Week 2

Question 0

Exaggerated Mimicry of “cTching” of actions is called

Answer 0

Mickey mousing

Question 1

Back to Chaplin

Answer 1

Some diagetic, with talking,
Then diagetic music.

General correspondence. La vidotea, sells violets, pre existing song. Chaplin uses tune. Shows leitmotif potential, wall to wall music.unusual halts. Note no Latin flavor really but was already there

Then stock mysterioso, matching going down stairs,

Question 2

Uses recitative

Answer 2

In hanging attempt

In same scene pun using swNneee river. And “how dry I am”

Note city lights mix of precomposed and new music original and compiled.

Question 3

Review model

Answer 3

CCDs,
Continuous, correspondence,
Diagetic,
Motives

Question 4

What is the technological shift that brings us into the sound era of film.

Answer 4

Check out hand out too but…
Sound synchronization
Edison, kinetophone, wax one too did not catch on. (Sound on recording)
Other inventors and labs were trying too.
-German more viable, tri-ergon” 1919 sound into electronic then light, still use today. Ex. Sound on film, process of sync, or optical soundtrack. Patent in europe
US ones failed, sound quality bD,

What took off?
Western electric and bell labs
Hollywood studios bought it, “Vitaphone”

Question 5

Vitaphone

Production Aspects

Answer 5

A gamble, for warner, it worked, but not smoothly.
Cumbersome, m

Production aspects
Light, framing, and NOISE
Controlling noise
Cameras were noisy, and lights. Build booth! Ex. Used locked in booth. Optical. codes to start stop

No remixing, only DIRECT SOUND,
Need to say “quiet on set.” Sometimes orchestra off scene but in recording range. Infrastructure issues,
Stars speaking lost career due to issues,

Used wax records for recording.

New times of day, new sound stage, restriction bc of this.

Question 6

How did warner roll out Vitaphone tech?

Answer 6

1. Short films, shorts
2. First feature film was Don Juan, not talking picture, music and sound effects only, skip to
3. The jazz singer, where pictures started to talk. First featured film, “Talkie” first talking picture film!
   Tech works investment pays of, great response
   ,

Question 7

Al Jolson

Answer 7

Vaudeville celeb, actuallyAsa Yoelson)
Minstrel theatre continuation.
Popular recording artist.

Question 8

The jazz singer

Answer 8

Uses compilations of tunes,
Some times with Vitaphone to sync sound. AssiomilTion in American society,
Jewish
Opening song, east side west side all around,
Mediocre, old fashioned, L could belt, had moves
Crusty clown Simpsons spoof.

Question 9

Implication of tech, esp Vitaphone

Answer 9

Projector difficulties,
Cost prohibitive,
Ore than one sound contraption for continutioy and sound effects.
Rival fox studios, movietone

Question 10

Tchaikovsky use

Answer 10

Build up, but weird hooch,, as it leads to love theme. Instead gets whipping.

Question 11

Got sense of jolsons

Answer 11

Stage presence, 
Not really jazz, syncopated pop really, ragged up PoP
Improvized dialogue
Haven't heard anything yet. ""
Wow whistling.

Question 12

Vitaphone, sound on disk,

First successful tech then movie tone was

Answer 12

Sound on FILM

Question 13

By 1929

Answer 13

Developed playback potential,
Late 20’s many bugs, working out.

What is it like to see al perform, realistic aesthetic, at this time.

Question 14

New model for early period of sound film, from silent film

Answer 14

1. Strict diagetic fidelity, realistic sound

2. Selective music accomp

Question 15

Article on diagesis of narration

Answer 15

Audio dissolve term, on screen off screen idea, narrator of music, combine diagetic sounds with non diabetics, or dissolve into or from, confounded by level of narration. Quite emotional and Intersting

Question 16

Sound on disk

Sound on film

Answer 16

Which film, type was first to be profitable
Sound on disk,
Though later sound on film won out

Question 17

By 1929, silent films stop,

Charlie Chaplin slight exception

Answer 17

1928 40% the theaters accomadate sound! early 30’s

And of course orchestras get laid off, :(

Question 18

Film musicals started

Answer 18

Jazz singer marks start, after 1927, though musicals profitable.
100 put in production at same time, copycats. In following year and a half.
Changed infrastrucre and personal, and looked at publishing industry for music./composers. Pop vocal music imp.
Music performances and talent combined. Bought publishing firms

Question 19

Early musical at least gave

Answer 19

Musicians who were laid off more work!

Question 20

Audience got ___ of musicals

Answer 20

Tired, petered out I by 1919, picked nup in 1933, hence 42nd street.

Question 21

Why 1933 revival

Answer 21

Bugs worked out, editing possible, camera work better, fidelity of sound

Question 22

42nd street

Answer 22

Success, overcome technical limitation, innovative, successful
Warner brothers, dance director is busby Berkeley - famous
Kalaidascopic uniqueness spectacular human body – > shapes forms.

Aside, transitional period, Vitaphone, wax disk to sound on film, uncertain. Only time tech is an issue

Question 23

Dukas and warren, musicians in 42nd street.

Answer 23

Salvatore guarnya
A trees ruby Keller, married to Al Jolson. Hoofing and tap dancing.
Myth of hype about show biz, a star is born Cinderella story. Like jazz singer. Hyping up New York live theatre inserting cross.

Question 24

Each studio had own aesthetic

Answer 24

Warner was gritty

Question 25

Assignment review of 42nd street

Answer 25

Lots of diagetic,
But non diagetic with lovers, pep talk,
Lots of empty space. Backstage musical.

Question 26

Note diagetic switch around between Silents and musicals

Answer 26

In musicals diagetic most important, for realistic eft,
Therefore selective use of non diagetic.

Source on off screen,
Too loud or soft, volume.

Question 27

Habit love scene

Answer 27

Love is like drugs, metaphor of song,
Leitmotif of these characters.
Function, mood, formal, narrative progression, connect with a ton.
Spectacle.

Question 28

Dramatic rhythm means pacing in storyline so for z42nd street

Answer 28

Get impatient to see the numbers only get teasers, except habit, then there is the climax.

Question 29

Music is new ion 42nsd street

Answer 29

True, du been and warren composed. All ne pop music. No preexisting .
IntegrAtion tension between narrative and performance. Alternation.
Dramatic progress of more music over time as you get into it.

Question 30

Diagetic space (distinct from sound) kaleidascope

Answer 30

Fantasy at end, large elastic space, camera moves, instaneously. No longer in audience. Realism vs fantasy dichotomy.

Question 31

42nd street final number shows

Answer 31

Post synchronization, recording things seperatly.
Playback. Mixing seperate tracks involved in production,
Editing discontinuous.

Question 32

3 areas of film production terms (not sound)

Answer 32

1. Mise en scene: choose and set up before filming, put in front of camera.
   Sets, design, color, costumes, physical, acting style and lighting too.
2. Process shot: how t
3. Framing: how you choose to photograph miss en scene.
4. Editing

Question 33

Level of framing

Answer 33

Usually straight, tilted is when it gets interesting.

Question 34

Tracking shot

Answer 34

Rolling along

Question 35

Pan shot

Part of mobile frame

Answer 35

Panorama not up or down, that is a tilt.