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Singin in the rain analytical essay
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Out of all the movies I've reviewed so far, "Singing in the Rain" is the first movie to try and give me a good time, and for the most part, it gives me what I wanted, but kinda over douse it sometimes. Next you are probably that of course it's supposed to give you a good time, it’s a comedy; and yeah, your right, but this felt genuine, a tad bit to genuine. I would give you a warning about this movie, but I can't really call "Singing in the Rain" a "movie", if I could use a better word to describe "Singing in the Rain" I would use, character study, because of its lack of a conflict and its focus on characters with their personalities, dues no real spoilers to worry about, but I will keep away from telling anything that might hinder your experience. …show more content…
"Singing in the Rain" is about the previously mentioned Don Lockwood and his partner Cosmo Brown, played by Donald O'Connor, and his life partner, but begrudgedly, Lina Lamount, played by Jean Hagen, who are living their lives, doing their jobs in the film industry. I which we later find out that the relationship between Don and Lina is just a publicity stunt and Don has no romantic feelings for Lina at all, but goes on with the act to give them a boost in popularity to their film studio; but Lina believes it as true, just like their fans and public. As time goes on, the film industry tries to evolve, with their film studio alongside it and the story follows these three and their endeavors to evolve in their craft. All the actors I thought ranged from great to cringe, in a good way, and I really liked how I they portrayed their characters, but I will get to my favorite character …show more content…
Along with Cosmo, most character who get elongated screen time, I genially liked their character and their small details, but the only character that I got annoyed by is Lina and her voice, you'll understand when you hear it. I love the little details that you get from these characters, like for example, Don is made at Lina for dissing his friend Kathy Seldon, played by Debbie Reynold, and is scalding her for it, but they are in the middle of a take, so sense they are't heard during this, they act out the scene, but they are still arguing at the same time; those little details make me giddy. The only things that I have a problem with this movie is that during the musical scenes and the actual plot; for the musical scenes, they tend to go on for a bit too long, bit it makes up for it by making the songs rememberable, but it can become a slog to get through sometimes. And there is the plot, or the lack of one; there is a reason why I describe "Singing in the Rain" as a "character study", the plot doesn't really have an overarching villain, you can make the argument that some characters could be the villain
Overall, I enjoyed this play. Even with the dull ending, I found it to be entertaining and a good use of my time. The cast was great and they made good use of a decent
Their acting chops were very impressive whether it was comedic, emotional, or just stunning overall. Yet, on the other hand, some minor characters weren’t as well heard as others. I feel as the play could be better if some of the minor characters had projected their voice more, allowing their character to be known. However, although some voices were much stronger than others, all actors were full of talent, capable of dealing with script’s requirements, and did a good job
One of the main products of this movie that popped out to me was the stars. They all seemed to be great actors even though I only knew one of them. For example, I thought that Ian Michael Smith did a great job portraying Simon Birch. He made the movie cute and funny all at once. I also thought that Joseph Mazello did a great job portraying relatable feelings in the movie. You could tell by his facial expressions what his mood was. All the actors did a great job and I can’t pinpoint one of them who did worse than the
As far as acting, the performers were able to convey the feelings they needed to. However, some characters such as Ol' Cap'n played by Dick Lambert and Luttibelle played by April Curry, seemed more committed and engaging in their roles than others. A crucial factor in April Curry portraying her role so well was her vocal talent far exceeded that of any of the other major performers. She had an amazing voice that I was dazzled by from curtain up to down and left me craving for more. This almost compensated for my disappointment when it came to the ensemble singing to the soundtrack. Many performers were dependent on the cd and were not confident as to when to begin or stop singing, which dampered many moments of the performers. Another element of acting that I enjoyed was the exaggerated use of cooning throughout the duration of the performance that brought characters to life, and enabled certain moments to seem real.
What could make a comedy film better? Combine it with a musical that will have you singing along with it. I have decided to look at the 2007 movie “Hairspray”. This is a light hearted film that is loved by all ages. While most see this movie as a comedy/musical the film can also add campy to its genre list. This movie address several different social issues while making the audience laugh and sing along with it. The main social issue at hand in this movie is that one of racism. This movie also touches on gender roles with John Travolta playing a woman, as well as being judged by personal appearances. The main character, Tracy Turnblad is at the center of all these issues.
Legally Blonde the Musical, was a fun filled, musical journey, which warmed the hearts of many within the audience. Main character Elle Woods pursues a law degree in attempt to convince her ex-boyfriend Warner that she can be a well-educated, and respectable women. The performers take the audience on a journey following Elle’s college experience at Harvard Law. As Elle faces many hardships she never backs down, showing the audience what a little determination can get you. The musical ends with an happily ever after as Elle does the unexpected. Winning over the respect from her fellow classmates, as well as many more. Showing that all that hard work does pay off in the end, and might present opportunities that you never expected. Elle Woods finds exactly what she has been looking for all along. Which end up being right in front of her the whole time, love.
