Hannah's Blog

Fan or Fanatic?

Hannah — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:12:30 +0000

A World of Warcraft fan created this video of WoW characters dancing to popular songs/movie clips.

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra

Hannah — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:10:32 +0000

This video corresponds with some of the concepts we’ve been covering in class. The composer had an idea to create a global orchestra by using YouTube to audition musicians of all ages across the globe for a chance to play at Carnegie Hall in New York.

carnegiehall.org states:

“The YouTube Symphony Orchestra’s show features soloists, chamber groups, chamber orchestra, large orchestra, electronica and multi-media, and samples diverse periods and styles of classical music, including works by Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Villa-Lobos, John Cage and Tan Dun’s Internet Symphony No. 1 ‘Eroica.’”

“It could be described as something between a summit conference, scout jamboree or musical get-together. It’ll be the first time that people from so many different countries will have had a chance to discover one another online and then actually meet up and make music together.”
- Michael Tilson Thomas on NPR’s All Things Considered

The Grey Album

Hannah — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:16:24 +0000

This video shows how modern technology allowed DJ Danger Mouse to merge footage and audio from The Beatles’ White Album with Jay-Z’s Black Album to create a new product, The Grey Album.

Blog Roll

Hannah — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:44:44 +0000

Recently, I have been involved with my aunt’s website www.changestartsathome.com, through this experience I have begun to realize that small changes really can make an impact on our lives and the enviroment around us. The links I have chosen branch off of this idea and explore different organizations that are commited to changing the world. Technology has provided the means to communicate these messages around the globe and will continue to do so to help make the world a better place. With a medium such as the internet, we are able to communicate across the world instantaneously and create a change in a global way rather than in just a small area.

Louis Armstrong

Hannah — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:58:24 +0000

Arguably the greatest jazz musician of all time, Louis Armstrong.

The Magnificent Obsession

Hannah — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:09:43 +0000

The most obvious difference between the 1935 John Stahl version and the 1954 Douglas Sirk version of Magnificent Obsession was that the first was filmed in black and white, while the second was in color. The first noticeable difference came as soon as the clips started with the Universal Pictures sign. The 1935 displayed a globe with the words “A UNIVERSAL PICTURE” in very simple font, while the 1954 version showed the globe spinning and the words “Universal-International” circling around it with it’s shadow featured on the globe face.

The 1935 version with Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor is filmed in a classic ‘30s style with the camera set up as if the audience was watching a play. It typically stayed in one spot and featured a close up of the character(s) speaking. The only panning seen was in the hospital when Taylor was brought in on a stretcher. The camera panned his movement across the frame, which introduced his character into the plot in the process.

In the 1954 version with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson, the camera functions much differently. The clip begins with Rock Hudson’s character and the camera pans his boat ride on the lake. They utilize different camera shots to show a close up of the boat, a front close up shot of the boat and they also use a whip pan to show the boat and the speed it’s going on the lake to build suspense for this melodramatic version of the film.