Analysis Of Shake It Off

At two minutes and fifty seconds the last verse begins only rolling off the verse before with a couple of fast drumbeats, reminding me of a fast heart beat. (I did not feel there was not the normal sense of a next verse coming). This seemed very fitting for this song, tense and unexpected. The instrumental part of this verse is very much the same as I labeled in verse B.

The people who made the beat made it sound like your in a scary movie. In addition, the song has many literary devices in it. An example of figurative language in “Thriller” was when he said “, Something evil is lurking in the dark, under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart.” That means that she sees something scary that almost stops her heart and it’s an imagery.

Particularly, Snow’s “melodic country vocals,” unique diction and a distinctive guitar playing have had an impact that altered perceptions of the sound of country music and held meaning historically. I’m Movin’ On is a piece of music that had specific meaning during the time of the Korean War. During the war the song “aired on the Armed Services Radio Network.” The song was then reworded by a soldier when it was “thought that the song was sung by black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment, and one line went, “When them Chinese mortars begin to thud, the old Deuce-Four begin to bug.” “This version was renamed “Bugout Boogie” and officially forbidden however became the unofficial anthem of the Korean conflict. “From it also came the

He is able to use these parts to manipulate the audience’s emotions. The music playing from the car is an on-screen sound. As the man gets attacked, the volume increases. The sound helps intensify the scene that has been created by the film’s visual elements. The audience then subconsciously forms ideas, opinions, and feelings about what they are seeing. The viewers develop scared feelings as the scene intensifies to the happy upbeat tune. The increasing volume of the cheery song reflects the violence and the sinisterness of the scene. The song stops with the slamming of the car’s driver-side door as the man is abducted. There is a moment of silence and then a new song abruptly entered the silent scene. The music is non-diegetic and is an offscreen sound. The song is screechy, high pitched, and jagged sounding at first, continuing the anxious and scared mood. The song shifts into a sort of soulful hymn. The tone shifts along with the song. The audience begins to feel relieved and relaxes to the peaceful song.

Recently, 24- year old country singer/popstar Taylor Swift released a music video “Shake it Off” which was I sort of introduction to her newest album 1989. The video received some backlash for it was seen by many as offensive, and stereotypical to African American Culture. In the video Swift dresses in what some may consider Hip Hop attire, attempts to “twerk” and even has a section where she partially sings as well as raps. She even uses talks about

The final part thrives with cyclic harmonic sequences, so appropriate for Binney’s resolute attacks and imaginative phrasing replete of intervallic wisdom. Vocal samples and electronics are tastefully

The sound in this early part of the scene is very direct -by the means

The funky and groovy song is only pulled off by creating the bigger picture from each member's ability of not washing out the other's "voice." Complimenting one another's strength, the break showcases the adaptability in their sound, which replicates the strength of "desire" within the song's lyrical content.

The lowest note of the fanfare at 0:32 indicates the ending of the instrumental verse and helps transition into a new section of the song, which would be the addition of choral voices (0:38). The melody continues at a lento pace, or very slow, and step-wise. The verses follows the pattern of AABA; the second A sounds at 0:53, and the B and last A parts begin at 1:09 and 1:24, respectively. At 1:42, the instruments interrupt the chorus and proceed into an instrumental verse, which mimics but slightly alters final A part of the verse, playing in flat and sharp notes to indicate suspense and prepare the listener for the key change of the next and final choral verse (2:02). At 2:36, the loudest

Scene 5: The music during this part is harsh, which represents the danger that is approaching. During certain sections, the music is drown out by the roaring of Kong and the screaming of the woman. However, it is still noticeable how the music speeds up as Kong gets closer to the woman. The strings play an important role during this part since they can play quick notes easier than other instruments that may be in the orchestra. The music returns to its normal speed and the trumpets are prominent once again as he takes the

The lyrics “Shake it off” has a kind of secret meaning to it meaning to not listen to others and kind of shake off what they are saying. The lyrics “at least that's what the people say” then it moves onto “but I keep cruising” means people are going to say things and try to change you but I am just going to move on and stay myself. Taylor says “the haters are going to hate” then she says “I'm just gonna shake” this means that people are going to hate on you and try to change you but you just have to shake it off and stay yourself. Many transcendentalists would agree with Taylor Swift’s song “Shake it off” because you don't want others to dictate your life you want to live life for yourself.

The scene is a jumble of sound, designed to keep the audience uncomfortable. A young man throws firecrackers into the air as their captor holds a gun up to his own head. Rahad puts on his stereo and belts along to “Sister Christian” by Night Ranger, wildly wielding his pistol. Eddie’s ‘moment of clarity’ is the epiphany that he cannot distance the sound he hears from his experience of the world, bringing him out of his head and back into the moment. The extreme, almost oversaturated use of sound acts as a plot catalyst, leading Eddie to go reconcile with his old friend, Jack the Porn Director. The overall use of sound in Boogie Nights etches out the film’s narrative. The movie first makes use of sound as diegetic set dressing, then as personal and expressionist film scoring. Finally, Boogie Nights uses diegetic sound as a plot device in and of itself, defining how the characters experience their

The tempo plays a significant role in creating this exhilarating mood because of the drastic tempo changes. This mood has help from the violin’s pitch along with their tempo creating an anxious feeling. There are a few sudden changes throughout the piece, especially in the beginning, but overall gradual changes in tempo are more common. The piece begins with a nice flow with a dynamic level of piano and suddenly changes to fortissimo, which coincide with the tempo changes. These sudden changes work together in order to create dissonance, with simultaneously accenting the trombone and its low key throughout the entire piece. This dissonance is a major part of the piece and plays an important role in the tone color. Overall the piece has a light, carefree feeling to it, but this back and forth of dissonance brings a heavier feeling, but it does not completely weigh down the overall light feeling. The high strings, such as violin and viola, and woodwinds, such as the flute, oboe and clarinet, bring about the light feeling. Then the brass instruments, bass, and percussion come in to bring the countering dissonance, and also creating a fuller sound. A kind of back and forth between consonance and dissonance is created that keeps the listener on edge, waiting and then fulfilling their expectations.

Bach also uses these elements to present the text. Bach uses melody by starting loud and bold. The melody in this piece sounds disjunct, or jagged, and hard to sing. Bach’s dynamics are present when the vocals join in with the instruments. The vocals are used as an accent while the instruments are background sounds.

I love this song because it is sung by my favorite artist Taylor Swift and the genre is pop. I can immediately tell this song is pop because of the style of the song. The beat is fast, the guitar and keyboard creates a hip and cool beat, and I can recognize the artists’ voices immediately. The texture of this song is thick as it is edited to have many different instrumental parts adding to make the song come together as one. Zayn is a male singer and sings in the countertenor vocal range, but he can also sing in a high soprano vocal range like Taylor Swift does in this song. The couple both take turns singing the harmony during the chorus and verses of the