Post For " Pictures at an Exhibition"

During this weeks class I found the "Pictures at an Exhibition" video to be very interesting. The reason I say this is because at first I found it hard to understand what the music was about. But when the Professor started to narrate it I began to visualize and imagine the things happening through the sound of the music. I also wondered why the musicians would always go back to the Promenade section. It was also cool how the music had things that compared then contrasted. I say this because it was so many movements that were slow and mellow while others were more intense and loud. This was a great and also different video from the others we have seen so far. I think that as a listener you can visualize what the composer was trying to show through the music we were listening too. Not only that but just the sound that I heard from all the different instruments was very nice to hear. It was nice to hear them all playing together but with a unique sound because they all were using a different instrument from a different family.

                                                                     By Venezia Manuel

Classics to Disney

Fantasia isn't the only classic that resurfaced through Disney. Shakespeare's story of Hamlet came through in Disney's "The Lion King." For example, the famous character of Hamlet is Simba, Claudius is Scar, and Ophelia is Nala. They have the exact same story line, except the ending in "The Lion King" isn't as tragic. In Hamlet, everyone ends up dying in the end - a typical Shakespeare move. The Lion King pulls a typical Disney move, so I can promise a happy ending. Check it out!
If you have never read Hamlet here is a quick summary!
To those of you who have never seen "The Lion King," it's on youtube!

Here is another link explaining the similarities between the two.

Here is one more summary!

Fantasia vs. Fantasia 2000

While watching the Sorcerer's Apprentice today in class Professor Manning brought up that it was from the movie Fantasia. Having grown up watching the remake, Fantasia 2000, he challenged me to "dig into" the differences there were between the two works. This link is the are the results I found regarding his question. Though they are vague explanations on how they are different, the 5 key points are interesting on seeing how they made the two works that are similar, so unique.

Also, I mentioned in class about Fantasia 2000 having dancing hippos. This is the cover for the 2 disc set containing both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 being sold on Amazon.com. As you can clearly see the large dancing hippo in a tiny Tu-Tu, was something I will remember for the rest of my life just by the look and strangeness of it.

Lastly, someone was questioning which version was best to buy, either Fantasia or Fantasia 2000. This remark to her question on Yahoo is insight to how some feel a certain version is better than the other.