Marlyn Escobar-Zamora
Music Film
Final essay
Atonement
Atonement is a 2007 British romantic drama war film directed by Joe Wright and based on Ian McEwan's 2001 novel. Dario Marianelli is an Italian music film composer, known for his frequent collaborations with director Joe Wright. This film is straightforward in stating the setting and time frame, this film was set to have been recorded in England in 1935. Marianelli, the composer in this film contains a unique technique were non diegetic and diegetic music can work together. He also demonstrates how mutual implications is so important and powerful. Marianelli was able to presenting two scenes of different characters that ideally take place at the same time by using mutual implication.
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Marianelli created a darkly romantic work that aches in sympathy with the story's mysterious ironies. The fact the both Cecilia and Robbie died and never go to be together is ironic since all this time you are thinking and imagine they are together. Until you get the interview with Briony and you get the actual truth.
A lot of the films music was with the use of a typewriter as a percussive instrument, the score is both a grand throwback to the music of the past as well as an exceptionally smart compositional take on the storytelling complexities of the film itself (1). The sound of the clicking typewriter had its own sound of rhythm.
In the interview Marianelli mentions the idea of the typewriter also came very early in the filmmaking, Joe was interested in finding ways to breach the divide between the writer outside the film and the one inside. This idea affected several scenes, where the "outside" score merges with sounds coming from the inside of the movie (1). This was a great idea that really stood out to me. I found it very clever how the diegetic music would slowly turn into non diegetic by simply adding more layer of music on top of the baseline that was
In the novel, Saving Grace, author Lee Smith follows the life of a young woman who was raised in poverty by an extremely religious father. In this story Grace Shepherd, the main character, starts out as a child, whose father is a preacher, and describes the numerous events, incidents, and even accidents that occur throughout her childhood and towards middle age, in addition, it tells the joyous moments that Grace experienced as well. Grace also had several different relationships with men that all eventually failed and some that never had a chance. First, there was a half brother that seduced her when she was just a child, then she married a much older man when she was only seventeen, whose “idea of the true nature of God came closer to my own image of Him as a great rock, eternal and unchanging” (Smith 165). However, she succumbs to an affair with a younger man that prompted a toxic relationship. What caused her to act so promiscuous and rebel against everything she had been taught growing up? The various men in Grace 's life all gave her something, for better or worse, and helped to make her the person she became at the end of the novel.
music to analyse—in fact, the music runs almost constantly throughout the film without very little
Obedience has always been a trait present in every aspect of society. Parents have practiced enforcing discipline in their homes where children learn obedience from age one. Instructors have found it difficult to teach a lesson unless their students submit to their authority. Even after the adolescent years, law enforcement officers and governmental officials have expected citizens to uphold the law and abide by the standards set in society. Few will understand, however, that although these requirements for obedience provide positive results for development, there are also dangers to enforcing this important trait. Obedience to authority can be either profitable or perilous depending on who the individual in command is. In the film, The Crucible,
Therefore, the setting, the characters, mainly the protagonist, the symbolic significance, the assents, the narrative perspectives and levels of meanings are all interrelated.
The music in this film adds a good touch of hope, tension, and danger at the right points in time. It is really hard to see what is going to happen next because it’s not scripted, and a great concern arises when the children being follow go missing, as it really happens to a lot of people coming across the borders. Bodies of unidentified people turn up constantly like in the intro of the film, and those remains are saved just in case families search for them. “La Bestia” itself symbolizes different things to the different migrants like a dangerous journey with light a light at the end of the tunnel.This film would greatly interest the young because it shows the harder side of someone their age might go through. Just when you think your life is hard, you see what others have to go through to have a fraction of what most take for granted.
In today’s society, sacrifices play a big role in our everyday lives. They range from small, such as sacrificing that piece of cake to keep you feeling healthier and a little better about yourself, to big sacrifices such as a firefighter sacrificing his life for a complete stranger. At the end of the day, they all all make a difference for better or for worse. In the play “The Crucible”, many various sacrifices were made during the process of exposing the possible witchcraft that was going on in Salem. These sacrifices were a result of fear. People were afraid that they would be accused of witchcraft and would do anything to avoid being pinned. A few of the sacrifices that were made were people 's lives, the happiness
In brief, the audience can see how this 1931 sound film could be shaped by sound in a number of ways. Considering that sound at this time was a new phenomenon it is understood why mostly diegetic sound was used over nondiegetic sound. This director also showed the audience how the story could be affected by sound with examples like the clock becoming a character and storyline of its own and also the murderer being identified with his whistling. With the lack of sound and the collage of images during specific times, the director was able to create a mood without music or sound. Apparently this was a technique that was learned throughout his many years of silent films. These details were what brought the story together and would not have been done so precisely without the technique of sound.
