Plan

The reason for choosing this song choice for the genre of movie soundtrack was mainly because the song itself and the movie that the song comes from reminded me a lot of the older movie in which they used music to show a certain type of emotion that either the character or the movie itself.  The reason why I chose this song from the movie was because the song does portray a lot of emotion and the lyrics make the emotion even stronger. I used warm colors throughout my piece because of the warm emotion being made clear by the song and I also used sepia tone to add to the old film feeling that we relate the movie soundtrack to.  The song itself is more elegant than some movie soundtrack songs and I believe that the sepia tones of the panels add to the feeling of elegance.  The song is a song about love which is described even stronger by the lyrics and when we think of love as an emotion normally we think of something like the red of a rose which is why I used roses throughout the piece and also why I am using warm tones rather cool.  The images that I used most people would relate to the emotion felt from the song.  The rose is considered to be a symbol of love in our culture and I also used the images of a couple throughout the five panels to enforce the emotion even more.    Then as stated before the use of sepia tones on the panels gives the look of old film which I wanted to portray because of the style of the movie the soundtrack is based off of and because the movie soundtrack began from old silent movies when they just had the score of music to help develop an emotion from the audience.  These films were always in black and white or sepia tone so I wanted to portray this aspect of movie soundtrack since it does have a history that leads back to the beginning of cinema.  In the end I hope that the viewers experience will end in an emotion of love and a type of calm at the same time because when we are in love normally we are more calm because we tend to forget the world around us and as the song describes them being in a perfect place.  I also wanted to make the imagery seem dreamlike since when people often say that they are in love they also describe it as being like a dream.  In the end of the piece it is suppose to describe the continuance of the love between the two people and how they have trailed off into their perfect world together like many of us think of when watching those romantic movies; we want that perfect ending.  Since my song choice is slower I think it will work better with my images if I had more time than 30seconds because when working on the project the images seemed to go too fast when comparing to the music when shortened to fit 30 seconds.

edited song

2 panels movie

More research 1/27/10

Music was first used in movies for silent films mainly to either cover up the noises made by the loud projector or to take the viewer’s mind off of themselves.  Later on music in film was meant to evoke a type of emotion while watching the film.  After “Citizen Cane”  was made music in film was then thought of being a way to enhance mood and emotion.

from: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/31632/history_of_music_in_film_analysis_of_pg8.html?cat=40

For my piece I thought a lot about the idea of the differences between film and music in the past and film and music today.  Music was combined in the past for a specific reason of allowing the viewer to gain an emotion; in today’s movie culture a lot of the soundtracks are more based on popular music today instead.  The use of the warm colors was an attempt to make my panels look more like old film since in the past it was always either black and white or a warm sepia tone.  The sepia tone to the panels is also suppose to give the feeling or a more elegant image.  I  added color to points to dominant points of interest in the panels to separate them from the background.  The use of the rose in the piece is to portray an emotion of love and drama that is felt when listening to the song and lyrics.  The rose in our society is considered to be a symbol of love in many instances.  I used imagery that most people in our society would relate to the word and emotion love. Another aspect that I wanted to capture is the idea that like photography a movie is capturing a moment in time; I tried to do this by using the two people that I did in the five panels.  I was showing moments of time for them that relate to the subject of the song.

The song “Come What May” in its lyrics describes love still being there even through the changes seasons so I tried to follow through with this idea by using a 2 different seasonal settings in the first two panels to match the beginning of the song. In the other three panels I wanted to show the type of dreamlike state that a lot of people tend to describe when they say that they are love.  To make these panels seem more dreamlike I made more abstractions in them compared to the other two panels.  Even in the song lyrics themselves it says how now that he is in love Christian feels like the world is a perfect place.  In the movie the song is portrayed as the two people singing to each other about their love for each other.  In my piece I did not want the movie to be as direct I wanted it to contain more symbolism.  The final panel is suppose to describe the continuance of the love between the two people and how they have trailed off into their perfect world together.

(Christian:)
Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Every day I love you more and more
Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing?
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change, winter to spring
But I love you until the end of time

Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day

(Satine:)
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace

(Both:)
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste

(Satine:)
It all revolves around you

(Both:)
And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song, and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather,
And stars may collide

(Christian/Satine:)
But I love you (I love you)
Until the end of time (until the end of time)

Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day

Oh, come what may
Come what may
I will love you, oh I will love you

(Satine:)
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

(Both:)
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
from:http://artists.letssingit.com/le-moulin-rouge-lyrics-come-what-may-54c6szk

5 panels

I scrapped my old idea after listening to the song a little more.  I decided that I wanted a strong emotion to come across in the movie since the subject of the song is about love.  The song mentions seasons changing but love still staying alive so I wanted to portray that concept with the rose buds continuing in a way through each panel; each panel is suppose to be a different season also.  I changed my color scheme of my backgrounds to be a sepia color because the movie reminds the viewer of an older time period which in photography we relate a lot to black and white and sepia toned photographs so I wanted to push that idea.  Also movie soundtrack music is suppose to describe the movie or better describe the characters so I wanted to portray the emotion of love with using pictures of couples in the video and the use of the rose and rose petals.  The panels are also dominant of warm colors to better suite the emotional quality of the song (mainly red, yellow, orange)

