Overview
Pick 5 out of the 14 video clips in this unit and talk about your impressions and response to each of them. As one of the five, let me hear your thoughts on the Psycho clip (part 2), your impressions about music vs. no music and which version you prefer and why. 14 links:
https://youtu.be/Wwf96OEaYBg To Kill A Mockingbird
https://youtu.be/1CDlBLvc3YE The Godfather
https://youtu.be/HAHaRDlUrLw Citizen Kane
https://youtu.be/PGqB6JIUzBo Reservoir Dogs
https://youtu.be/L1L9MjRlk4k True Gift
https://youtu.be/8_tGvktfjjk Halloween
https://youtu.be/e-QFj59PON4 2001 A Space Odyssey
https://youtu.be/oR1-UFrcZ0k E.T.
https://youtu.be/D0vCzkK_AJ0 The Film
https://youtu.be/2AOWWTilu6Q & https://youtu.be/mDXU3KxBpCM Cinema Paradiso
Music vs. no music:
the famous shower scene from the 1960 film “Psycho.” (no link)
https://youtu.be/QJVsS-vIDdc Braveheart
Check this next clip out from the film "Braveheart." In this intense battle James Horner, the composer decides not to use music at all. Would you consider this to be a wise choice? Would music add anything to the intensity of this scene? Sometimes music can get in the way. The art of being a film composer is sometimes knowing where not to use music.