When I listen to all of the songs, I think they radiate happiness. It is a sort of contagious smiling, feel good soundtrack. The opening song, Welcome To Wisconsin, has a catchy beat and a full instrumental sound complete with intervals of commentary to tell the story.
My favourite song is Snap. I like it because I enjoy the tune and I love the Car Hop harmonies. I think that they complete the song and really compliment Fonzies voice. I pictured Fonzie walking around to the beat of the music in his leather jacket before the car hop girls file in for a dance number. I do not know much about dance choreography, but I think that it would be neat if Fonzie also danced with all the girls. Snap is sung by Fonzie and to my understanding, it is about The Fonz being full of himself, saying everyone loves and needs him. The song makes it seem like Fonzie can fix anything with a snap of his fingers, which is a tad unrealistic to me.
My least favourite song is What I Dreamed Last Night. I don't like it very much because it seems sort of boring to me. There isn't really a big climax of the song either. I do not like the canon between Marion and her daughter. I just don't think it fits very well. To make this song interesting, I envision Marion sitting alone at the window, staring out at a happier version of her own life. It would give the audience a new perspective. This song fits in with the play because it shows us that women really did have to do all of the housework and maybe weren't treated fairly all of the time. It is a contrast to all of the happy songs.
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Assignment #1
The Happy Days episode that I watched is titled "Haunted." It is a Halloween special. All of the boys goofed around a lot and did silly things like swipe an elderly man's hat off of his head. This tells me that the kids back then were more involved with adults. These days, I think that most teens tend to avoid communication with adults (if they can).
I learned that back in the 50s, everyone was much more festive. Not many people care about dressing up for Halloween, especially teenagers. In the show, everyone was excited to put on a costume. The teenagers played bobbing for apples and danced together which no one does much of. Dancing, sure, but bobbing for apples is considered a children's game now. I feel as though now, when kids mature into teens, they care less and less about minor holidays. I like that the Happy Days teens enthusiasm did not fade.
I learned from my dad while watching this episode that Marion Ross, who plays Marion Cunningham is in a Scooby Doo movie that I enjoyed. The actors are all really good and they seem really into character. There is not one person who isn't fully animated one hundred percent of the time. I also learned that many people gave out plain apples for Halloween treats. I thought it was all candy apples!
All of the things I observed from this show can help me to get into character with a number of things. All of the girls attitudes seemed to be sweet, polite and happy. Everyone seemed to be excited most of the time and took humour easily. No one fought or caused drama. I think it is important to have a positive aura and a pleasant attitude in this musical. It is all about having fun. Now that I know how people acted back then, it is easier to act like them. If I ever need reference, I know I can always think of what I watched, or just watch another one.
Episode link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGd1kiL5ctU
I learned that back in the 50s, everyone was much more festive. Not many people care about dressing up for Halloween, especially teenagers. In the show, everyone was excited to put on a costume. The teenagers played bobbing for apples and danced together which no one does much of. Dancing, sure, but bobbing for apples is considered a children's game now. I feel as though now, when kids mature into teens, they care less and less about minor holidays. I like that the Happy Days teens enthusiasm did not fade.
I learned from my dad while watching this episode that Marion Ross, who plays Marion Cunningham is in a Scooby Doo movie that I enjoyed. The actors are all really good and they seem really into character. There is not one person who isn't fully animated one hundred percent of the time. I also learned that many people gave out plain apples for Halloween treats. I thought it was all candy apples!
All of the things I observed from this show can help me to get into character with a number of things. All of the girls attitudes seemed to be sweet, polite and happy. Everyone seemed to be excited most of the time and took humour easily. No one fought or caused drama. I think it is important to have a positive aura and a pleasant attitude in this musical. It is all about having fun. Now that I know how people acted back then, it is easier to act like them. If I ever need reference, I know I can always think of what I watched, or just watch another one.
Episode link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGd1kiL5ctU
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