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1
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When was the end of the studio system?

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1950’s

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What are two fronts that battle with TV was fought on?

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Technology & Subject Matter

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Describe 3 points in relation to the Battle with TV in terms of technology

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  • Accelerates move to all color movies
  • Hollywood experiments with wide-screen
  • Multi-channel sound system in theatres
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Name 3 competing wide-screen systems

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Cinerama, CinemaScope, VistaVision

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Name some ‘epic films’ that were released in the 50’s

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Quo Vadis, The Robe, Julius Ceasar, Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur (1959)

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Who composed Ben Hur? When was it released? What’s significant about it?

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Miklos Rozsa. 1959. Religous epic film released in 50’s. Features chariot scene with 3 minutes of grandeur of sound and image

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Describe the battle with TV in terms of Subject Matter

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  • Films began to push the Hays Code in the 40’s. Begin to break it in 50’s. This was an advantage because TV content was more restricted due to advertiser influence
  • foreign films were not bound by code (more content). This is possible because end of studio system means studios can’t block films from other countries
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When did the Hays code begin? Was it always mandatory? When did it end?

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  • started March 1930
  • Mandatory in 1934
  • Abandoned in 1968
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Elmer Bernstein birth/death? Early life? (5)

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  • 1922-2004
  • Born NYC
  • Julliard (under Aaron Copland)
  • 40’s: Concert pianist/composer
  • ww2: Armed forces radio
  • First film in 1952
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What slowed down Elmer’s career? When did it happen?

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HUAC 1953. Forced to do B-movies. Accused because he worked on commie newspaper or sm

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Name a B-movie Elmer did

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Cat woman of the Moon (1953)

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Who composed The Man With the Golden Arm. When?

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Elmer Bernstein. 1955

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What type of ensemble is used in The Man with the Golden Arm?
Why?
What style of music is featured in it?

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Ensemble is Jazz big band, within a conventional orchestra.
Jazz -> urban -> drug abuse.
Attempt to cut a popular style as film score - mostly effective but awkward sometimes

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How does he have a golden arm? (3) Describe the scene we saw in class for The Man with the Golden Arm.

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  • illegal high stakes card dealer
  • heroin addict
  • drummer
  • Doctor is getting drugs to give to MC. Phrasing the drama then extreme hitting the action (pulling stuff out of the drawer)
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Who are Agnes & Cecil de Mille?

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Agnes is a dancer and Elmer Bernstein made music for her performances. Cecil was a film director. Agnes recommended Elmer to Cecil to score The Ten Commandments.

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When was The Ten Commandments released? Who scored it? Who directed it?

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  1. Elmer Bernstein. Cecil de Mille
17
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Dimitri Tiomkin birth/death? Early life? (4)

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  • 1894-1979.
  • Russia.
  • Played piano in russian silent movie theatres
  • 1925 - USA: worked in vaudeville
  • Began work in Hollywood in 1930’s
18
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When was High Noon released? Composer? What special about the plot/directing?

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  1. Dimitri Tiomkin. Real time
19
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What is the score in High Noon like? What was significant about it?

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  • Based on popular song “Do Not Forsake Me” by Tex Ritter

- popularized Movie Songs (prelease song used in movie)

20
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Did High Noon win any awards?

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AA for best score and best song

21
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Describe the two High Noon scenes from class

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Scene 1: Opening credits features movie song

Scene 2: Synchronization between clock and Frank Miller’s theme from OP song

22
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Bernard Herrmann birth/death? Early life? (5)

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  • 1911-1975.
  • NYC.
  • Julliard
  • CBS radio in 1934
  • Conductor of CBS orchestra
  • Contributions to concert music
23
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Who is Orson Wells. What did he do and when?

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Director. Directed War of the Worlds radio version in 1938 with Bernard Herrmann.

24
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Bernard Herrmann’s first film? When? Director?

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Citizen Kane 1941. Orson Wells

25
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Notable things about Citizen Kane breakfast scene?

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  • montage
  • operatic
  • could have been written by Korngold
26
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When was The Day the Earth Stood Still released? Composer?

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  1. Bernard Herrmann
27
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Notable facts about the music in The Day the Earth Stood Still (2)

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  • unusual set of instruments ( violin, cello, and bass (all three electric), two
    theremins. ..)
  • sound clouds: group of instruments sustain a collection of notes, often drifting towards dissonance/atonality
28
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What’s Bernard Herrmann’s greatest contribution to music?

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Why do people write for symphony orchestras? People are used to them & would likely be played.

But if you recorded the music, in theory, it would never need to be played again. Therefore, can use unique instruments

29
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Who does Bernard Herrmann often collaborate with? Name three movies (and dates)

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Alfred Hitchcock. Vertigo (1958), North By Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960)

30
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What are some characteristics of Psycho (1960) (4)

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  • black and white (limited budget and Hitchcock liked playing with shadows)
  • uses only strings “black and white” score
  • cues tend to set a single mood and don’t really respond to what happens minute by minute
  • very bleak and depressing
31
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Describe the scene where Marion steals the money in Psycho

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  • short repetetive theme
  • quiet but unsettled -> Marion discomfort with theft
  • slowly grows in intensity
  • no vibrato from instruments (sense of coldness)
32
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Describe the scene where Marion buys the new car and “escapes” the cop in Psycho

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  • music enters as she makes her escape
  • at first seems to play her fear at being caught
  • music seems to play her fall to the “dark” side
33
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Describe the scene where Norman watches Marion in Psycho

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  • two semitones played in a variety of ranges (extremes of range - norman’s theme)
  • “Harmonics” as Norman spies on Marion, no emotion
34
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Describe the Shower scene in Psycho

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  • no music until attack
  • no tonality - clusterfuck of strings “shriek”
  • norman’s theme plays as murderer flees
35
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Why did Bernard Herrmann and Alfred break up?

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  • Herrmann hated pop music scores

- Hitchcock wanted to use it for Torn Curtain

36
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What does Bernard Herrmann do after breaking up with Alfred Hitchcock? Last movie?

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  • Goes to Europe and does Fahrenheit 451 (1966) for Truffaut
  • Taxi Driver (1975)

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