Theme music

Music: a cinematic aspect of illustrative themes. Media production has largely been affected by various pieces of the film such as characters, focus, camera, lighting, symbols, speial effects and music among others both positively and negatively. There is overwhelming evidence that music affects media production and audience through presenting the ideas and inspiration, evoking human emotions. The music of the film Valerie and her week of wonders (1970) creatively intertwines with other aspects…

examined through the 2014 film Transcendence, and Greg Bear’s novel Blood Music. The two works share many similarities when it comes to the idea of future benefits and dangers of Advanced Artificial Intelligence. Self-preservation is a centerpiece of many theories on how future AI will behave. Scientists and futurists alike believe that AI will seek to defend themselves against Human intervention. In Greg Bear’s Blood Music, an attempt at self-preservation is obvious early on. Virgil…

characters go through an ordeal, and manage to persevere. While Clay, the main character of “Up the Slide”, faces a physical hardship, the narrator of “Glow in the Dark” faces an emotional ordeal. The themes of the texts are similar in a way, but the mood of the story helps establish a clear, strong theme. Both authors use mood to show how the main characters go through ordeals and push past them, but while Jack London uses the mood to show Clay’s determination, Gary Paulsen uses…

"All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you my created detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bond by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us." The monster explained to Frankenstein that he has no friends and was lonely and his quest in life was companionship and understanding. He said, "It is my loneliness that made me savage." Frankenstein heard his voice and it scared him; he saw his reflection and…

Blues In the play Fences written by August Wilson, there are many different genres of music such as Gospel and the Blues. The Blues genre originated within the African American community. It is a type of music that expresses overwhelming feelings such as the depressions experienced or the exhilarations of daily life. The lyrical verses of the Blues are a way of expression to the African American people and people of other ethnicities who enjoy partaking in creating its soulful vibes. In the…

The poet Tupac Shakur faced a good deal of racial discrimination throughout his life. His poem “The rose that grew from concrete” is about Tupac Shakur sticking to his dream even though the hard times. The speaker describes the feeling of what arise when he held on to his dream. In “The rose grew from concrete” the main literary devices that Tupac Shakur used was metaphor to compare the difficulty of keeping your dream even when no else was there to support you. In “The rose that grew from…

“The Boxing Champions Antonio and Felix” Friendship is the relationship between two people that you will have a relationship with forever. Antonio and Felix both have the same dream about being the champions but Felix is more motivated and Antonio is more relaxed. Antonio and Felix are both have the same dream of being the champions for boxing. They both feel bothers and really close friends. Antonio and Felix are both seventeen years old, and they both really enjoy boxing. Antonio and Felix…

particularly the interval of the major 3rd, which is passed around in various registers. At 2:19 a cell of the motive is used as an accompaniment figure in the L.H. At 3:35 the fuller melody returns in several tessituras. At 3:56 a small apotheosis of the theme occurs. At 6:23 a key change signals a more straightforward return of the entire melody, which soon fragments again. An unexpected entrance occurs at 8:12, where the motive makes a brief entrance, followed by further fragmentation. At…

“We are the roses. You see, you wouldn't ask why the rose that grew from the concrete had damaged petals. On the contrary, we would all celebrate its tenacity...” - Tupac Shakur When Tupac Shakur discussed the concept of a rose growing from the concrete, he forgot to mention the process of growth. While many prove to be tireless in their own pursuit of greatness, we would be remiss to not mention our “gardeners” whose efforts refined and strengthened our roots. Often, we rightfully accredit our…

to convey the message that Tupac was attempting to convey. Tupac Shakur was born and raised within the ghettos of America. He faced many hardships and hard times in his early life. His only escape of his environment was to write poetry and create music. “Did you hear about that rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?” is a metaphor comparing himself and the ghetto to the rose and the concrete. The concrete symbolized the ghetto because the concrete acts as an obstacles that prevents the…