Essays about: "Leitmotif"

Found 4 essays containing the word Leitmotif.

1. 1. Spirits, Bath Houses & Music : A Qualitative Textual Analysis of the Music & Characters in Spirited Away

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

   Author : Anna Johansson; Malin Wollin Persson; [2022]
   Keywords : Film Music; Characters; Spirited Away; Textual analysis; Multimodality; Neoformalism;

   Abstract : This thesis delves into film music and how it can be used to shape and influence the viewer on different levels, as well as how the music in itself portrays a character. A qualitative textual analysis was used in order to get an answer to these questions. READ MORE

3. 2. Violin solos in Wagner Operas - A thematic and symbolic analysis

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Guillem Gadea Salom; [2019-10-08]
   Keywords : Wagner; Leitmotif; Theme; Violin; Symbolism; Opera; Solos;

   Abstract : An analysis of the violin solos in Richard Wagner’s operas, from a symbolic, narrative and musical point of view, and how it translates into a better performance.... READ MORE

4. 3. Non-diegetic film music as a narrative agency in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Rasmus Carlsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Interstellar; non-diegetic music; Christopher Nolan; Hans Zimmer; implicit narrative functions; semiotic concepts; leitmotif; denotation; connotation; film and media history; film music; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study sets out to investigate the non-diegetic music in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014) in order to highlight its implicit narrative functions and meanings. The theoretical approach consists of semiotic concepts such as ‘Cognitive denotative’ and ‘Cognitive connotative’ functions by Emilio Audissino, ‘Myth’ and ‘Anchorage’ by Barthes as well as Claudia Gorbman’s ‘Connotative Cueing’. READ MORE

5. 4. The visual album as a hybrid art-form: A case study of traditional, personal, and allusive narratives in Beyoncé

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Cara Harrison; [2014]
   Keywords : Visual album; narrative; Beyoncé; character development; visual leitmotif; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The combination of visual art and music has resulted in many innovative audio-visual phenomena and provides an on-going exciting avenue of artistic production. This thesis explores one such phenomenon, the visual album. READ MORE