tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17696666.post2850485334066106537..comments2024-03-12T06:24:56.265-04:00Comments on EAR FARM :: music information helps grow ears: I Want My MTV - Eisenstein and Prokofiev editionMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429785851064692794noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17696666.post-70995272346726497782008-02-19T18:28:00.000-05:002008-02-19T18:28:00.000-05:00Well, I, for one, appreciated this post.here are a...Well, I, for one, appreciated this post.<BR/><BR/>here are a couple of interesting tid bits...<BR/><BR/>"Since neither [composer nor director] was keen to 'go first' and set the rhythm for a scene, there was a constant toss-up as to who should do so. Sometimes Eisenstein started, completing the montage for a sequence and running it through several times for Prokofiev in the evening. The composer demanded absolute silence throughout, as he watched with intense concentration while simultaneously beating rhythmically on the edge of the armchair. Eisenstein looked on fascinated, curious to fathom the secret of the composer's creative process. On one occasion Prokofiev exclaimed 'Marvellous!' over a montage sequence in which, as Eisenstein recalled, there was 'cleverly interwoven a counterpoint of three distinct movements of rhythm, cadence and direction: the protagonist, the group making up the background, and the column of men cutting in close-up into the view of the panning camera."<BR/><BR/>And "Where the music rises, one can discern a rising, arched line in the shot composition. Where the music repeats the same note, the shot presents a horizontal composition. Where the listener hears a fall in the music, the viewer sees a falling arch in the visuals...."<BR/><BR/>-From "Overtones and Undertones, Reading Film Music"...so i'm a nyerd. big whoop, wanna fight about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com