Moonstruck

In the movie Moonstruck, Cher, who plays Loretta, has a realism style of acting. In every movie that she is in, the viewer is mesmerized by her presence in the movie. In Moonstruck, she is a very strong, Italian woman who is trying to find happiness in her life. She loves her family very much but does have an independence about her. In one scene, after a night of lovemaking, Ronnie declares his love, Loretta, slaps him and shouts, “Snap out of it”! She says it with such conviction, I believe it is enhances the connection that these two characters had early in their relationship.

Nicholas Cage, who’s character Ronnie, is a down and out baker. Cage is a personality actor. In Moonstruck, he scoops Loretta in his arms and carries her to the bedroom. Although it would seem to be an aggressive act, he is able to achieve it with warmth to a certain degree. It was important to the movie, because it a stereotype of Italian’s passion for love. Whichever role he plays, whether it is a gentle sole or, as in the movie, Moonstruck. He is always a sexy, charismatic character. His personality comes through in every character he plays, which has given him a successful career and is popular with moviegoers.

Olympia Dukakis has a style of a character actress. Although she is good at her craft, she is a character actor, which is fairly basic character in her movies; important to the story but not extremely memorable. In Moonstruck, she plays the hurt but stable mother figure who tries to keep her family happy and together.

Cher is a very talented actress. She played a biker mom to a son with skull deformity. She plays a tough biker chick but also a nurturing, protective mother to her son. She insists that he is afforded opportunities all people are offered. As a result, he is a very warm, funny, well-adjusted teen.

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Moonstruck

In the movie Moonstruck, Cher, who plays Loretta, has a realism style of acting. In every movie that she is in, the viewer is mesmerized by her presence in the movie. In Moonstruck, she is a very strong, Italian woman who is trying to find happiness in her life. She loves her family very much but does have an independence about her. In one scene, after a night of lovemaking, Ronnie declares his love, Loretta, slaps him and shouts, “Snap out of it”! She says it with such conviction, I believe it is enhances the connection that these two characters had early in their relationship.

Nicholas Cage, who’s character Ronnie, is a down and out baker. Cage is a personality actor. In Moonstruck, he scoops Loretta in his arms and carries her to the bedroom. Although it would seem to be an aggressive act, he is able to achieve it with warmth to a certain degree. It was important to the movie, because it a stereotype of Italian’s passion for love. Whichever role he plays, whether it is a gentle sole or, as in the movie, Moonstruck. He is always a sexy, charismatic character. His personality comes through in every character he plays, which has given him a successful career and is popular with moviegoers.

Olympia Dukakis has a style of a character actress. Although she is good at her craft, she is a character actor, which is fairly basic character in her movies; important to the story but not extremely memorable. In Moonstruck, she plays the hurt but stable mother figure who tries to keep her family happy and together.

Cher is a very talented actress. She played a biker mom to a son with skull deformity. She plays a tough biker chick but also a nurturing, protective mother to her son. She insists that he is afforded opportunities all people are offered. As a result, he is a very warm, funny, well-adjusted teen.

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Titanic

Each form of categories of sound are individually important to any film.  The dialogue allows the audience to follow the story and to hear details needed to follow the plot of the story.  For example, in Titanic, when Jack saved Rose from jumping off the deck, he told her how painful it would be to jump in the cold water, “like being stabbed by a thousand knives”.  This statement would prove to be important, in effect,  to assist the audience to emotionally connect to the sinking, of the ship, into the freezing ocean.  Sound is used, in essence, to portray the feeling that the director or cinematographer would like the audience to feel.  In the Titanic movie clip, the screams of the passengers sounded a little muffled.  It was intended to illustrate how tremendous the ocean was and how their screams just faded into the massiveness of the arctic ocean.  In the clip, the music was extremely important to set the mood of the night of April 12, 1912. Later in the evening, as the ship sank, it took over two hours, the small band played on the deck as the ship was sinking.  The particular music selected, as in any movie, will achieve the feeling of sadness, distress, happiness or love, whatever the mood the director wishes to extend to the audience.  In Titanic, the music was very slow and calm in an attempt to calm the panic, which only made the event more distressing to imagine.

In the film, the music of the third class citizens was very uplifting and joyous.  It was indicating that although these people did not have many material items, they were happy with their lives and each other as friends and family.  The music in the room upstairs, with the first class citizens, was quite different.  It was classical which gave an air of arrogance, as the upper class sniped at each other, appearing to be less happy with their lives.

The sounds in Titanic would change as the inter-twined genre’s were presented.  In the scene, when Jack and Rose stood at the front of the ship with their arms extended, feeling like they were flying away together, tender music would add to the mood.  In the sinking scene, the music was very dramatic and ominous accenting the devastation.

I have not seen the entire movie in a long time and would love to see it again.  But I remember the effects of sound were fitting to the scene.  For example, every time Rose and Jack were together, alone, it was fun, happy music.  However, when they were with other people, because of their secret relationship, it was always more serious or classical.  It always set the tone, for the their mood, when they were together, whether alone or with other people.

The ending would be so much less dramatic, if there were no muffled screams or the cracking of the ship splintering and breaking in half.  The ominous music as the ship was crashing to the ocean would have left the audience with less of a connection, as far as, emotionally feeling the panic.

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It’s a Wonderful Life

It’s the end of the movie and George Bailey has discovered how important he was to the people in his life and how important they are to him. He runs back to the bridge where he first met Clarence, his guardian angel.