The Sound Of Music Analysis

The Sound of Music is a most well- known musical movie from 1965, it was inspired by the story of Trapp Family, and the Sound of Music has rewritten by George Hurdalek which he only used the partial ideas by the biography and recreated a new romance story in 1939. There are many iconic clothes in this film. It might remind most of the people about the scene of Maria sew new outfits for Captain’s children, but I found Maria’s outfits are very interested when I looked soberly.
At the beginning of the movie, when the main character- Maria appeared, while she is running around in the Alps, she is singing the song of “The sound of Music,” combined with video images of beautiful Austrian Alps, clear lakes and sunshine, this had combined both visual and auditory praise picturesque Austria. Also expressed the feeling of how people yearning to live in peace and love. Maria is wearing a striped dirndl apron over a black smock, this scene shot from far and near, from big to small depth of field, while Maria running freely in

the Alps, the camera become closer and highlighted Maria and created a suspense to the spectator and curious feeling. Moreover, her black smock created comfort, strong, contained, and mysterious of her personality. Maria is a lively, nature- loving girl, but she always made trouble to convent. Therefore, the convent sent her to Captain von Trapp family to be a governess for Captain seven children. On her way to Captain’s family, Maria wears a sober gray dress with pleated skirt under a linen jacket with a high collar, with a very catchy boater hat, black stockings, and neat little black boots. This costume reflected her feeling of how she being unhappy and anxious, Maria wasn’t really to be a governess. And also shows her economic situation was not as well as Captain family, it emphasized the high contrast between Maria and Captain family. While Maria arrived to Captain house, Maria wasn’t agreeing on how Captain being strict on discipline for his seven children, and wearing uniforms at home, so she made the seven children new outfits out of hideous green and white bedroom curtains. One the day that Maria bring them to the market to play, she is wearing a light brown and brown dirndl, which match color with seven children outfits, while Maria and children are picnicking in the beautiful Alps. They are relaxing in the nature, Maria’s outfit is representing the true, solid, safe, simple, and faithful. also teach them to sing with her kindness to impress those children. There is reminiscent of trust impression to children, it is an evidence to say that Maria built a strong relationship with children and using music to heal them. And after the scene of Maria brought out children to play freely, I started to see more colorful garments on her. For the second time Maria and children went out, this is the only time she has orange yellow dirndl on the whole movie, orange indicated enthusiastic of big sister or mother kindness, she has become more and more intimate, frank, cheerful to children. She has make people feel comfortable, and happy. Meanwhile, captain von Trapp brought Baroness Schrader come back and found out his children are climbing trees, and not wearing uniforms, Captain and Maria have argument on the way of how to treat the children. After Captain began to sing with his children, Maria helps Captain to resolve their relationship. Then Maria wears a very practical light weight day white and light blue dress with a yellow belt and seems to represent raw, natural or innocent things, and also represent it is a buildup of strong trusting relationships, and it is the scene of Maria and Captain are dancing together and started to fall in love.
In addition, when Maria had decided to return to Captain’s house, Maria was wearing a dark turquoise color with green timbo pattern dress and light blue belt. It is a big different then the first time she had come to Captain’s house, she seems happier than the first time, and hopeful for the relationship between Captain and herself. And finally Maria and Captain fall in love, they have their wedding at the convent.
The most iconic dress is the wedding gown for Maria when she is marring Captain, instead of wearing a pure white wedding dress, Maria is wearing an ivory slubbed silk wedding gown, this is also a butterfly moment fashion- wise and in terms of character development, the wedding gown’s cathedral train compliments the setting. It’s a grand dress without being ostentatious. It’s subtle and its simplicity matches Maria’s straightforward personality. Moreover, it’s elegant gown, it has a stand away collar, piping cut to the neckline and waistline, with a slender ling sleeves, and also the decorative fabric covered buttons with loop closures running down the center back of the gown. Furthermore, her veil has green some kind of green leave crown and match color with curd, the veil is very long and need to be full to covered up the back of the wedding gown, and veil make Maria look like she is in the fog, when the light hit on her wedding gown, it shaped up her bodyline.
costume design had done a splendid job in the Sound of Music on reflecting Maria’s personality, it’s reflect her optimistic, cheerful, loving and impressive.

Of course, as the title of “The Sound of Music,” Maria is the one who put music to everyone, but this movie touch people on the hidden deep love behind the music and the outfits that Maria made for children. The love for children, love for children, lover for motherland, everything embodied inside of Maria characteristic, Maria innocence, Captain patriotic, wisdom of convent. Throughout the entire film costumes, music, pictures, and dialogue, it promoted and purify mind of people. There is one quote in the movie said, “God close a door, a window opens somewhere else.” This particular dialogue impressed me a lot in real life. Therefore, I chose this movie to write about the costume, also I have a chance to watch this movie again and look closely to all the costumes that I had never recognized

before.