573 research outputs found
Home Video Philology: A Case Study of The Shining
No full textA peer-reviewed video essay, which is part of the following academic publication:
Sbravatti, Valerio (2018). "Home Video Philology: Methodological Reflections". Cinergie. Il Cinema e le altre Arti (13): 47-52. DOI:https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2280-9481/7878.
Contains 5.1 audio. Fair use of copyrighted material for research purpose
Allegro non troppo. Vedere la musica e ascoltare i disegni
No full textAllegro non troppo (1976) di Bruno Bozzetto si ispira al film Fantasia (Walt Disney): entrambi fondono riprese dal vero e disegni animati, e questi sono commentati da brani del repertorio di musica colta. Ma in Allegro non troppo i disegni si adattano alle musiche e ai loro aspetti ritmici, melodici, armonici, timbrici, formali, in un modo più profondo e strutturale rispetto a quanto avviene nel film americano, a tal punto che può essere considerato un magistrale esperimento di cinema musicale, di resa visiva della musica, che talora potrebbe sembrare una resa sonora delle immagini, se non fosse che le musiche utilizzate negli episodi animati sono preesistenti.
Probabilmente però l'elemento di differenza più eclatante tra Allegro non troppo e il film-prototipo a cui si ispira è rintracciabile sul piano dei contenuti. Laddove il film Disney non presenta uno sviluppo di tematiche ben definite, l'opera di Bozzetto si configura invece come una riflessione filosofica. Il film non ha avuto l'attenzione critica che merita soprattutto considerando il grande rilievo estetico offerto dalla relazione tra musica e immagine. Questo libro si propone di dimostrare la ricchezza di soluzioni cui Allegro non troppo ha dato vita associando dei racconti per immagini a brani musicali preesistenti rispettandone la natura
Story-Music / Discourse-Music: Analyzing the Relationship between Placement and Function of Music in Films
No full textMany scholars have recently proposed new models to describe the positioning of music in films. The models attempt to improve on the “diegetic/non-diegetic” dichotomy, but most of them lack some important elements. I believe the best way to approach this topic is by integrating it with the functional aspect of music in film narrative
Home Video Philology: Methodological Reflections
No full textDigital home video is an extremely useful means of watching and analyzing films. However, scholars often
neglect the fact that official home video or streaming releases of a film can have differences from the original
version of the film itself. Such variances typically are lack of film grain (resulting from digital noise reduction),
differences in color grading, and soundtrack remixing. This can depend on the fact that the technicians who
work on home video releases are unprepared, or are instructed to adjust the look and the sound of the film to
the current taste, or because the filmmakers changed their mind and requested some modifications. At any
rate, film scholars must be aware of such possible inconsistencies, otherwise their study could be fallacious.
In this article I discuss upon philological problems of home video releases mainly from a practical point of
view
Acoustic Startles in Horror Films
No full textThe acoustic blast is one of the most recurrent sound devices in horror cinema. It is designed to elicit the startle response from the audience, and thus gives them a "jump scare." It can occur both in the form of a diegetic bang and in the form of a nondiegetic stinger (i.e., a musical blare provided by the score). In this article, I will advance the hypothesis that silence plays a crucial role in contemporary horror films, both perceptually, since it leaves the sound field free for the acoustic blast, and cognitively, since it posits the audience in an aversive anticipatory state that makes the startle more intense. I will analyze the acoustic startle using a neurofilmological approach, which takes into account findings from experimental sciences in order to better understand the relationship between physiological and psychological factors that make such an effect possible during the filmic experience
Murray Smith, Film, Art, and the Third Culture: A Naturalized Aesthetics of Film (Oxford University Press, Oxford 2017)
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