Música y Cinematografía
Febrero 16, 2007
Birth of a Nation, continación:
Minutes | Technique | Scene description | Music |
00:00 | Opening credits | Mozart, Gloria, adaptation of classical music | |
Africans brought to America | “Primitive, barbarian” theme | ||
Senator Austin Stoneman | Stoneman’s leitmotif | ||
Elsie | Elsie’s leitmotif | ||
14:00 | Slaves dancing | ‘Zip Coon” minstrel tune, pre-existent popular melody | |
34:00 | Crosscutting | Rescue scene: Black Union soldiers attack Piedmont while Confederate soldiers approach to the rescue |
Barbarian theme, Weber’s Der Freischütz (Opera), “Maryland My Maryland” |
46:15 | Panoramic battle scene | Climatic scene of the civil war, battler of Petersburg | Original battle music with fragments of “Dixie” and “The Bonnie Blue Flag” |
1:18 | Historical accuracy and realism | Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | Bellini’s, Overture to Norma (pre-existent popular melody) |
2:12 | Crosscutting | Black renegade Gus tries to take advantage of Flora, her brother Phil is coming to the rescue |
Edad de Oro del Cine Mudo 1920-1928
Metrópolis, 1927
Ficha técnica: Director, escritores, compositor, trama, efectos especiales
Próxima clase Quiz de terminología, lista de términos
Leimotif
Elementos del drama (enumerarlos)
Estructuras del drama (causal y episódico), enumerar partes
Etapas de la creación de una película, definir cada una
“punto de vista”
Zoopraxiscopio
Celuloide
Kinetoscopio
Kinetófono
Edison
Dickson
Hermanos Lumière
Méliès
Porter
Griffith
J. C. Breil
“One Man Motion Picture Orchestra”
Fotoplayer Style 50
“Motion Picture Moods for Pianists and Organists”
Film d’Art
Camile Saint-Saens
Crosscutting