The show I'm going to be looking at is called Regular Show, currently airing on Cartoon Network.
Color:
This cartoon is supposed to appeal to the youth, being shown
on Cartoon Network.Kids around the age
of 11 seem to really enjoy the show, although it has something for the adults,
making many 80s references with music and videogames. The color part of Regular Show is pretty kid
friendly.It looks like it could have
been drawn with MSPaint.Depending on
the characters, the saturation varies, but is generally very saturated to
contrast the watercolor like backgrounds.All of the characters also have a very different hue from each other, especially
the two main characters Mordecai (the blue bird) and Rigby (The small Raccoon).This is to help distinguish the characters
from each other and make them identifiable outside of the cartoon.
Lighting:
There isn’t often a lot of lighting effects in the
show.Most of the show looks like the
image of the cast in the band: little shadows with flat color.However, occasionally there will be some kind
of supernatural occurrence where there will be a strong light source, such as
in the image of the group sitting on the couch.This is one of the few scenes in the show where the characters have a
shadow shown.Because most of the show
is shown in the daylight, it creates a happy mood, almost peaceful and perfect.This is great because any age kid can watch
the show and not be scared or disturbed by it, unless there is a weird scene
for effect.
Movements:
There are many overlapping movements in the show, as the
characters are always fighting and interacting with each other to fix whatever
problems they may have caused in the setup.The two main characters, Mordecai and Rigby, are constantly fighting
with each other (a testament to their true friendship and their imperfections
of each character).Causing them to get
into physical arguments and flail around in three dimensions.The show also utilizes weight, since one of
their characters is a ghost (High-Five ghost, bet you’ll be able to pick him
out in the images) and he is constantly floating with a ghostly flutter.
Sometimes there is evil within all of us (whether we’re
possessed by demons by the necronominon or not).Maybe, we should try and exhume the evil from
ourselves, whether it be by trying to change a habit or part of our personality
that isn’t the best part of us, or whether it is cutting off our hand that is
possessed by an evil presence.
Evil Dead 2 is one of the greatest cult classic movies out
there, and although the general quality of production is lack luster, it uses many
elements to help convey the theme it contains.Two of the major elements that it uses are line and movement to help
realize the theme of how evil is bad.The
element of movement really helps this theme be realized.Because of the frantic movement of the hand
attacking Ash (the main character) is so chaotic; it builds major tension and stirs
the viewer.There is a slight release
when Ash collapses and it seems that the episode is over, but tension is
restored again by having the hand continue to act on its own.Line is used when the hand begins to drag Ash,
who is seemingly unconscious, along the floor, and many straight lines are seen
In the video symbolizing a rigid feeling about the area and his temporarily
lifeless body.There is also a great
amount of contrast and affinity in the scene.The whole movie creates a feeling of evil in things that we know to be generally
good or not completely evil (such as trees, hands, things of that nature).In this scene, (earlier) we see that Ash’s
own hand becomes evil, breaking the affinity that we had of something good and
making it contrast to Ash’s own being.Evil Dead 2, although being a B movie set up just for kicks, conveys one
of the most common themes of movies: Evil is not Groovy.
(For reference, I’m starting this clip after the
transformations and the random fade to black, starting at 0:48 in the clip)
In the fight scene posted for Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie, the
director attempted to follow the basic rules for shooting.Rule of thirds is something difficult to
maintain in a fight scene when actors are moving all over the place as much as
they are in this scene.It is followed
most of the time, but because of the constant movement, it is hard to keep that
together for the entire scene.The
director does not follow the 180 rule for a large portion of the scene, and its
probably the rule he violates the most in the clip.The director teleports on both sides of the
characters all the time with no rule or explanation why.I believe that he can get away with it because
it is a fight scene and there is no real dialogue between the fighters in the
scene.The director is also trying to
create a sense of chaos within the scene, due to the short edits and crazy
amounts of camera angles.The only rule
that seems to be followed the most is the 30 rule, where the camera changes 30
degrees or 30 percent from each shot.This is extremely helpful to the scene to create the great chaos and
confusion that’s supposed to be conveyed within the fight.Because there are so many different shots so
often from different distances, different angles, different movements, zooms,
pans, pedestals, it’s a myriad of shots just plastered together at what seems
to be at random intervals and situations. While this scene doesn’t follow the rules to
the T like most movies do, the director makes the fight scene of Might Morphin’
Power Rangers: The Movie an enjoyable scene to watch, even though its mostly
nostalgic at this point.
