Tuesday 15 January 2008

Research...

Documentary Conventions
Archival Footage and Photographs

old photographs, newsreel footage, and even shots from fiction films.
Talking Heads


Talking heads are people interviewed to explain or comment on the text's subject. These people usually are shown in their offices (sometimes with a wall of books behind them) or in their homes.
Giggly Camera


A wobbly camera is often attributed to documentary. As cameras became more portable and more affordable,
Voiceover Narration


Voiceover narration occurs when a voice is heard on the soundtrack without a matching source in the image.
Re-enactments


A re-enactment stages real events that already have occurred. Sometimes they include the people who experienced the events originally
Real People


For the most part, the people we see in a documentary are real people.



Some of the good point of music...




many adolescent "metalheads" are extremely bright and often use the music to help them deal with the stresses and strains of being gifted social outsiders.
Intelligent teenagers often listen to heavy metal music to cope with the pressures associated with being talented, according to research.
Music is a shared bond between teenagers. It gives them an identity, a feeling of belonging to a group.
Regardless if the person likes music or not it is involved some way in that person’s life; whether it’s by playing an instrument, listening to songs on the radio, studying music, or even by hearing a song being played in a store.
listening to classical music increases a person’s IQ level
The results showed that listening to the Mozart sonata produced showed no different improvement in students grades reasoning

'I have recently discovered that, by using such music to teach, grammar points can be continually reinforced years after the actual lesson, even in the students' own country where exposure to the English language could be practically nil. Used positively, this could almost be described as the perfect teaching medium'
Listening to music is a time filler, and can be used to kill the anger that teenagers face in their lives.
Some teenagers listen to music to kill the silence in their lives. Many teenagers in dysfunctional families can relate to the music in a way that it can help them escape their lives. May teenager face the fears of their parents’ relationships and use ‘listening to music’ as a way not to get involved. The divorce rate in Britain has dramatically risen and this affects the children. Many children sit in their rooms listening to their parents screaming and shouting at each other and it kills them inside to hear this, that is why they would put music on to avoid this pain.
Teens are often on a quest to learn who they are. As they grow and develop, they learn things about themselves that help them define their personality, style, attitude, etc. Music is one of the factors that creates this definition.
Music "soothes the savage beast," and the same can be said for some teens. Teens use music for a variety of reasons: to have fun, study, relax, set a mood, etc. Regardless of the why and who, there is no denying that the influence of music is there – and isn't going anywhere soon.
listening to or singing dark, depressing or inappropriate lyrics can have a negative effect, these are not directly responsible for the behaviors themselves. “Teens who are said to commit suicide or acts of violence as a result of a song they listened to do not do these things as a result of the music,”
According to Gross, it is not the explicit lyrics that should be of concern; it is whether or not the teens know what behaviors are inappropriate.
With each generation of teens comes a time of rebellion. With each new rebellion comes new music. With new music comes controversy.

Statistics...




80% of children that played an instrument are smarter than the average child
95 percent of music students quoted the subject to be a well-rounded form of education.
approximately 80%of students believed participating in a school music program helped in achieving better grades.
Close to 78 percent of students said learning a musical instrument gives you confidence to do better in other subjects.
About 96 percent of students said that school band helped to develop team building skills.
Approximately 71 percent of teenagers who play an instrument were on average more disciplined.
Schools should offer musical instrument lessons as part of regular curriculum.
playing an instrument teaches children discipline.

Existing documentaries relevant to our topic...


Put the needle on the Record

Put the Needle on the Record is an award-winning documentary that explores the evolution of electronic music and the rise of the DJ in pop culture. Filmed in Miami during the hot and sexy Winter Music Conference, a yearly week-long event attended by over 20,000 electronic music professionals and fans, the ?lm takes an inside look at a growing global phenomenon. Interviews with top artists, footage from events around the globe and a brilliant soundtrack are combined to create a highly energetic piece of filmmaking. Director Jason Rem brings an unexplored genre of music to the masses for a glimpse at a movement that is driven by passion, creativity and business.

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