A key character that ensures we enjoy the film throughout is captin jack sparrow. The first time we meet jack he is portrayed as a powerful figure standing tall on top of his ship. As the scene progresses we see that he is drunk and unorganised sailing on his own on a sinking boat. The director shows us this by using a wide array of camera shots and other techniques. When we first see jack he is standing on top of his ship. Although he is standing tall and proud his clothes are weather beaten and
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Discuss Berlioz’s contribution to the symphony Berlioz is often overlooked as an influential composer; however the reality is that he was one of the most important due to his developing ideas of how orchestration could be expanded‚ how symphonic form could be developed and how music would be written in a programmatic style. Above all this‚ Berlioz was one of the pioneers of the Romantic period‚ inspiring through his innovation of ideas such as the ‘idée fix’ and as some saw it‚ his disregard for
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Interview: Marin Alsop‚ music director of the Bournemouth Symphony‚ discusses the power in music and the power in the position of conductor October 7‚ 2003 BOB EDWARDS‚ host: Voters in California today decide who will be governor of the most populous state in the nation. There may be a shift in power from a Democrat to a Republican; maybe not. This month‚ NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg explores the idea of power--what it is‚ how it’s used and what happens when it’s gone. Today‚ her
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Women in the Romance Era Most Romantics believed in love‚ freedom‚ respect for nature‚ and equality for all. The majority of these writers believed in freedom for slaves‚ but what about women? It seems that if we go by what we know about the Romantics that the automatic answer to this question is yes. However‚ it was not always so. The notions of equality for women and the submission of women can be seen in William Blake’s‚ Visions of the Daughters of Albion and William Wordsworth’s‚ The Solitary
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Description: According to Scheidenhelm‚ “Romanticism tends to see the individual at the center of all life‚ and it places the individual at the center of art‚ making literature valuable as an expression of unique feelings and particular attitudes more than it values completeness‚ unity‚ or demands of genre.” In this time period‚ everyone was really starting to step outside of the box. Francisco Goya’s oil painting of Saturn Devouring His Son comes from a short story where Saturn learns of his fate
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Ask anyone on the street: "what is Romanticism?" and you will certainly receive some kind of reply. Everyone claims to know the meaning of the word romantic. The word conveys notions of sentiment and sentimentality‚ a visionary or idealistic lack of reality. It connotes fantasy and fiction. It has been associated with different times and with distant places: the island of Bali‚ the world of the Arabian Nights‚ the age of the troubadours and even Manhattan. Advertising links it with the effects of
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For his time‚ Brahms was criticized as being overly technical or old fashioned; an opponent of true progress and emotion in music. However‚ what his music shows is not a lack of emotion but layers of depth. His carefully planned motifs and calculated phrases allow his audience an initial emotional experience while offering a technical structure intelligent enough to sate most musicologists. This can especially be seen in Movement One of Brahms’ Third Symphony‚ where he clearly uses a specific pattern
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Symphonie fantastique was written in order for Berlioz to profess his undying love for the Shakespearean actor‚ Harriet Smithson. This piece was written at the start of Romantic period and was an excellent example of one of the first works of program music. Program music is defined as instrumental music that‚ in Berlioz’s case‚ showcased a personal drama. This type of music was fairly new‚ but Berlioz does fit the expectations that are associated with this genre‚ including five movements that
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Based in England‚ Fitkin is one of the premiere minimalist and post-minimalist composers of our time (Potter). His works have been commissioned by the BBC Philharmonic‚ Tokyo Symphony‚Yo-Yo Ma‚ and the Elysian Quartet and he held a Resident Composer position with the London Philharmonic (Fitkin‚ Biography). His music frequently elicits a “moto perpetuo” combined with gliding‚ lyrical lines and driving harmonic progressions keeping listeners attentive. Hard Fairy is no exception. The unabating
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The Moldau written by Bedřich Smetana in 1874 is one of the most widely performed symphonic poems ever written. This paper will deconstruct‚ analyse and evaluate this piece and examine both of the ways in which it pushes the boundaries of the Classical Period establishing a new romantic style. This piece is written as a nationalistic piece as Smetana shows his love for his homeland and describes the flowing river in which he grew up going to. This 13 minute piece is separated into 8 sections‚ each
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