Introduction The purpose of this paper is to show the overview of the tax revenue implication from the introduction of tax stamps usage on music and film products in process of protecting their property and copy rights of their works. The government via Tanzania Revenue Authority intends formalize tax stamp usage to fight against rampant piracy on the music and film products. Minister of Finance has already proposed amendments in Excise (Management and Tariff) Act CAP 147 via his budget speech in the
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The three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era were adaptations of classics, arrangements of tunes, and newly composed. Adaptations of classics are the borrowing of a substantial portion of an existing composition for use in a film score. The music should remain largely intact and recognizable, although it can be altered or adapted to suit the needs of the film. Arrangements of tunes are a new setting of a previously composed melody. Unlike an adaption
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Present Day musical films and How they are made possible January, 1931 From The Etude 49 (Jauary 1931): 16-17, 61 and 72 This reading was about how present day musical films become available and how the music and film combined smoothly nowadays. It is sort of stating the transition between silent movies and musical films. According to the reading, ‘the choice of music was left largely to the organist, pianist, or orchestra leader’. However, in order to create musical films, it is much more complicated
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1 The Evolution of Music in Film and its Psychological Impact on Audiences By Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. “I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety, or misery. It can propel narrative swiftly forward, or slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. Finally, it is the communicating link between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one
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2016 Project #1: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Music in films before 1970 had a distinct purpose. In the film “To Kill a Mockingbird” the music highlights important material in the film. This music was utilized to enhance the emotion of the film. The musical score was under the direction of Elmer Bernstein, an outstanding musician responsible for many major film scores. This film was produced in 1962, just about the time where avant-garde music was well in effect. Elmer Bernstein implements these
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Music: Play Superman main theme audio, from live orchestra. (0:00-1:26) {Fade music out} Narrator Trevor Withers: Music has always been an important part of film. Soundtracks in Film allow the mood to be set for a particular scene, or In the beginning stages of film before the invention of “talking film” music was used in silent films to demonstrate mood, event or element. Music: {Fade in Music from Birth of the nation} Narrator TW: The first film to have a specific score written for it was
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four courageous hobbits on a quest to Mount Doom, both Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings have become monumental films due to both their storyline and musical score. Having never seen either of these epic films, I decided now was a good of time as ever to acquaint myself with Luke and Frodo. Even more, having heard both soundtracks before, I was curious how they each fit into the films. Star Wars: A New Hope opens with the oppressive Darth Vader boarding a rebel ship. The story then follows the life
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types of music heard in the original scores during the silent film era and cite specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. * There are three basic types of music that can be heard in the original scores during the silent film era. These 3 type are known as adaptations, arrangements, and newly composed music or originals. Adaptations of Classical Works usually involve large action and dramatic scenes. They typically involve the borrowing of part or all of a song for the use in a film score.
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Short Essays 1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) There are three basic types of music heard in The Birth of a Nation. Each type serves it’s own purpose in the film. The first is adaptations of classical works. These adaptations are extended versions of the original classical piece of work. These adaptations are used for extensive action scenes. For example, Wagner’s
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The fact that the music of films often has powerful effects on its audience is undisputed. Careful examination of the reasons behind these effects, however, has been largely ignored. We tend to compare previously unassociated dramatic pieces we hear to film music - but what piece cannot be compared to film music nowadays? Every pre-composed piece or spontaneous melodic fragment is potential fodder for a cinematic soundtrack. The real questions lie in how and why people have been compelled to combine
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