In 1988, the icon, Mike Nichols, found success directing the film, Working Girl. Nichols was not new to earning fame from his films, nor was he new to directing pictures dealing with work in America. Working Girl came at a time when equality was attempting to urge its way in to the workplace. Women were able to be confident outside of the home and were entering the work force at high speed. The film showcases a woman in the workplace, Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith), and her battle to be taken seriously in the hustle and bustle of New York’s dog eat dog world, even if it is through a bit of deception. The character of Tess, her point of view, her glamorous wardrobe, and the out of scene soundtrack, bring together this central theme and tell …show more content…
Katharine leaves on a ski trip and ends up breaking her leg, leaving Tess to attend to her needs at home in New York. Tess decides it is her time to shine and uses the position to get herself heard by the right people. One would think this deception would paint Tess as the bad guy, after all, she is lying, but it is viewed differently. She is faking it, “but this is not presented as a character flaw. Tess has been convinced, and the audience has been asked to believe, and she has no other choice” (45). The unethical treatment has awarded Tess a desired position in the story and the audience will support her through the challenge of getting her voice heard. Through her first job in the film and her position under Katharine, Tess knew she was not being treated fairly and was losing hope. Her view of “hard work and a better life [was] more difficult to see when [she worked] for other people, because in doing so [she gives] up control” (Ciula 70). Tess found her motivation to do what needed to be done, she took control of her own route up the …show more content…
The soundtrack to Tess draws on emotion. Her life may be dramatic with the lies and steals, but the use of sound allows her work to be emotional. Every big move she is making that involves someone else is parallel with music to show that. More importantly, Carly Simon herself was hired to score the film for Mike Nichols. The popular single, “Let the River Run”, became the soundtrack hit for the film and for working women everywhere. The music was the perfect accompaniment to Tess’s journey. Simon is quoted as mentioning the song was inspired by the film’s opening scene of New York City, “The opening sequence was so grand with its images of the Hudson River, the Statue of Liberty and the gleaming steel buildings that it seemed to call up a Walt Whitman feel…From the beginning, I thought it should be a hymn with a jungle beat. To me, there was something very grand yet jungle-like about the story of these naïve secretaries going every day into the Wall Street jungle”
Tom, a young individual, has to find his own way without any help from his mum. Tess do not try to develop herself – all she does is lie on the bed. Like Aunty Kath argues, ‘At least that’d be doing something, it’s not too late for that’ (Page 155) She does not improve any situations and I can 100% guarantee that teenagers hate those characters who over-drags the scenes, like
The corporation 's rejection to aid left a passionate, determined, young girl with a broken heart and a death sentence. Violet’s story in Feed is a prime example of how sometimes, no matter how good your intentions, change and being different backfires and, essentially, leads one to sabotage
While Tessie keeps on complaining, “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right” (Jackson 8). She is protesting because her husband Bill, draws the marked strip of paper and she is saying that he didn’t have enough time to take any paper. As a result of this game, Tessie Hutchinson was the “winner” and she was killed with stones by her neighbours and even her own family. Concerning this, she is clearly willing to sacrifice her life for her family, that resulted in a bloody consequences.
Tessie’s goal was cut short when she got the paper with the black spot. She offered to sacrifice her children just to save herself and also tried to convince people that it wasn’t fair because Bill didn’t have enough time to reap a slip. She was then murdered by the town because of tradition and changed from the beginning of the story to the
Shyima Hall was born in Egypt on September 29, 1989 the seventh child of desperately poor parents. It all started when she was eight, her parents sold her into slavery. Shyima then moved away to Egypt capitol city to live with a wealthy family and serve them, eighteen hour a day. When she was ten, her captors move to Orange County California. Two year later on unknown call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyima serving time, but her journey to free freedom was far from over.
We all wonder how WWII has changed the world, especially the United States. WWII was a very complicated war, just like every other war. WWII changed Americans everyday life. Industries in America were producing lots and lots of things in everyday life in America. When the war came into play, the industries changed dramatically.
Myops theme is the loss of innocence, which she loses at the end when she leaves her flowers with the dead man. She lost her innocence because she was ten-years-old and came across a harsh death, which her flowers could represent. She lays down the flowers, her innocence, and leaves it behind in the gloomy area that she came upon. Connies theme on the other hand is being taken from childhood to adulthood. She is taken from a place that she knows and introduced to a more harsher reality.
Some times we just want to start over again and the song perfectly portrays that. Also it saids “… screams but no one hears a thing” Guy Montag was trying to tell his wife about books but as much as he tried she wouldn 't listen to him like the song. In the story theres a lot of conflict that had happen but like the song saids that after a hurricane theres a rainbow. When all the bad stuff that is happening in his life its like the hurricane and the rainbow can be when he found the hobos that weren 't just hobos. Set fire to the rain by Adele expresses the feelings that Guy Montag could have been feeling.
This was the first time she had ever sung. It was also the time she changed her name to Nina Simone. She wanted her music to “Convey an emotional massage” (Nina Simone). There were several performances throughout the movie that seem like it was unreleased footage from that time. One was in Newport in 1960 she sang Little Liza Jane one of her folk tunes.
According to Brian Tyler, the composer of the score of the movie Truth, “ A great score invisibly gets the audience to feel what is unspoken while at the same time clarifying and streamlining storyline” (Tyler). A good score does not get in the way of the movie, it blends in with the scene, creating the right atmosphere that the movie wants. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, being a musical film, also has musical numbers with lyrics. These songs should have lyrics that either furthers the plot of the movie or clarifies and reveals to us something new about the characters, like how they feel and what is going on in their minds. Many of the tracks in the movie has two parallel contrasting sides to the song, a part that is happy and light, and a part that is
Her portrayal conveyed an immensity within the lyrics. While listening to Holiday’s version I was unfortunately unpleased given the slow tempo presented. However, the version portrayed was beautiful and full of emotion, but it was just too leisurely for my
Also, when Tessie complains that it was not fair that someone in her family was to be stoned Mrs. Delacriox says " 'Be a good sport Tessie' " (4). Immediately, Mrs. Delacroix acts selfish
Both women are victims of their societies, however, Tessie’s perspective on her situation differs greatly from that of Jane’s. Tessie appears to be compliant with the yearly ritual until she is the one who draws the damning slip of paper, provoking her to argue that her situation is unfair. “Suddenly, Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers. “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you.
One of the most prominent aspects of irony in both is that both Tessie and Katniss seem to be making fun of their society in a way. Tessie cheers out for her husband when he goes forward to draw the slip of paper for his family. According to Zhu Yuhan “When the result of the lottery is announced, her earlier easiness and peacefulness passes away” (“Ironies in The Lottery”). Tessie is fine with making a small commotion upon her arrival and when the mood is light, but when her husband reveals he has the chosen slip of paper she loses it. She throws a fit and tries to refuse it and blame others.
“All I Want Is You” by Barry Louis is the theme song for the film. This song sets the tone perfectly for a romantic comedy along with the rest of the soundtrack that is filled with quirky love songs. The use of diegetic sound happens often as to bring us back into the story. This includes a dog barking to snap Juno back into reality, the sound of a bell ringing in a convenient store. The film uses a lot of voice overs.