Our class today consisted of seven oral presentations, we started with a presentation by Gwyn, who compared Cinderella and Donkeyskin in terms of appropriatness for children. Her topic was well presented and I agree with her that donkeyskin seems generally inappropriate for children, the notions on incest, along with the general absense of magic and great amounts of trickery would leave children unentertained and with a wrong moral.
The soundtrack analysis on Beauty and the Beast was my favorite presentations, it was very well researched and displayed a great knowledge of how the music attributed so beautyfully to the story and ultimately led to receiving an acadamy award. The individual clips of music were very intersting, and i was intrigued by the explanations of each motif. Like the enchantment motif and the use of a fluid woodwind sound, or the low brass notes of the beast motif. My favorite part was the west wing, as it used no dialogue and was all instrumental. I've always been a fan of transmitting emotion simply through sound, in the past this was only possible using orchestras or complex instrumental arrangments, but electronics have led us to great lengths in being able to generate this type of content from our own personal computers. electronic music really has revolutionized this idea and user generated instrumental music has allowed us to convey emotions through many new styles of music, like house or electro.
We also had two presentations on Snow White, which were also well researched and led me to agree that the grimm version of the tale seems most suited for kids, as it portrays a more clear moral and is generally less violent.
I have to say that most of the presentations were very well thought out and executed, and I'm hoping that mine will go as smoothly as the first seven we saw.
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