Music In Action Film

Author : James Buhler,Mark Durrand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351204262

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Music in Action Film by James Buhler,Mark Durrand Pdf

Music in Action Film is the first volume to address the central role of music and sound in action film—arguably the most dominant form of commercial cinema today. Bringing together 15 essays by established and emerging scholars, the book encompasses both Hollywood blockbusters and international films, from classic works such as The Seven Samurai to contemporary superhero franchises. The contributors consider action both as genre and as a mode of cinematic expression, in chapters on evolving musical conventions; politics, representation, and identity; musical affect and agency; the functional role of music and sound design in action film; and production technologies. Breaking new critical ground yet highly accessible, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of music and film studies.

Author : Amanda Howell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781134109340

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Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action by Amanda Howell Pdf

Amanda Howell offers a new perspective on the contemporary pop score as the means by which masculinities not seen—or heard—before become a part of post-World War II American cinema. Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action addresses itself to an eclectic mix of film, from Elvis and Travolta star vehicles to Bruckheimer-produced blockbuster action, including the work of musically-innovative directors, Melvin Van Peebles, Martin Scorsese, Gregg Araki, and Quentin Tarantino. Of particular interest is the way these films and their representations of masculinity are shaped by generic exchanges among contemporary music, music cultures, and film, combining American cinema's long-standing investment in violence-as-spectacle with similarly body-focused pleasures of contemporary youth music. Drawing on scholarship of popular music and the pop score as well as feminist film and media studies, Howell addresses an often neglected area of gender representation by considering cinematic masculinity as an audio-visual construction. Through her analyses of music’s role in action and other film genres that share its investment in violence, she reveals the mechanisms by which the pop score has helped to reinvent gender—and gendered fictions of male empowerment—in contemporary screen entertainment.

Author : Kathryn Kalinak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Motion picture music
ISBN : 9780197628034

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Film Music: a Very Short Introduction by Kathryn Kalinak Pdf

"Film Music: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the most central issues in the practice of film music. What is film music? How is it composed? How does film music work? Why does film music work? The rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The very first projected moving images were accompanied by music around the globe as a variety of performers-from single piano players to small orchestras-brought images to life. Film music has since become its own industry, an aesthetic platform for expressing creative visions, and a commercial vehicle for generating increased revenue. The second edition updates coverage to 2022 and includes attention to recent developments in global film music, women in film music, and African -American and minority composers"--

Author : Amanda Howell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134109418

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Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action by Amanda Howell Pdf

Amanda Howell offers a new perspective on the contemporary pop score as the means by which masculinities not seen—or heard—before become a part of post-World War II American cinema. Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action addresses itself to an eclectic mix of film, from Elvis and Travolta star vehicles to Bruckheimer-produced blockbuster action, including the work of musically-innovative directors, Melvin Van Peebles, Martin Scorsese, Gregg Araki, and Quentin Tarantino. Of particular interest is the way these films and their representations of masculinity are shaped by generic exchanges among contemporary music, music cultures, and film, combining American cinema's long-standing investment in violence-as-spectacle with similarly body-focused pleasures of contemporary youth music. Drawing on scholarship of popular music and the pop score as well as feminist film and media studies, Howell addresses an often neglected area of gender representation by considering cinematic masculinity as an audio-visual construction. Through her analyses of music’s role in action and other film genres that share its investment in violence, she reveals the mechanisms by which the pop score has helped to reinvent gender—and gendered fictions of male empowerment—in contemporary screen entertainment.

Author : Kevin J. Donnelly
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474413145

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Contemporary Musical Film by Kevin J. Donnelly Pdf

Since the turn of the millennium, films such as Chicago (2002) and Phantom of the Opera (2004) have reinvigorated the popularity of the screen musical. This edited collection, bringing together a number of international scholars, looks closely at the range and scope of contemporary film musicals, from stage adaptations like Mamma Mia! (2008) and Les Miserables (2012), to less conventional works that elide the genre, like Team America: World Police (2004) and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill (2003/04). Looking at the varying aesthetic function of soundtrack and lyric in films like Disney's wildly popular Frozen (2013) and the Fast and the Furious franchise, or the self-reflexive commentary of the 'post-millennial rock musical', this wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in its study of this multifaceted genre.

Author : Mervyn Cooke,Fiona Ford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107094512

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The Cambridge Companion to Film Music by Mervyn Cooke,Fiona Ford Pdf

A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music functions in film soundtracks.

