MUSIC 2F03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: D. W. Griffith, Hugo Riesenfeld, F. W. Murnau
29 Jan 2018
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Silent films with synchronized music and sound effects represent a brief. Chapter 9 phase in the history of filmmaking. Attempts to synchronize recorded sounds with moving pictures can be traced back to the early years of film. Coordination of visual images shown by a projector with recorded music and sound effects played on a phonograph. Type of coordination worked best with non-specific sounds, such as background music and general sound effects. Premier of vitaphone system in new york. Could see the vitaphone can record a speaking voice, but we can also see the constraints placed upon the speaker by having to stand near the microphone. Drama, with humourous amorous complications, swashbuckling duels, romantic passions, and a record of 191 kisses. Leitmotifs were used to reflect the nature of several principal characters. Don juan as a boy had a childlike melody. Don juan"s father, spanish style, french horns. During the prologue, the music reflects the pov of don jose.
