HUM 135 San Diego Mesa College St Louis Blues Directed by Dudley Murphy Film Analysis
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St. Louis Blues ID (SLO assignment – WRITE)
- Due Sunday by 11:59pm
- Available Oct 16 at 12am – Oct 17 at 11:59pm 2 days
Writing guidelines: Type directly into the field. If youre concerned about the quality of your typing or internet connection, type it separately and when you’re ready, open the assignment and copy (cut/paste) your text into the open window. NO attachments. Good luck!
ID guidelines: an ID should be a paragraph long (5-8 SIGNIFICANT sentences, at least) and should essentially explain the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the ID subject. This should be the most crucial information about the word/term/subject and should exclude minor details, using the following steps. You dont need to follow this exact sequence, but all the points should be addressed. Youre expected to generate 10 good details within your total answer.
- How is it historically situated? (Who made it, when, and where?)
- Cultural purposes? (Why was it made?)
- Key details or features? (How was it made? Description, design, genre, artistic or architectural school?)
- Influence and importance? (How / why do we value it now?)
ID topic: St. Louis Blues (short film). Following the above guidelines, write a good paragraph (5-8 sentences) discussing the Bessie Smith film vehicle. Refer back to the pages in Module 5 for details and to watch the film again. You should first provide a very brief plot summary and state who directed the film, who wrote it, who starred in it, and where it can now be found. You should then then describe how the different elements of the film (cinematic techniques, musical elements, acting, choreography) come together to achieve the celebrated result, and explain why it’s now considered culturally significant. This will allow you to express your subjective opinion, but you must also provide the expected details.
Viewable here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIWkANToPA (Links to an external site.)
Bessie Smith, “St. Louis Blues” (VIEW)Bessie Smith (1894-1937), dubbed the “Empress of the Blues,” achieved great success in the 1920s. While not the first to have a million-seller (that award goes to her contemporary Mamie Smith), Bessie was probably the biggest blues star of the Roaring Twenties, famous for her rich voice and earthy lyrics–and openly bisexual, though that was not public knowledge at the time.Like many other performers, her career was upended by both the end of Vaudeville entertainment (theater-style live shows) and the economic impact of the Great Depression, and she only recorded a few further sessions for Okeh Records before her tragic death in a 1937 car accident. Most of her songs are collected up in the monumental set The Complete Recordings (nine years over 10 CDs), which is an excellent investment in a great American artist.Her look, sound, style, and all-around talent are presented well in her lone film (see link), directed by Dudley Murphy in 1929 and based on the title song composed by the Father of the Blues himself, W.C. Handy. The poster advertises the film and lists the key players at the bottom (in unfairly tiny typeface): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Louis_Blues_(1929).webm (Links to an external site.)Also viewable here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIWkANToPA (Links to an external site.)PreviousNext