For this essay I will be looking at the work of Hans Zimmer to discuss how music in film engages the viewer and evokes emotion and pulls the viewer toward the film. Hans Zimmer is a German born music composer. Hans Zimmer’s love of music stems from his childhood when he learned how to play various instruments. Before Zimmer began composing music for films he was in a well-known band. The band was called The Buggles whom were famous for their song Video Killed the Radio Star. After the Buggles Zimmer played in other bands but never had another hit. As Zimmer has progressed as a film composer so has his list of nominations and awards. Zimmer has won 4 Grammy Awards and 2 Golden Globes and many more for his outstanding film scores. The reason I chose to write this essay on Zimmer was that his genres and music score are extremely versatile ranging from animations to comedy to dark thrillers. This is important to highlight as it shows Zimmer can create almost any atmosphere with his music whether it be sad or creating tension that all cause us to engage with the film. Zimmer's use of themes and introduction of different instruments allowed him to create these wonderful engaging film score. In this essay I will look at three films by Hans Zimmer these are The Holiday Rush and Rain Man.
As humans, we are entitled to making mistakes in our lives, but by forgiving one free himself from anger. Marianne Williamson wrote this about forgiveness: “ Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” In the book The Glass Castle undergoes many difficult circumstances in which the act of forgiveness is the only way to be at peace with her family, but more importantly herself. But the real question is does she truly forgive them. Jeanette’s ability to constantly forgive her parents enabled her to have a positive attitude because the negativity was released when
When the more thoughtful and intimate parts of the movie present themselves, a slow paced piano is used to match the solemn moment. Sections of the movie have a positive and optimistic outlook, for example, when Karl walks through the small country town to the house of his new found friend. Karl is obviously filled with awe and enthusiasm for his resurrection into life, this is reflected through the music. An intimate moment in the movie is between Karl and the boy. Karl tells an extremely sad story. A soulful slide guitar and whistling accompanies this story, the music is extremely sad and is the emotion for the kind hearted but seemingly emotionless Karl. Another touching and emotional part of the movie is when Karl visits his father. Whilst Karl walks to the run down house of his elderly father, harmonious voices sing a haunting gospel tune.
The sacrifice of a man’s honor can save his family and their reputation. A man’s ultimate sacrifice would be losing his life for his family. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, a hero named John Proctor redeems himself after having brought distress and shame to his marriage. He defies higher authority in the town of Salem and in doing so; it leads to his demise. John Proctor is a hero because he sacrificed his life for his and his family’s honor.
The once best-selling book, the Atonement by Ian McEwan, is now a motion picture. This film stars a list of actors, including Kiera Knightly and James McAvoy. The brilliant Director Joe Wright combined with screenwriter Christopher Hampton turns the bestseller into the award-winning picture. Though adapted for the big screen, the film still contains important literary elements such as: theme, symbolism, conflicts, and setting. One major theme of the movie is things aren’t always as they appear.
Overall, the score was beautiful and appropriate, adding suspense and mystery at all the right times. The sound effects added psychological flavor to the story without drawing too much attention to it.
In Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement, he illustrates a Bildungsroman, a coming of age of novel, that shows the reflection of the young protagonist Briony Tallis.From a young age, Briony was passionate about writing and desires to become a sophisticated writer that has recognition for her works. However, there is an alternative motive to her writing since it is her coping mechanism to the demons in her head and she chooses to express her thoughts and frustrations through her work. When Briony receives her rejection letter from the paper for her novel, McEwan reveals that people hide behind their decisions and attempt to justify their actions until others scrutinize their former mistakes.
Ian McEwan illustrates a profound theme that builds details throughout the novel Atonement, the use of guilt and the quest for atonement are used with in the novel to convey the central dynamic aspect in the novel. McEwan constructs the emotion of guilt that is explored through the main character, Briony Tallis. The transition of child and entering the adult world, focus on the behavior and motivation of the young narrator Briony. Briony writes passages that entail her attempt to wash away her guilt as well find forgiveness for her sins. In which Briony ruined the lives and the happiness of her sister, Cecilia, and her lover Robbie. The reality of the events, attempts to achieve forgiveness for her actions. She is unable to understand the consequences of the actions as a child but grows to develop the understanding of the consequence with age. McEwan exemplifies an emotional novel that alters reality as he amplifies the creative acts of literature. In this essay I will be arguing that, the power of guilt prevents people from moving on from obstacles that hold them in the past.