Alexis Cornelius
Prof. Wood
3 December 2015
MU 2313
Critique Project
Film: Scrooged
The comedy Scrooged was released in 1988 and was written by Mitch Glazer, Michael O’Donagough and Charles Dickens. Twisting up the Christmas classic of a Christmas Carrol, Scrooged, follows a very successful film director named Frank Cross through a ghost filled journey to try and retrieve his Christmas spirit and fix the wrongs of his past. Throughout Franks journey though the past, present and future, he comes to realization that he hasn’t been living the life he should be. This includes pushing his one true love, Claire Phillips, out of his life for all the wrong reasons. This film documents Franks life as he tries to pick up the pieces that he has made a …show more content…
Soon after the explosive trailer is released, Frank is informed that the trailer caused an elderly woman to have a heart attack, he then continues by celebrating because of all the publicity he believes this will bring to his film. There numerous instances where sexual innuendos are incorporated into the movie, including the “Chasing Beavers” reference that was made in the beginning of the film. The music that has been present throughout the movie is mostly positive, uplifting songs, including “Put A Little Love In your Heart” sung by Annie Lennox and Al Green. This song has the lyrics, “Take a good look around, and if you're looking down, put a little love in your heart,” referring to how the crude Frank has been and should revert to being a compassionate man. All of the songs chosen to in this film were all relevant to the plot in tying to help Frank realize that his actions are unacceptable. This is relevant to what we learned in class over the course of the semester because the music that was played in this film shows many common characteristics with the music we have listened to. While the sounds of the musical pieces shown in class are substantially different from the songs in the film, the emotion within …show more content…
The first time this performance was ever played was in 1742 in Ireland during the Christian season, Lent. Handel’s Messiah is a powerful show and was written by George Frederic Handel who was a British baroque composer famous for his many operas and shows. This piece is considered an example of baroque Ontario and is best known for its famous Hallelujah chorus, and of course has a Christian influence since it was written originally for an Easter offering. This symphony switched off between individuals singing and group singing. The tones in the music throughout the show changed drastically over and over, the pitch changed quite a few times. The timbre changes through out the show, but in the portion where they sung hallelujah the timbre was very bright with high and low harmony’s mixed together. Handel’s Messiah was constructed into 3 parts, part 1 being in accordance with Christmas, part 2 with Easter, and part 3 with the end of all time. Through out all of the scenes the lines in the songs correspond with verses from the bible. For example, in part 1 scene 3 “Behold, a virgin shall conceive” comes directly from the bible verses Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23. Often when referring to Christmas, people think of Christmas trees, Santa Clause, and presents, but this lyric reminds us of the conception of Jesus Christ and his purpose for being brought into the world.
Prof. Wood
3 December 2015
MU 2313
Critique Project
Film: Scrooged
The comedy Scrooged was released in 1988 and was written by Mitch Glazer, Michael O’Donagough and Charles Dickens. Twisting up the Christmas classic of a Christmas Carrol, Scrooged, follows a very successful film director named Frank Cross through a ghost filled journey to try and retrieve his Christmas spirit and fix the wrongs of his past. Throughout Franks journey though the past, present and future, he comes to realization that he hasn’t been living the life he should be. This includes pushing his one true love, Claire Phillips, out of his life for all the wrong reasons. This film documents Franks life as he tries to pick up the pieces that he has made a …show more content…
Soon after the explosive trailer is released, Frank is informed that the trailer caused an elderly woman to have a heart attack, he then continues by celebrating because of all the publicity he believes this will bring to his film. There numerous instances where sexual innuendos are incorporated into the movie, including the “Chasing Beavers” reference that was made in the beginning of the film. The music that has been present throughout the movie is mostly positive, uplifting songs, including “Put A Little Love In your Heart” sung by Annie Lennox and Al Green. This song has the lyrics, “Take a good look around, and if you're looking down, put a little love in your heart,” referring to how the crude Frank has been and should revert to being a compassionate man. All of the songs chosen to in this film were all relevant to the plot in tying to help Frank realize that his actions are unacceptable. This is relevant to what we learned in class over the course of the semester because the music that was played in this film shows many common characteristics with the music we have listened to. While the sounds of the musical pieces shown in class are substantially different from the songs in the film, the emotion within …show more content…
The first time this performance was ever played was in 1742 in Ireland during the Christian season, Lent. Handel’s Messiah is a powerful show and was written by George Frederic Handel who was a British baroque composer famous for his many operas and shows. This piece is considered an example of baroque Ontario and is best known for its famous Hallelujah chorus, and of course has a Christian influence since it was written originally for an Easter offering. This symphony switched off between individuals singing and group singing. The tones in the music throughout the show changed drastically over and over, the pitch changed quite a few times. The timbre changes through out the show, but in the portion where they sung hallelujah the timbre was very bright with high and low harmony’s mixed together. Handel’s Messiah was constructed into 3 parts, part 1 being in accordance with Christmas, part 2 with Easter, and part 3 with the end of all time. Through out all of the scenes the lines in the songs correspond with verses from the bible. For example, in part 1 scene 3 “Behold, a virgin shall conceive” comes directly from the bible verses Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23. Often when referring to Christmas, people think of Christmas trees, Santa Clause, and presents, but this lyric reminds us of the conception of Jesus Christ and his purpose for being brought into the world.