Essay Question: Critically discuss and describe the emergence of musical film and its influence on society. "The musical is one of the most popular film genres among both audiences and film scholars‚ probably for many of the same reasons - the spectacle‚ the music and the enjoyable predictability of the outcome weighed against the pleasure of the varied details." Bill Marshall and Robynn Stilwell A proverb once claimed that "in life‚ you are either being entertained or educated. If you aren
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Award‚ Certificate and Diploma in Caring for Children Level One Scheme of work for CFC 23: Musical Activities for Young Children. (QCF) January 2013-February 2013 Tutor: Melissa. Hastie. In class support: Laura Caruth (LC)‚ every Monday Unit AimThe aim of this unit is to enable the learner to gain an understanding of musical activities for young children | DateWeek beg. | Learning Outcomes | Activities/Learning experiences | Equality and Diversity | Resources | Week 18/01/13 | Introduce
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Lerner got the inspiration for the musical Camelot from the idea based on the King Arthur Legend as adapted from the novel The Once and the Future King. Lerner also wrote the music with Frederick Loewe in the 1960’s. The musical faced criticism because some say it wasn’t as good as My Fair Lady‚ and the musical did suffer from structural problems‚ but it still was able to tour around the country. 2. There were two ways that the economics of producing Broadway musicals changed in the 1960’s. In the
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Stephen Sondheim‚ hailed by many as a genius‚ has had a long and illustrious career in Broadway musical theatre spanning five decades. During those fifty-some years‚ Sondheim has essentially reinvented the Broadway musical. The Sondheim canon shows three distinct ways Sondheim has contributed to musical theatre. First of all‚ the difficulty of Stephen Sondheim’s music has raised the standard of musical theatre. Actors simply cannot stand onstage and sing as they used to in the days of Gershwin and
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Are there too many musicals in the West End? (I am writing in support of Michael Billington’s article‚ ‘ This West End Theatre boom is not all good news’ However throughout my article I will analyze the benefits and draw back for the current state of the west end and where it could go in the future.) Throughout this year 2012 the West End has comprised of 42 commercial theatres 32 of these have put on musical productions as opposed to traditional plays (1). Compared to a year ago when the
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winning show. The room becomes dark and a soft light shines on Leslie Odom Jr.‚ and the company. Musical notes begin and the theater becomes silent as they watch closely. Hamilton: An American Musical is an incredibly popular show and has made many changes to broadway. Broadway shows used to not be appealing to every generation‚ but since opening night of Hamilton‚ it has a whole new meaning. Musicals have been interesting to every generation since the two acts about a founding
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Today many people are familiar with the musicals South Pacific‚ The Sound Of Music‚ Oklahoma! and Carousel but do they know their origins? All of these plays were engineered by the dynamic due Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers who worked to broaden the boundaries of theater by merging theatre‚ music and film. Not only were they responsible for making their own plays but they formed musical scores‚ worked as lyricists‚ owned and operated the publishing company Williamson Music‚ and had their own
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Oklahoma! Response Paper The musical being watched and analysed is Oklahoma! It is a 1999 Broadway musical directed by Sir Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Susan Stroman starring Hugh Jackman‚ Josefina Gabrielle and Shular Hensley amongst others. Oklahoma! is originally the result of collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II‚ with the former composing the music and the latter writing the screenplay. It is touted as a landmark American musical‚ and the 1999 production is a marker
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Formal Analysis A musical company The painting A Musical Company‚ part of the leiden collection‚ painted in 1642 by Dutch painter Gerard ter Borch is now on display as part of the vermeer suite exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. The painting depicts a young woman playing the virginal accompanied by two men: the one on her left is plays a viol da gamba and the other plays a violin. Gerard ter Borch is widely known for his small scale paintings of everyday peasant life known as genre scenes
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characters; all really well developed. My one I picked would have to be Bobby Strong. The play is just written for the audience to fall in love with him and we did. The actor really pushed the audience into loving him too. He had a lot on his plate (lines‚ musical numbers‚ dances) but‚ he still pushed his objective though. His objective was clearly to get the love of his life while getting justice for the poor. Bobby had my eyes glued to him every moment he was on stage. Bobby and Hope had the perfect Disney
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