Television (1950s) Flashcards
Score supervisor
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Why was TV music cheap?
Short cues
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Widescreen formats
Stereophonic sound
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Monaural sound
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Drive-ins
In-car speakers
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New Wave films
Zither
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What did Hollywood use TVs for?
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Teenpics
Rock n roll
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What chords does Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley feature?
Tonic
Dominant
Subdominant
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Long-playing record (LP)
33 1/3 rpm
Synthetic plastic
Holds 12 pieces
Cardboard jacket
What was the best-selling movie soundtrack on LP of the 1950s?
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
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Were LPs or singles more popular in the 1950s?
Singles
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Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann
Psycho (1960) shower scene
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3 characteristics of Bernard Herrmann’sstyle
Unusual instrumentation
Ostinato figures
Extreme dissonance and cluster
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Lata Mangesgkar and Bollywood playback singing
Acousmatic being
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The Searchers (1956) vs The Magnificent Seven (2016)
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3 types of Western music
Indian music (open-fifths and pentatonic)
Anglo-American
The Big Theme
Trumpet
Brass section
Difference with natural trumpets and horns
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How does Bollywood differ from Hollywood?
Composer importance
Playback singer
Filmigit
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Tabla
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Naushad Ali
Sachin Dev Burman
Shankar-Jaikishan
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Filmigit
Mukhda: Chorus
Antara: Verse
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Raga vs Dadtgah
Mode
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Tala
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What was Iran known for in the Film Farsi period (1830-1980)?
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Two section often practiced in Iranian classical music
Avaz
Tasnif
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