My Favourite soundtrack / film score is from Avengers Infinity war (Anthony and Joe Russo, 2018) the composer Alan Silvestri also composed music for the other Avengers films and for “Captain America : The First Avenger” (Joe Johnston, 2011) That made him the first composer to score more than one movie in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe” (MCU for short). It first caught my attention because of how well Silvestri builds tension. I will admit it is not the most individual however it feels like a complete classic of this generation. Below is a link to one of the best pieces of music from the film.
Daily Archives: March 5, 2019
Filters
The Story of Film: An Odyssey 3
1) According to Cousins, who was the leading exponent of French Impressionist Cinema?
Abel Gance
2) Name one of his films and explain what was remarkable about the production techniques used.
Napoleon (dir. Abel Gance, 1927) – the camera constantly moved in the film, which was practically unheard of at that time.
3) What is Surrealist Cinema, and who were its two leading directors in the silent era?
Surrealist Cinema draws upon irrational imagery, and presents the world and strange. Key directors during this period were Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel.
4) Name two films with directors and dates.
Un Chien Andalou (dir. Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali, 1929)
Age of Gold (dir. Luis Bunuel, 1930)
Sound Influences
I like this soundtrack because its and action film with a more classic vibe due to the music and the fact that Quill never really left the 80’s because he was taken from earth at the age of 8.
i have been very inspired by the soundtrack in ‘The Hobbit an unexpected journey’ which was directed by Peter Jackson. I was really moved by the soundtrack in this film because of themes that run throughout the film for example there is the theme-tune of the shire and this theme is reintroduced whenever Bilbo refers back to his shire and his life before his journey. The theme-tune helps to remind the audience of the peaceful shire.
Story of film and Odyssey parts 1 and 2
- What was the name of the first film made by Lumiere Brother of the Cinema and when was this?
-Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon (1895)
- What is the “Phantom ride”?
-Phantom ride was filming technique used where a camera would be on the front of a train or vehicle giving the look of a flying fast moving shot
- What was ground-breaking about the silent films “The Sick Kitten” and “Life of an American Fireman”?
- The sick Kitten used the close up shot for one the the first times in cinema history and life of an American fireman was notable for its synthesis of numerous innovations in film technique that had occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Specifically, Porter builds a continuous narrative over seven scenes, rendered in a total of nine shots.
- What was the first film star in Hollywood?
- Florence Lawrence, a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as “The First Movie Star,” and was the first film actor to be named publicly.
- Who directed Birth of a nation and why is this film now considered to be controversial?
- D.W. Griffith and it is controversial as the film is credited as one the events that sparked the reformation of the ku klux klan.
Episode 2:
- Who were buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd and why where they so important to the success of Hollywood in the silent era.
- These people where some of Hollywood’s first film stars, all melded music with silent film and comedy to create a distinct type of cinema that got all these men famous, Chaplin was interested In performance whereas Keaton while also the same was very often doing dangerous stunts in his films.
- Name a film (with date) staring each of the above.
- Charlie Chaplin : The great dictator (1940)
- Harold Lloyd : Safety last (1923)
- Buster Keaton : The General (1926)
- Who were the Italian and French equivalents of Charlie Chaplin?
- Italian: Toto
- French: Jacques Tati