound to the screen. Naturally, critics had their say in terms of expecting failure; however, the use of sound in film has revolutionized movie making and continues to this day. As a result, sound track has enhanced the emotional involvement of audiences. On the other hand, silence in films has accentuated dramatic effects. Specific sound also has a symbolic effect in films; likewise, some particular sounds are used repeatedly; cliché may be identified in soundtracks; and above all, sound tracks are used to strengthen the narrative in films.
Prior to 1927, the pit orchestra was used to mask background and production sounds in films. As a result, emotional involvement was not as in depth as in the present. For example, the soundtrack "Ride of the Valkyries" played in Apocalypse Now during the attack of the Vietnamese village enhances the emotional involvement of the audience. Additionally, the soundtrack "Susie Que," played during the GI USO Show where the soldiers tried to take over the events and jumped on the helicopter with the singing females, also enhances the emotional involvement of the audience.
The symbolic use of sound effects as agony was shown in The Pianist with the beating and screaming of the young boy crawling under the wall. The screams are symbolic of the agony experienced by the Jews behind the wall.
Repeated use of particular sounds was evident with the shooting of machine guns. The films, Apocalypse Now, and The Pianist, have the same sound of the machine gun fire. The guns had the same rate of fire and never ran out of bullets. Additionally, the sound of the street cars and the hoofs of horses pulling the carts in The Pianist were repetitious and sounded the same. Apocalypse Now also had the repeated sound of the helicopter blades in several of the scenes which were the same.
The use of sound tracks also strengthens the narratives instead of weakening them. For example, in The Pianist, the whistling sound of tanks firing at the building where he was hiding, thus leaving holes in the walls for his escape strengthens the narrative. In Apocalypse Now, the sound track "Ride of the Valkyries" strengthens the narrative of the attack on the Vietnamese village. Finally, the use of soundtracks creates different images in the minds of some audiences from the structure of the music while enhancing the narrative.
Beginning with the Jazz Singer movie in 1927, sound in films has produced a new quality of enjoyment for movie audiences. Sound has brought about a new era in film making which is one of the richest qualities of movie enjoyment for all audiences. It is continually growing in every aspect of film making, and has produced wonderful moments for audiences to reflect on in a positive way.
© Joseph S. Spence, Sr., 8/14/2009
© All Rights Reserved
Submitted by "Epulaeryu Master."
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Oasis - Supersonic (Live from Jools Holland)
Oasis - Supersonic (Live from Jools Holland) I need to be myself I can't be no one else I'm feeling supersonic Give me gin and tonic You can have it all but how much do you want it? You make me laugh Give me your autograph Can I ride with you in your BMW? You can sail with me in my yellow submarine You need to find out 'Cos no one's gonna tell you what I'm on about You need to find a way for what you want to say But before tomorrow 'Cos my friend said he'd take you home He sits in a corner all alone He lives under a waterfall Nobody can see him Nobody could ever hear him call You need to be yourself You can't be no one else I know a girl called Elsa She's into Alka Seltzer She sniffs it through a cane on a supersonic train She made me laugh I got her autograph She done it with a doctor on a helicopter She's sniffin' in her tissue Sellin' the Big Issue When she finds out No one's gonna tell her what I'm on about She needs to find a way for what she wants to say But before tomorrow
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