Assignment # 5

Jazz music has no definate roots. I took a Jazz and American Pop music class last semester and found that there were lots of places that Jazz came from. One of the major developments in Jazz was when slaves were freed and moved into cities in the north. They were then allowed to be themselves and enjoy making music. Some jazz has roots in other places such as New Orleans. It is unique to Americans because it was written by Americans and is completely original to the United States.

In Peter and the Wolf:
Peter is represented by the strings. The duck is an oboe the wolf is and the bird is a flute. The grandfather is a bassoon, and the hunters are the woodwinds.

Classical music
Bach and Beethoven are examples of classical music. To me classical music sounds soothing and like something that people would dance to in lines at a fancy banquet. It reminds me of the movie the Pride and Predudice.

Film Art Event

I saw Tiny Furniture at the Nickelodeon Theatre.
In the establishing shot of the film, Aura the main character is in a large city. The time is in the 21st century and she seems to have an artsy style of clothing. Aura appears to be in some sort of slump by the way she dresses and her lack of interest in her weight and hairstyle. She doesn't wear any/much make-up at all. She is moving in with her sister and mother. This set the stage for my experience as a person who possibly will change/grow throughout the movie. The movie has a comical side as well as we watch her trying to become this person she wants to be.
Special camera angles I noticed throughout the film were ones similar to that of the angle on the poster shown above. A view from the ground. Her mother, a photographer, is usually the one capturing angles like this because she photographs tiny furniture as a career.
The film was an hour and forty minutes long. Honestly, I didn't really get anything out of it. It is about Aura, a 22 year old woman who moved back home after college and got a degree in film making. She has a few very strange youtube videos but that is the extent of her film career. It seemed to me that the meaning of the film was a woman reverting back to her childhood life/fantasies after being away at college. It looked to me like a "mid-mid life crisis" the one that can be experienced after not knowing what to do when you get your degree. One of the final scenes in the movie I found extremely disturbing. Aura and this man that she worked with have sex in a tube at night in the middle of a road while high on marijuana. It was hard to watch and I felt like this was not something she was striving for during the movie.
The roles of the characters were played very well. Each of them were quirky in their own way. They were very convincing. The music fit the movie really well. It sounded like the sound track from Little Miss Sunshine to me. The music was by teddy banks. I feel it supported the theme of the movie. The genre of the film was a coming-of-age mixed with documentary filming styles. 

As I mentioned before the film's message was unclear to me. In total I would say the message is about how difficult one may find it to move on after graduating from college. And losing your way and returning to old, childish tendencies.

Assignment # 4 Architecture

The McKissick Museum on campus has ionic columns. It also has a dome roof which resembles a hill, one of the most important architectural elements of importance. The style of this building is very obviously Greek revival. You can tell by its columns and the statues above them. However it has no cornice but it does appear to be a post and lintel structure. 

Assignment # 3 Aesthetics

My feet carry me farther and farther away from my warm bed on school mornings. I step outside to the chill of winter and push my hands farther into my pockets. The music in my head phones is up beat and I begin my dance to class. As I walk across the bridge wind kisses my face with its icy lips. Up and down the stairs I go, climbing the mountain to my destination... more knowledge. The naked trees wave saying "good morning" as I walk by. Up more and more stairs, I am nearing the summit. The air smells crisp and fresh, my breathing patterns have now sped up. The reddish brown bricks beneath my feet almost look like an optical illusion and my bed seems too far away to turn around. More stairs I climb. I open the door to my first class and find my seat. I still miss my warm sheets, but it will be a while before I visit them again.

Nessum Dorma by Pavarotti
My first thought, as many others was wow! this guy obviously cares a lot about what he is singing about. I started with a music note because it was what I was hearing then throughout the song I used different swirls/lines to represent the lines of the music and the curves in his voice. At one point he got extremely loud and that is why I drew mountains.

An Establishing Shot is usually the first shot of a movie. It shows where you are, what time period and what is going on. It is very important for the viewers because without it we would not know what is going on for a while.