Hello! So I've been going through a phase that I went through a couple years ago of listening to K-pop, and specifically Dong Bang Shin Ki (Before the split up, of course). The two songs I'm gonna look at here are two of my favorite acapellas that they've done, Begin and Stay with me Tonight.
Dong Bang Shin Ki - Begin (Acapella)
Dong Bang Shin Ki - Stay with me Tonight (Acapella)
Listening Analysis:
Begin
LISTENING PHASE 1 (Rhythm)
Tempo [slow, medium, fast]
Slow
Source [where is the rhythm coming from?]
Snapping to keep rhythm
Groove [describe how the personality of the rhythm]
Slow
and hypnotizing, relaxing
LISTENING PHASE 2 (Arrangement)
Instrumentation [which instruments drive the song?]
Another
Acapella!Voices!
Structure/Organization [how is the song built? Order, patterns,
etc.]
This
song drives and builds to the main chorus where all of the voices combine to
transform into a power ballad!
Emotional Architecture [Draw how the song build and drop?]
It
starts out much quieter and slower and then builds into a medium speed loud and
powerful chorus.
LISTENING PHASE 3 (Sound
Quality)
- Height [high and low of frequency]
The
height of this song is decently shallow, but there is definitely a difference
in pitch between the beginning of the song and the climax at the chorus
- Width [stereo panning left/right]
Not
really happening in this song
- Depth [layers of
instruments - via loudness]
A 5 person acapella creates 5 levels of voice, plus one of snapping.The voices separate into two main tracks, the
lyric track and the nonlyric supplemental track.
Stay with me Tonight
LISTENING PHASE 1 (Rhythm)
Tempo [slow, medium, fast]
Medium
Source [where is the rhythm coming from?]
Beat
Boxer
Groove [describe how the personality of the rhythm]
Poppy
LISTENING PHASE 2 (Arrangement)
Instrumentation [which instruments drive the song?]
Voice!
Structure/Organization [how is the song built? Order, patterns,
etc.]
Starts
out slow and connected, but slowly turns into a more staccato sounding melody
with a smooth harmony beneath.
Emotional Architecture [Draw how the song build and drop?]
The
song starts slow and builds to the main chorus, where the song becomes loud and
the most intense.The power of the song
is definitely contained within the chorus.
LISTENING PHASE 3 (Sound
Quality)
- Height [high and low of frequency]
Decent
height for an acapella.It doesn’t get
too high, but the bass in the beatbox is pretty low for a voice.
- Width [stereo panning left/right]
The panning is pretty equalized in the song.There’s nothing that you hear out of one side that you don’t in the
other.
- Depth [layers of
instruments - via loudness]
For being an acapella song, it has a fairly large depth, but nothing super
large.There are basically three
lines:the lyric line, the non-lyric
harmony line, and the beat box in order from loudest to least.
Begin and Stay with me Tonight are both acapella
songs performed by a Korean pop band Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ, don’t ask I don’t
get it either).The band is a standard
Kpopboy band, performing ballads to
swoon girls and dance songs to be played at clubs.Begin is a prime example of their ballads,
slow and building until it hits the song’s climax at the chorus, creating a
moving, powerful emotional content for their song.Stay with me Tonight is an example of a song
that was originally a dance song, but later performed as an acapella
version.This song has more of a dance
feel due to the beat box underneath the voices.
Because TVXQ is a boy band, their love ballads are an iconic part of who they
are.Begin is no exception, and neither
is Stay with me Tonight.Both songs talk
about starting a relationship and being together, any girl’s romantic dream
come true.The melodies are also similar
in the way they were meant to have other people sing to them.How they are sung is very different.
Stay with me Tonight is much more upbeat, and is all about the party and fun
behind two people being together and living it up.So here the groove and tempo differs
extremely from Begin, which is about fighting the odds and wanting to be
together even though there is something in the way, stopping the love from
happening.Both songs are organized the
same exact way, building up to the chorus, the most powerful part of the song.
Of the two songs, I definitely like Begin better.I believe most of the song appeals to my hopeless
romanticism, and it is definitely easier to be sitting alone in my room and
just wail to this.It is a song that you
can listen to when they are in any mood,and it can make the listener feel
better by listening to it.It is also
nice to dream that there’s someone out there waiting every night and day for
our story to begin. :D
