Element Definition Descriptions Melody A series of pitches in succession that make up a musical sentence Simple or complicated? (could you easily sing the melody back after hearing it once? Conjunct (moving by small steps) or Disjunct (moving by large steps)? Shape? (ascending, descending, wavelike or static) Range? (high, low, or medium) Rhythm The measure…
3 Types of Television Production Live Live-to-Tape Pre-Produced Live Television Production Live television production is just as it sounds – live. It is like watching a play. All mistakes go “to air” and you can not go back and edit what has been broadcast. There are not many live programs anymore, however, sporting events, most…
Saint Charles at the Four Fountains Designed by the architect Francesco Borromini Seems elastic Effect of movement Lots of lights and darks Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Designed and completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the leading sculptor of his day Depicts St. Theresa’s vision in which an angel pierced her heart with a golden arrow Movement…
The film Across the Universe takes place in the 1960s. The scenery follows the dockyards of Liverpool, the war in Vietnam, the twelfth street riots of Detroit, Princeton University in New Jersey, and The rock and roll scene of New York. The anti-war movements, social protest, love and death are used, to sum up life…
The film Blade Runner takes place in the year 2019 in Los Angeles. Specialized robots are developed to act as slaves on an off-world colony. These robots are called Replicants. This is because they are similar to human beings yet created without emotions. After six Replicants escape to earth, it is the job of a…
Establishing shot – creates setting and constructs spatial patterns Two shot – standard Hollywood practice for a conversation Reestablishing shot – remind us where we are or return to a familiar image we’ve seen before Insert- brief shot that draws our attention to something we might have missed if a longer shot hadn’t been interrupted…
Tunes of Glory directed by Ronald Neame is a film about the Scottish Battalion in the period after the war. Major Jock Sinclair, acting Colonel of the Regiment, has been this position for a long time. He is looked up to and respected by officers and men alike who assume he will be appointed their…
Principles of Narrative Construction Narrative film – a film that tells a story What is Narrative? We can consider narrative to be a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space. Typically begins with one situation; a series of changes occurs according to a pattern of cause and effect;…
Form in Film Artwork cues us to perform a specific activity. Without playing along and picking up on the cues, the artwork remains only an artifact. (A painting uses color, lines, and other techniques to invite us to imagine the space portrayed or to run our eye over the composition in a certain direction.) In…
The term “modernism” designates a movement in art, literature and music, beginning in the 19thC and lasting into the 20thC, ending approximately with WW II. Art which is modernist may possess the following 12 characteristics: it is psychological in nature and attempts to render individual consciousness or a more subjective reality its depiction of time…
Objective Art: Art that includes recognizable subject matter. E.g. A painting of a landscape where the trees are easily recognizable. Non-objective Art: Art that does not include recognizable subject matter. Subject Matter: The theme/ object/ concept in a work of art. Very simply, what do you see? Focal Point: The area of artwork that catches…
The tools available to artists have increased and changed the ways we can create. In light of this, we have to find new ways to describe artwork. Earlier in the course we learned about the elements and principles of art and design. Now that we have had time to consider and use some of these…
1) Family: For the most part, Billy’s family was completely unsupportive of his life choice. Set in the fictional town of Everington during the UK miners’ strike (1984–1985), both Billy’s father and old brother are preoccupied with the strike and causing “justified” mayhem. His grandma lives with the family, however, she is more of a…