Movies/music

I just wanted to talk about analyzing movies in general. We usually just watch movie for entertainment. After reading the assigned chapters of the course packet, my perception of watching a movie for entertainment somewhat changed. I would agree with the author of chapter 1 when he says that you might be able to enjoy a movie more if you are able to just talk about it more to somebody. The way you present this information depends on who your audience is. I think that its interesting how the director might choose a certain camera angle, speed at which the scene is shot, or just the colors he uses. All that is crucial and it helps to getting his point across. Just doing that simple exercise in class with Blue Velvet, we were able to find many meanings just for the opening scene where we have the sky and then ascending to the red rose, white fence, and blue sky. The director could of very well used a different color of rose, or how to start that scene, but he did it intentionally to convey something else, which I don’t know what the exact message was :), but based on the class response, it’s a patriotic, all American type of symbol with the colors and the white fence. I think the same could be said about the way something is written. The literary devices one uses also helps to convey a message a certain way and this goes for music as well. All it is , is writting with notes added to it. You have your minor and major notes and that could even change the feeling of the song. I just think it’s interesting how a smal detail can change the entire picture.