Author : Roberta Pearson,Philip Simpson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134716975

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Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory by Roberta Pearson,Philip Simpson Pdf

The Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory clearly and accessibly explains the major theoretical approaches now deployed in the study of the moving image, as well as defining key theoretical terms. This dictionary provides readers with the conceptual apparatus to understand the often daunting language and terminology of screen studies. Entries include: *audience * Homi K. Bhabha * black cinema * the body * children and media * commodification * cop shows * deep focus * Umberto Eco * the gaze * Donna Haraway * bell hooks * infotainment * master narrative * medical dramas * morpheme * myth * panopticon * pastiche * pleasure * real time * social realism * sponsorship * sport on television * subliminal * third cinema * virtual reality Consultant Editors: David Black, USA, William Urricchio, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Gill Branston, Cardiff University, UK ,Elayne Rapping, USA

Author : James Wierzbicki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135851422

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Film Music: A History by James Wierzbicki Pdf

Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, technological, cultural, and philosophical circumstances. The book’s four large parts are given over to Music and the "Silent" Film (1894--1927), Music and the Early Sound Film (1895--1933), Music in the "Classical-Style" Hollywood Film (1933--1960), and Film Music in the Post-Classic Period (1958--2008). Whereas most treatments of the subject are simply chronicles of "great film scores" and their composers, this book offers a genuine history of film music in terms of societal changes and technological and economic developments within the film industry. Instead of celebrating film-music masterpieces, it deals—logically and thoroughly—with the complex ‘machine’ whose smooth running allowed those occasional masterpieces to happen and whose periodic adjustments prompted the large-scale twists and turns in film music’s path.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117461926

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Music Clubs Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Graeme Harper,Ruth Doughty,Jochen Eisentraut
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1257 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501305443

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Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media by Graeme Harper,Ruth Doughty,Jochen Eisentraut Pdf

Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media: A Critical Overview is a comprehensive work defining and encapsulating concepts, issues and applications in and around the use of sound in film and the cinema, media/broadcast and new media. Over thirty definitive full-length essays, which are linked by highlighted text and reference material, bring together original research by many of the world's top scholars in this emerging field. Complete with an extensive bibliography, Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media provides the most comprehensive and wide-ranging consideration of this subject yet produced.

Author : James Buhler,David Neumeyer,Rob Deemer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015078797670

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Hearing the Movies by James Buhler,David Neumeyer,Rob Deemer Pdf

An ideal text for introductory film music courses, Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History brings music into the context of sound, and sound into the context of the whole film.

Author : D. Kulezic-Wilson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781137489999

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The Musicality of Narrative Film by D. Kulezic-Wilson Pdf

The Musicality of Narrative Film is the first book to examine in depth the film/music analogy. Using comparative analysis, Kulezic-Wilson explores film's musical potential, arguing that film's musicality can be achieved through various cinematic devices, with or without music.

Author : John Reich
Publisher : Open SUNY Textbooks
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942341474

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Exploring Movie Construction and Production by John Reich Pdf

Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students¿ learning, while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.

Author : David P. Neumeyer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780253016515

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Meaning and Interpretation of Music in Cinema by David P. Neumeyer Pdf

By exploring the relationship between music and the moving image in film narrative, David Neumeyer shows that film music is not conceptually separate from sound or dialogue, but that all three are manipulated and continually interact in the larger acoustical world of the sound track. In a medium in which the image has traditionally trumped sound, Neumeyer turns our attention to the voice as the mechanism through which narrative (dialog, speech) and sound (sound effects, music) come together. Complemented by music examples, illustrations, and contributions by James Buhler, Meaning and Interpretation of Music in Cinema is the capstone of Neumeyer’s 25-year project in the analysis and interpretation of music in film.

Author : Anna Morcom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351563741

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Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema by Anna Morcom Pdf

Since their beginnings in the 1930s, Hindi films and film songs have dominated Indian public culture in India, and have also made their presence felt strongly in many global contexts. Hindi film songs have been described on the one hand as highly standardized and on the other as highly eclectic. Anna Morcom addresses many of the paradoxes eccentricities and myths of not just Hindi film songs but also of Hindi cinema by analysing film songs in cinematic context. While the presence of songs in Hindi films is commonly dismissed aspurely commercial this book demonstrates that in terms of the production process, musical style, and commercial life, it is most powerfully the parent film that shapes and defines the film songs and their success rather than the other way round. While they constitute India‘s still foremost genre of popular music, film songs are also situational, dramatic sequences, inherently multi-media in style and conception. This book is uniquely grounded in detailed musical and visual analysis of Hindi film songs, song sequences and films as well as a wealth of ethnographic material from the Hindi film and music industries. Its findings lead to highly novel ways of viewing Hindi film songs, their key role in Hindi cinema, and how this affects their wider life in India and across the globe. It will be indispensable to scholars seeking to understand both Hindi film songs and Hindi cinema. It also forms a major contribution to popular music, popular culture, film music studies and ethnomusicology, tackling pertinent issues of cultural production, (multi-)media, and the cross-cultural use of music in Hindi cinema. The book caters for both music specialists as well as a wider audience.