Sketches

I did three sketches because I thought it would better explain my idea better than just 2.  I am choosing to do the song “Come What May” from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack.  I am planning on using a scene from the beginning panel that is a broad and general view of a tree with dandelions blowing in the wind and leaves falling.  Throughout the video the panels will zoom in more and more into the dandelions and to an even more abstract view which depends more on an aesthetic using color and texture.  The colors will be warm colors to match the tone and emotion to the music but I will also use cooler colors as accents in the peace to pull it all together.  The colors will change according to the beats and rhythm of the song and their will be continuous movement from the objects present in the panel according to the beat of the song.  Such as in the first panel the leaves and dandelions will sway back and forth to go along with the strings that are dominantly in the beginning of the song, in the second one they will have more of a rocking motion , and then when Ewan Mcgregor begins to sing third one the outer part to the dandelion will rotate accordingly and the colors will change because the strings get louder and more of them are present along with the piano.  To finish up the piece I would like to end up zoomed into the scene so much that it opens itself up to a whole new scene of an imaginary world with a distant view.  I want it to be a leading into a window to another world like a song or movie often gives the listener or viewer.

Chosen song:

Image references:

music research

Movie soundtrack

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.

In the soundtrack genre there are three types of recordings:

1. Musical film soundtracks which concentrate primarily on the songs
   (Examples: Grease, Singin’ in the Rain)
2. Film scores which showcase the background music from non-musicals
   (Examples: Star Wars, Exodus)
3. Albums of pop songs heard in whole or part in the background of non-musicals
   (Examples: Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally)

The term soundtrack now most commonly refers to the music used in a movie (or television show), and/or to an album sold containing that music. Sometimes, the music has been recorded just for the film or album (e.g. Saturday Night Fever). Often, but not always, and depending on the type of movie, the soundtrack album will contain portions of the score, music composed for dramatic effect as the movie’s plot occurs. In 1908, Camille Saint-Saënscomposed the first music specifically for use in a motion picture (L’assasinat du duc de Guise), and releasing recordings of songs used in films became prevalent in the 1930s. Henry Mancini, who won an Emmy Award and two Grammys for his soundtrack to Peter Gunn, was the first composer to have a widespread hit with a song from a soundtrack.

By convention, a soundtrack record can contain all kinds of music including music “inspired by” but not actually appearing in the movie; the score contains only music by the original film’s composer(s).^[1]

^{from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soundtrack}

–noun

1.	the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.

2.	the sound recorded on a motion-picture film; audio portion of a film.

3.	the music or dialogue from a film available on a commercial recording.

sound·track also sound track (sound’trāk’)  
n.

1. The narrow strip at one side of a movie film that carries the sound recording.

1. The music that accompanies a movie.
2. A commercial recording of such music.

from: http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Soundtrack/

Generally speaking, the term soundtrack refers to the recorded sound in a motion picture.In terms of film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound.The term soundtrack is also commonly used to refer to the music used in a movie, and/or to a record album sold containing that music. Sometimes, the music has been recorded just for the film or album (e.g. Saturday Night Fever), though this is rare. In 1916, Victor Schertzinger recorded the first music specifically for use in a motion picture, and releasing soundtracks of songs used in films became standard in the 1930s.

The type of music mainly depends on the movie the music is based off of itself.  Different movies have different scores or songs that are put in as background while the movie is playing to better describe what is happening in the movie or to better explain the character’s emotions or personalities.

For the project I am planning on using a variety of texture of textures to match up the emotion of the song like how in a movie the movie soundtrack often times will portray the emotion of the character or the emotion of the movie itself. Same with the colors used.

I have not yet chosen what songs I would like to go with but here are a few that I like that I can choose from.

Final Panels

Success and Failure

Natural BW, Pop art, Art Nouveau- metallic, Cubism- transparency, Expressive Line- Expressionism

 

Story

The story continues from before with Sophie being in her new home and sleeping.  She drifts off into a dreamland where she crawls through a cat crinkle tunnel to enter a new world never seen before; it’s a land with everything to deal with cats.  Toys and treats are floating all around her.  But there is something else in this dreamland that causes Sophie to have a failure.  There is a giant dog that will ruin her dreamland fun.  The dog begins to chase her while she is enjoying some nice cat grass and catnip.  Terrified Sophie tries to find someplace to hide but is unsuccessful after she fails at hiding on the top of a cathouse. She kept trying to escape by swatting and hissing at the giant dog but it was no use; nothing was working.  She’s about to give up hope when she spots something out of the corner of her eye; it’s Sammy her friend from home.  Somehow Sammy was in her dream world and was sprinting toward her.  He jumped up on top of the cathouse next to Sophie and begins to help her ward off the giant dog.  The begin to swat and hiss at him together hoping that using a power of numbers against the dog will help them.  Finally after scratching the dog across the nose he ran away whimpering.  Happy to finally be successful with warding off the dog after many failed attempts of swatting him away the cats ran out of the tunnel together to be rid of this dreamland that holds a darkness inside.  Sophie then woke up from her deep sleep and realized that it was all a extravagant dream.  She was still sleeping in her new home in the cathouse with Sammy sleeping in the room along with her.  After realizing this was all just a dream, Sophie drifted back to sleep for more extravagant dreams to come.

Art Nouveau and cubism

-ornamental

-assymetrical lines

-often has flowers, leaves

Alphonse Mucha

 

-decorative arts

Cubism:

Fragmented and redifined

Georges Braque

Objects are broken up

assembled in an abstract form

often surfaces intersect

Pablo Picasso

Simplicity of styles

 

Expressionism

Franz Marc

Distortion and exaggeration for an emotional effect

intense color, agitated brush strokes

Marc Chagall