Throughout the musical, the prowess of each individual performer was on display. Every performer, with the exception of Kristine, expressed a power and vibrato that was breathtaking; the highest notes lilting and the lowest notes thundering. I was in awe during a majority of the performances because of the commanding singing in each performer.
Besides the fact that I didn't like this play, the actors did do a pretty good job with their acting and memorization of their lines. Couple times Marisol hesitated with her lines but it wasn't too bad. I like the accents they were using. It wasn't to hard to understand what they were saying, but once again there were those times when their accents did effect a little on their pronunciations and my understanding on what they were saying. Overall, I don't think they were too believable with their characters. They didn't reach me.
For a college production, the acting was outstanding. I really felt the emotions. The lead Wendla, who was played by KyLeigh Zimmerer, was amazing. I have also seen bits and pieces of the Broadway version which starred Lea Michelle, and obviously if I were to compare the acting, the Broadway version would be victorious. However, for a college production, these actors have limited past experience, but their acting was professional. Also, when they sang the song "Those You've Known," I felt chills and had goose bumps because that was such an emotional song. You could feel all the emotions and guilt Melchior, played by Ryan Ramirez, was feeling because both his best friend, Moritz, played by Justin Noblitt, and the girl he impregnated, Wendla, died and he believed he was to blame. Moritz committed suicide while Wendla died from a botch abortion her mom for...
The genre i have studied is musicals. A musical is a film which has musical performances from the actors to express their feelings. The films from this genre that i studied are 'Singin' In The Rain' (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1952), 'Grease' (Randall Kleiser, 1978) and 'Hairspray'(Adam Shankman, 2007). I studied two characteristics of the musical genre (Breaking Into Song And Dance and The Grande Finale) that are shown in the films studied. The identifying characteristics of 'Breaking Into Song And Dance' and 'The Grande Finale" are always seen in musicals. These characteristics are expected to be in a musical by the audience and ultimately make a musical what we predict it to be, a film that expresses characters feelings through song while
Amber Von Tussle was a bit weak vocally, yet too strong in her dancing for her character. Seaweed and Little Inez were marvellous singers, however their acting could have used work. Tracy Turnblad, I will admit, is a hard role to play. She is one of those characters everyone knows and everyone expects; Tracy is almost always played the same way, and it is difficult to break out of the stereotype. Her vocals were great, and her acting matched the character. She could have been a better dancer, but overall, Natalie Rotolo pulled off the role.
To gain my attention in the beginning of the opera was a vocal fight over a dream of having a boat between Matt Morgan's character and Matthew Shaw's character. This was a most pleasant display of range and delivery. Shaw obviously used techniques studied while he was at the Manhattan school of music and opera theatre, where he acquired his master of music degree. I felt Matt Morgan was a bit over acted on some of the vocal parts and had trouble following the music played at points, but an overall performance was adequate. Also, The knock off of the titanic when the two are pushing around on a janitors cart was a bit out of place. With Shaw being a Bass-Baritone, he really brought out the low range of voice integers, which made the difference in the first half of the opera.
I have to disagree with both these reviews. I believed that the story was brilliantly written and the cinematography was beautiful. This movie touched me and had me in tears which believe me is hard to do. I do agree with the New York Times and New Yorker that it was a little dragged out and that Kiera Knightly acting was over rated. Other than that I would defiantly recommend this movie.
But in this movie makes me feel more comfortable and it has no heavily drama that you can fairly guess what will happen but not at all. The most of the story is about love not but interpolate the drama of Physical pain. Camera angels show the width of the movie. A quantity of the film is totally good. A screen is communicated to show the view like Amsterdam, Netherlands and Specially the creative of sending the messages, Gus sent to hazel. The colour of scene , nature ,clothing including furniture etc. is a light colour in order to make the movie feel more lively and fresh and not too glum from the pain of the main characters. All the actors can convey not only the impression, but also the tune of their voice to the audience excellently. Each character obviously has its own style. They have developed their characters along the film from strong to weak and weak to strong. Both Shailene and Ansel are charming, Especially Shailene can convey the character of Hazel perfectly and a lot of flowery language that the characters conversed. People who normally would not talk like this. But it had already paved the character that likes to read and talk about books . It is possible in the world of film. And sounds not too greasy or rot . the Impressive scenes are the love of parent that have for the child, how the actors show their feelings thru the
I like the film very much. I think its one of the best films I’ve seen ever. The comedy in the film is just my humour, and the action was okay.