Chungking Express

The core of Chinatown was demolished to make room for the MCI Center which was finished in 1997. In 2006 the MCI Center became the Verizon Center. The sports arena was privately financed and cost $220 million to construct. However the DC government contributed the following: economic value of $70 million, and the insurance of $60 million in arena bonds. In 2007 a $50 million a tax increment financing loan was used to upgrade the Verizon Center scoreboard.the verizon center is owned by monumental sports and entertainment.

During the second scene of the film, when introduced to the protagonist of the film, Chris Washington, the song “Redbone” by Childish Gambino plays. The chorus section of the song sets the mood for the entire film. As the chorus of the song goes, “But stay woke *****creepin ' They

Sound is very important in this film because of lot of sound is edited to fit in certain spots including music. During the activist movement, we can clearly hear the hurt in these people voices. Riots, shouting and clapping were all heard in most of the shots along with a voice in the background explaining exactly what is going on. Music was edited into some of the scenes to help give more of a scary or haunted approach. There was also sounds that were in scenes which sounded like someone or something huge is about to take place.

In this point of my analysis, I deal with the scene that one could argue most enriches the main subject of the story, namely hope. In this scene that is created by Darabont, Andy, who is at Norton 's office to receive some used books and sundries for the prison 's library, locks the guard in the bathroom and then starts playing a recording of ‘Canzonettasull 'aria’ from the opera The Marriage of Figaro. As Verstraten argues, filmmakers use music as narrative tool(153) that not only challenges the audience 's emotions but also carries the theme of the movie. In this scene the music is intradiegetic since Andy connects the public speaker system to the record player so that all of the prisoners can hear the music. In her book Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment, Lily Hirsch explains that this scene “also highlights another utopia musical ascription related to the contested idea that music is a universal language” since all the prisoners are feeling connected, enjoying the music while hope is revived within their

These portions of the movie provide the viewers a visual feast. For instance, starting with a tracking shot from the air, the movie opened from Paris’ sky into a train station, and these beautiful sceneries of Paris first attract viewers’ attention. At the same time, the background music full of mysterious color provided infinite imaginary space for the audience. Not only providing imagination, the tight music also foil out the film’s tense atmosphere. Moreover, Asa Butterfield, a young actor who has participated in several excellent movies, does his great job again in this movie.

Sound is being used to create or sense the mood for the audience. For example, when Kim’s father is outside, diegetic sound is used so the characters hear the baseball game playing in the background which makes the situation exciting for the audience. Edward finishes trimming a bush (the dinosaur) and everyone is amazed. This can appear to create a dramatic and happy effect for the audience. The sound then crescendos to make it seem as if Edward is being cheered on by the crowd.

10 Cloverfield Lane is an intense sci-fi thrill. Before going to see this film, I already had an idea in my head of how the film would be. I saw the first one and I was completely disappointed with the entire film. After learning that J.J. Abrams would be the producer of this film, it raised both my excitement and expectation of the film. The combination of the acting, special effects, and sounds completely made this movie better than I could've imagined.

At the beginning of the movie there is some music that is a little creepy. When the lady is running at the beginning, intense music started playing. When George and Lennie were by a pond, the sound of the nature sounded very realistic. At one point in the book Lennie was talking to George about how no one loves them. There was sad music playing at that time.

Which represents Mr. Banks’s temper. During the cleanup after the cannon, there is nondiegetic sound that sets a frantic tone, but when the scene cuts to Mr. Banks walking across the street, the nondiegetic music ceases (0:12:11). The frantic tone of the music reveals how the household is feeling about Mr. Banks coming home, and the ceasing of the nondiegetic music shows how cut off he is from the rest of the household. In the other musical numbers throughout the film, many people engage in the choreography. However, in the opening number, that largely characterizes Mr. Banks, “Life I Lead” (0:13:07-0:14:12), only Mr. Banks sings, demonstrating that although there are many people in his life, he isolates himself, because, he believes that he is above those within his household.

The introduction of the piece is the same as that of “The Raiders March”, but with strings playing in the background. The A melody begins with the trumpet as the strings fade out (0:07). The first minute and a half of the song is played the same as that of “The Raiders March”, though due to differing sound equalization, some parts stick out more or less than they do in the original. For example, in the third repetition of the A melody, one can more clearly hear the xylophone accompanying the melody here than in “The Raiders March”. The piece begins to differ more significantly after the break following the third repetition of the A melody when the piece modulates down a half step instead of up like in the original (1:37).

ARTS1501 Abigail Natnat March 30, 2016 N01100811 Film Essay Assignment The first sequence is the last scene from Apocalypse Now (1979) which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. This scene is popularly known as “The Horror” and is a hybrid of classical paradigm and formalist style. It is a classical paradigm because the sequence is actually going about with a story which means that some of the parts are continually edited revealed to be in one setting which is the jungle where Captain Willard takes on with his assigned mission to deal with Colonel Kurtz. On the other hand, the scene is also a formalist style which particularly touches on each of the montage types.

Sound affects how the viewer perceives the reality created in a film. There are many tactics the sound designer can implement for the director to completely change how the visuals of a scene are interpreted or to enhance the interpretation that already exists due to visuals alone. The sound editor and sound designers for films use tools such as dialogue, loudness, pitch, narration, music, and silence to influence the perception of the audience. Even in the silent film era, musical accompaniment played an integral part of the mood created by the movie. Sounds are integral to establishing the audience’s perception of a film’s world.

One of the best usage of sound design as a tool of storytelling has to be in the first sequence of The Exorcist. As a horror movie, which as a genre builds itself on the vicarious experience it provides, uses more complex patterns of sound design templates to enhance the adventure of watching the movie. Throughout the first scene, Ken Nagle lays what the audience will be the experiencing through the duration of the movie with sound design; the duel between good and evil. The Exorcist’s first sequence, the audience can hear the digging sound of the workers, which resembles the heart pounding.

Non-diegetic sound cannot be heard by the characters but is designed for audience reaction only. An example might be ominous music for foreshadowing. Diegetic sound is sound that could logically be heard by the characters in the film. These play a role in a relationship with visual elements as fights scenes would play faster, harsher background music in sync with the actions being shown, and emotional, intimate scenes would play soft, classical or delicate background music to bring out the emotions in the actors and the audience. Soundtracks used in the film were to indicate

Early in the film, the importance of background music and its use can be seen. The music is used to create the mood, whether it be the eerie violin audio that often can be heard at times where suspense is anticipated or the same music to create sorrow for the overall significance of the film. The film being built upon a murder case creates fury and differing viewpoints between the main characters which often can be related to prejudice. The use of details not only makes the murder more interesting but also the overall scene more intense. The detailed dialogue among the characters is so precise it offers minute details such as the witness statement of the time of the crime, the entry way of the weapon, and the witness testifying without her glasses.