The Sound of Music And The Sound of Music Live!

“On Broadway, although some female roles are narrow, demeaning, passive, or long-suffering and convey weakness, the performer sings with incredible strength. Listening to the female singing voice is a more complicated phenomenon. Visually, the character singing is the passive object of our gaze. But aurally, she is resonant; her musical speech drowns out everything in range. A singer, more than any other musical performer, stands before us having wrested the composing voice away from the lyricist and composer who wrote the score.” Said Musicologist Carolyn Abbate (Wolf, p.31)

Miloš Forman and John Steinbeck in their texts One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and Of Mice and Men (1937) heavily use and explore the key ideas of ambition and companionship explored throughout their texts, primarily through the use of characterization but also through imagery and symbolisms. Alongside techniques, Forman and Steinbeck utilise other themes and ideas to further develop and convey their ideas, exploring the effect and power of ambition and dreams alongside belonging and individuality being used to explore themes of companionship.

The play that I went to see was Beautiful: The Carol King Musical. I attended opening night of this play on Tuesday, February 21st of this year. This musical is about the true and remarkable story of her uprising career. Carol started off as a song writer when she was only a teen writing with her future husband, Gerry Goffin. The play is about an extraordinary person who battles everyday issues, but ultimately overcomes the odds and adversities thrown at her. With her talent in music and singing; Carol King went on to have one of the most successful solo acts in music history. King’s story is truly inspiring and this play attributes to her legacy not just as an artist but also a person. The play’s genre is musical theatre because singing and dancing are essential parts of the play. The director’s purpose of this play was to tell in great detail the life of American artist Carol King.

Anne also needs to convince the musicians of her commitment to the arts and her ability to lead such a prestigious organization and to do so, she will need to highlight her past accomplishments. Anne has had enormous success in directing operas, including serving as stage director for over 60 opera productions world wide, including the adored San Francisco Opera. In addition, she had stints as assistant director at the San Francisco Opera and the Canadian Opera. She also sought to increase the amount of productions during her time at the Boston Lyrics Opera instead of decreasing them to help retire the debt there. This should convince the musicians not only of Anne’s ability to lead them but also of her desire to build an elite arts

Many studios at the time probably ended up losing a lot in terms of revenue due to the poor outcome of the new sound films that were produced at the time. With all the challenges faced during the shooting of the films, most of the productions could hardly handle synchronization of sound and video, not to mention the awkward voices of the actors. As such most movies ended up not meeting the expectations of the fans, thereby forcing the studio houses to reshoot or accept the embarrassment and abandon the project altogether. In “Singing in the Rain”, the directors are faced with a similar problem later on in the film. In a certain scene, the movie “The Dueling Cavalier” is finally completed despite the various problems faced during the set; the major one being Lina’s voice as well as her inability to speak through the microphone. Nevertheless, the studio decides to preview the movie in Hollywood. The preview turns out to be a disaster as the fans laugh at Lina’s voice and howl at the synchronization problems in the film. Synchronized sound added to the impact of motion pictures in that the audience was able to get more feeling from the actors in addition to the actions. They found this new feeling to be rather exciting. However, problems with synchronization made the sound films a disaster to watch. The sound and the pictures had to be in sync for the films

Along with directing this film, he was also the producer. In the opening scene, the camera pans over a beautiful, snowy mountain, then into a valley with a flowing river. The camera then zooms down onto the main actress of the film, Julie Andrews. She is standing on top of a luscious, green hilltop. She begins to sing The Hills are Alive and just as she finishes the song, some of the credits appear on screen. The first credit we see is the name of the movie, The Sound of Music in a bright yellow text. The next thing we see are the names of the main characters in the following order, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Eleanor Parker, Chairman Carr, and Peggy Wood. The next names that appeared on the screen were the executive producers and the DOP (director of photography). The executive producers are Peter Levathes and Richard D. Zanuck. The DOP is Ted D. McCord and the screenwriter is Ernest Lehman. There weren't any line producers listed in the opening nor the closing

Carole King is a musical icon in the world of 20th century popular music, and her longevity and success as an artist have cemented her as one of the influential musicians out of every genre of music. In this essay, I will examine how her musical style and female identity each played roles her incredibly successful musical career.

Patrick Ness 's A Monster Calls and Jim Henson 's Labyrinth follows a protagonist and his/her struggle with a monster. In A Monster Calls Connor, the protagonist of the book, finds his monster to take the shape of cancer in his dying mother. In Labyrinth Sarah, the protagonist of the movie, has her monster take the shape of a goblin king. During the protagonists ' journey they learn to accept a truth about life. In A Monster Calls and Labyrinth, Ness and Henson use their protagonist to illustrate how denial, isolation, and family dysfunction affect relationships and maturity.

The audio although normally overpowered by the visual aspect played a key role in defining and empowering the movie. The music was fast and uplifting during celebration and on

In 1965 Robert Wise presented the world with his smashing box office hit film, The Sound of Music. Over time it has become known as one of the most loved and well-known musicals of all time. Shortly after its release it won many Academy awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound, Best Adapted Score, Best Film Editing, Best Film-Musical, Best Color Cinematography, and Best Costume design (Freiden par3). The movie is based upon the true story of the VonTrapp family and allows its audience to relive their family experience as well as their flight from Nazism just before the outbreak of World War Two.

A person is a person through other persons…” means that an individual is who they are thanks to the society that they are in. People change and differ because of where they live in and what the people around them do. The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Othello by William Shakespeare give perfect examples of this.

Another aspect of sound in this film was how it affected the story. By using sound dramatically in certain parts and not using it at all in other parts, sound gave this story an entity of its own. For example, during long stretches of film with mostly dialogue, there was no music played in the background, only a phone ringing in the distance, or the men's voices during their deliberation. These long silences also took place during editing shots of the town and images that surrounded this German city. This dramatic difference in sound was a revelation of how mood can be made by images and sound put together to make an incredible component.

The singing, as directed by Steve MacKinnon, reflects how the actors are feeling and corresponded to the music. Maria sings in high notes that resemble Opera throughout the entire play. This elegance in sound notes her youth, innocence, and pure outlook on the things. Anita's singing is different as she sings deeper and with assurance and strength. Anita is a character who is very self-aware and sure of herself, so her singing would be nothing less. Although Anita's voice is deeper in singing compared to Maria's, it is still soft compared to the singing of the men in the production. This is consistent with the different genders in the play. The singing and music of the women were typically softer and not very dramatic. The music and sound

The Sound of Music is based off of a 1959 Broadway play that was written by Howard Lindsey and Russell Crouse. In 1965, it was adapted to the big screen and is a classic. The movie takes place in Austria during the rise of Adolph Hitler in the late 1930s. ("Plot," 2008) ("The Sound of Music," 2002) (Wald, 2007)

Fear and hope can be really powerful. I believe hope can more powerful than fear because having hope can make a person stronger with feelings. The feeling of having hope can make that person happy and forgetting about the rough things that might be happening during their lives. Having hope towards you or something/someone can be very powerful, but having fear it will make you afraid of something/someone. Fear is the worst feeling you can have in life in order to be happy. Fear and hope can be a very powerful thing, but having hope will help you through a lot of things that people might be suffering through. Through the ages Jews had to suffer, but through the ages they’ve have gone on living, and the centuries of suffering