Kramer's Theory

Here, I have tried to put Kramer's theory into my own words and to make sense of it.

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2. In some ways, the text can be Ironic
3. Doesn't have boundaries between past and present
4. Challenges barriers between high and low styles
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7. It doesn't seperate things into different catergories
8. Considers music within different cultural, social and polotical contexts
9. Makes references to all different sorts of music
10. Technology is a huge part of the music that is created
11. Embraces Contradictions
12. Distrusts binary oppositions
13. includes fragmentations and discontinuities
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15. There is different meanins within the music
16. Locates the meanings and structures for the listeners of the music.

Mix Tape

I Am What I Am Luke Peter Adams Denny. One in A Million Track Listing I Am What I Am (John Barrowman) - Because, I Am What I Am. Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston) - I believe that the greatest love of all, is the love you have for yourself. I Want it All (High School Musical) - This sums up, my Acting ambitions, and won't settle for anything less, than the best. Don't Stop Believing (Glee) - omg glee. It's Raining Men (The Weather Girls) - gay. Sister Act (Sister Act the Musical) - I love musicals so much, and this song is about friendship and devotion which is something that means alot to me. Right to the Start (Keisha Mair - Written by Myself) - My Own Creation Standing Ovation (Becky Orton - Written by Myself) - My Own Creation My Heart will go On (Celine Dion) - Title song from my favourite film, and also my favourite song One Moment in Time (Whitney Houston) - I believe that I will have my moment in time. Ps. This woman is my idol, I actually wannna be her.

Definitions

Blaxplotation - This is a film genre that started in the United States in 1971, when many films were being made for a specific audience of urban black people. Blaxplotation films were the first to feature soundtracks of funk and soul music. The film 'Shaft' is often to be believed one of the films which started the genre.

Western - The western is another genre. They are devoted to telling stories primarily in the later hald of the 19th century. Some westerns are set as early as the Barrle of the Alamo in 1836, but most are set between the end of the American Civil War in 1865 and the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. Westerns aften portray how obsolete ways of life confronted modern or social changes.

Spaghetti Western - Also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid 1960s. The films were shot in inexpensive locales resembling the American Southwest, prilimary in Italy.

Inglourious Basterd Research

Inglorious Basterds is a 2009 war film, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. A short description of the plot is; An army of American Soldiers go on a rampage to collect the scalps from German soliders, in aid of the world war 2, when they killed and tortured the Jews. The film stars; Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth & Dianne Kruger. Actors such as Leonardo Dicaprio and Adam Sandler were appraoched for roles in the film, but deals could not be made with the actors.

Here are some reviews for the film, Inglorious Basterds;

'A classic Tarantino genre-blending thrill ride, Inglourious Basterds is violent, unrestrained, and thoroughly entertaining' - Rotten Tomatoes

'Tarantino is at times like a flamboyant, egomaniacal orchestra conductor, gesticulating wildly and turning to the audience to make sure we know that the show's about him.' - Rotten Tomatoes

'Simply Tarantino's best. A very intelligent script that combines war movie elements with some pointed observations about violence in movies and in society.' - Rotten Tomatoes

'Despite some of the scenes dragging on too long, Inglourious Basterds is still a lot of fun, altering history for the better as the Nazis feel the force of redemption.' Rotten Tomatoes

'Shows how most of us turn to film for both fantasy escape and an avenue to make the abstract past tangible, enough to even possibly, and powerfully, replace actual history.' - Rotten Tomatoes

Inglorious Basterds Trailer

Quentin Tarantino Biography

Quentin Tarantino was born 27th March 1963. He is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and occasional actor. He began his career in the early 1990s as an independant filmmaker. His films have earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Palma d'Or and has been nominated for Emmy and Grammy awards.

Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennesse. At the age of 22 he worked at a video rental store where he and fellow movie buffs, like Roger Avary spent all day discussing cinema and recommending videos to customers. Below is a filmorgraphy of his works;

• My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
• Resevoir Dogs (1992)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• Kill Bill, Vol 1 (2003)
• Kill Bill, Vol 2 (2004)
• Deaf Proof (2007)
• Inglorious Basterds (2009)

Not only is he a director, but he has also been an actor is several films, some being his own;

• Resevoir Dogs (Mr Brown)
• Pulp Fiction (Jimmie Dimmick)
• Sleep with Me (Cameo Role)
• Desperado (Cameo Role)
• Destiny Turns (Johnny Destiny
• Four Rooms (Chester Rush)
• From Dusk til Dawn (Richard Gecko)
• Jackie Brown (Voice on Answer Machine)
• Little Nicky (Cameo Role)
• Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 (Member of the Crazy 88)
• Inglorious Basterds (Cameo Roles)