The Great Train Robbery: BSA106 (Screen Arts 1) Week 2
BSA106: Week 2
We watched some of the early films and animations in class this week, some of them were quite slow and became hard to sit through (especially a six minute bore-fest that showcased stop motion mixed with live action), but I actually enjoyed some of the others, although admittedly not for immediately apparent reasons.
The Great Train Robbery was especially entertaining, and like many of the others, I found that I derived my enjoyment less from the actual story and visuals and rather more from the musical score. While other aspects of these early films don't hold up anymore I think the music is still top notch. The music changes throughout the film and provides different themes depending on what's happening on screen, although admittedly the sound of a piano did get tiring after a while. Honestly I was so impressed by the music that I'm sure they could be re-scored, or re-mixed and still be used in modern movies.
We watched some of the early films and animations in class this week, some of them were quite slow and became hard to sit through (especially a six minute bore-fest that showcased stop motion mixed with live action), but I actually enjoyed some of the others, although admittedly not for immediately apparent reasons.
The Great Train Robbery was especially entertaining, and like many of the others, I found that I derived my enjoyment less from the actual story and visuals and rather more from the musical score. While other aspects of these early films don't hold up anymore I think the music is still top notch. The music changes throughout the film and provides different themes depending on what's happening on screen, although admittedly the sound of a piano did get tiring after a while. Honestly I was so impressed by the music that I'm sure they could be re-scored, or re-mixed and still be used in modern movies.
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