Just like films music can do much more for people than to just provide mind numbing entertainment. With the right minds, music and be used to tell the whole story of the film in just a matter of minutes and with minimum dialog. Throughout a good portion the animated film Wall-E, there appears to be minimal dialog and speaking. Instead, sound effects and music is used to communicate to the viewers and tell them exactly what is going on. Throughout the whole film, Director Andrew Stanton uses music from classical films to not only set the mood for certain scenes, but also to add a deeper meaning to an adventurous and romantic story of a little robot named Wall-E. At the beginning of the movie, it reviles that there is nothing on earth but mountains of compacted trash and that there seems to be no sight of human life. The earth appears to be fairly empty of life except for Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) whose main purpose to be there is to compact the trash and pile it up to make more room. Although the earth seems pretty empty and boring, it does not stop …show more content…
During the scene where Strauss’ song is being used, it shows a primitive human smashing bone with another bone. This scene is supposed to show man evolving and using their first weapon. Later on, the primitive human uses the bone it found to over power and kill another primitive human and to prove its technology is superior. In the movie Wall-E the music by Strauss is played again when the captain becomes angry at AUTO for crushing Wall-E and begins to stand up. Just like in the 2001: A Space Odyssey, the captain becomes superior by used new technology, his legs, to overcome and defeat AUTO (who is also a reference to the 2001: A Space Odyssey,
In Wall-E there is a robot designed to clean the inhospitable earth in order for the human societies to come back. In the waste land, trash fills the streets and oceans completely dry up. The land is so hostile that the all the other robots break down and Wall-E is the only robot left. During
In a film where music is needed to denote the messages the film is dictating, there is obviously a lot
Music is has a big impact on animated movies. Without it, the movies would be very bland and wouldn’t have as much emotion. Music
Music is the most diverse form of art in existence. In modern days, some may view music as merely a bass heavy atmospheric tool for a night of clubbing and mischief, but despite this minority perspective, music is by no means purely background noise. Music is not only a beat, a rhythm, melody, lyrics, and a voice; it can change lives.
I am not sure if it is due to not covering this movie specifically, or because I still hold on to the memory of how I first perceived it and am unwilling to change how I do. To me, Wall-E depicts a great love story as well as media and technology addiction with the addition of destruction due to overconsumption. After the knowledge that I have gained from class, I tried perceiving the film in a different way Lewis 4 but the themes I previously stated are what I believe Disney was portraying and trying to portray. The film was used as symbolism for what our society could become in the future if we as humans are not careful. In fact, in today’s society, addiction to technology is already prevalent.
Music can decipher a narrative event by indicating a perspective. To unify a set of diverse images and provide rhythmic and formal continuity and momentum, a film’s structure is more often than not, directly articulated by a musical structure. Music can assist the dialogue and visuals of film and often is inaudible (e.g. music is meant to be heard unconsciously, not consciously). Music has been used by directors to reinforce or strengthen certain weak scenes in film and then on the other hand when music is not needed to reinforce a scene
In this passage, Vonnegut uses music to help Billy Pilgrim come to a realization war touches everyone. Its affects reach far and wide, and they can be devastating. An entire city is wiped off the map, and again,
In the article “Consumer Apocalypse: WALL-E,” Chris Barsanti explains that the planet “is a planet destroyed by overconsumption, aided and abetted by a sickening web of consumer-industrial-complex propaganda.” Amanda Yesilbas, Katharine Trendacosta, and Annalee Newitz echo this argument in the article, "13 Post-Apocalyptic Stories That Actually Teach Valuable Lessons," when considering the film Logan’s Run: they state, “garbage in, garbage out” which solidifies the idea that if we treat the earth like garbage, we will get garbage in return. Although there are many more examples, these films help connect the idea that nature and the environment are fragile things that must be cared for and not abused. They want to push the ideal of conservation in a subtle and fantastical way; making you stop and think of what could become of the planet if we do not take care of
We must take care of it and nurture it so it may thrive for many years to come, because without Earth there would be no humanity. The developer attempts to show this with a brief scene going around the world showing all the various species of animals as they approach the spherical balls which where like arks so they may preserve their species, and throughout the film Klaatu shows compassion for other humans and describes his plan that Earth is dying due to the people who inhabit it and they must change their ways because he can not let the Earth die, for there are too few life preserving planets
The greatest obstacle for the integration of Renaissance music in film, is that it would have to be used very specifically. A majority of music from the Renaissance would be sung or played by either a brass or plucked instrument. This difference in instrumentation, let alone the difference in style, is arguably the main reason that Renaissance music is not used in film. The use is simply too specific, and an atmosphere that would be created by using Renaissance music, which is to say ethereal and light due to the use of polyphony, could just as easily be recreated with modern techniques and modern instrumentation.
For example, in the movie The Lion king, the song “The Circle of Life”, the instruments used in the song are a piano, vocals, a small woodwind, and percussion. The music starts with very powerful vocals which grab your attention and pull it towards the screen and what is about to happen. The vocals then turn to harmonies from a choir. The music is primarily background offscreen. This means that it consists of sound effects, music, or vocals that originate from the world of the story. For examples, in the movie The Lion King, the animals talk. In real life, animals do not talk. Also in the scene where they sing “Hakuna Matata”, the music in the movie tells what is happening through the lives of the characters, but in the real life all we see is people talking and screaming but not the music expressing our feelings, like The Lion King. Another scene is where the animals sing “Can You Feel The Love Tonight”. The song is telling their love story in through the music but in real life we tell our love story by
Sound is what brings movies to life, but, not many viewers really notice. A film can be shot with mediocre quality, but, can be intriguing if it has the most effective foley, sound effects, underscore, etc. Sound in movies band together and unfold the meaning of the scenes. When actors are speaking, the dialogue can bring emotion to the audience, or, it can be used as the ambient sound. Music is one of the main things to have when filmmaking. The use of Claudia Gorbman’s Seven Principles of Composition, Mixing and Editing in Classical Film gives audiences a perspective of sound, and, how it can have an impact on them.
The importance of music in movies is highly regarded for manipulating the viewer’s emotions and helping them immerse into the story. Music is one of the prime elements in cinema. Without it a movie would feel dull and unexciting. There are three elements in a movie: one is acting, the second is picture, and the third one is music. It is a holy trinity; if incomplete, there would be a lack of sensation and excitement. Both acting and picture can stand independently from one another, but music is the one that makes the movie memorable.
Also, music plays an important role in culture by being entertaining. Let's face it; people listen to music because it's exciting! It can affect a person's thoughts and feelings towards a particular subject, but not ultimately change their mind, which is what makes it so pleasurable. What else would put life in the world if music didn't? Music provides background music for almost everything in a person's everyday life. Try to imagine what television would be like without music. There would be no catchy jingles to stupid commercials that would end up getting stuck in your head for days and no theme songs to your favorite shows. Even a movie without sound would make you not want to watch it. Whether you think so or not, a soundtrack to a movie makes a person emote to the screenplay more- it makes you feel what the actors are feeling. That is what makes it so entertaining! If there were no songs to a movie, you might as well just not watch it at all. And what about a cell phone? How would you know when to pick up your phone if you didn't hear it ring your favorite song? Hearing that ring tone on a phone provides a small source of entertainment, but also serves a very important purpose.
Since music is such a big part of our culture, it most definitely finds a way into our cinema. A movie without background music is like eating food without being able to taste or smell it. Without music, there is a complete lack of essence thus making the product seem incomplete.