Question.5190 - Assignment #4: Film QuestionsDetailsAssignment ObjectiveView, analyze and respond in writing to questions about a film on Ludwig van Beethoven (it's the students' responsibility to access the entire film whether you can find the entire film for free or rent it for a small fee). Connection to Module ObjectiveExamine the music of the Classical Period.Study the culture and history of the Classical Period.Compare Classicism and Romanticism.Observe the transition from the Classical Period to the Romantic Period.Describe the difference between chamber music and symphonic music.StepsAccess the entire 1994 film, Immortal Beloved, staring Gary Oldman as Beethoven.Study Immortal Beloved Whiteboards outlining film events.Examine the film questions prior to viewing the film. View the film.Prepare and submit your written responses to the film questions by the assignment due date.GradingWritten responses to film questions will be judged on the criteria in the grading rubric below.Film HelpAt its core, sonata form is beginning-middle-end form. One could analyze almost anything along these lines. It is unusual to use Sonata form to analyze artistic expression other than music (in this case, film). However, after viewing this film about one of the greatest Classical Period composers I thought it was fitting to analyze the structure of Immortal Beloved in sonata form. Immortal Beloved Whiteboard #1: ExpositionActionsImmortal Beloved WhiteBoard #2: Development SectionActionsImmortal Beloved Whiteboard #3: Recapitulation and CodaActionsFilm QuestionsClassicist versus Romanticist ”Historians observe that style in art moves between two extremes, the classical and the romantic. Both the classicist and the romanticist strive to express emotions within artistic forms. Where they differ is in their point of view. Classicists seek order, reason and serenity while the romantics long for strangeness, wonder, and ecstasy. Classicists are more objective in their approach; they try to view life rationally and “to see it whole.” Romanticists, on the other hand, view the world in terms of their personal feelings. Throughout history, Classical and Romantic ideals have alternated and even existed side by side, for they correspond to two basic impulses in human nature: the need for moderation and the desire for uninhibited emotional expression.” (Page 150, Enjoyment of Music, 11th-Edition) Respond to the questions below about the film, Immortal Beloved. 1. Consider Beethoven the man. Is Beethoven a classicist or romanticist? Use a specific scene from the film to make your point. 2. Immortal Beloved presents a broad spectrum of Classical period genres from piano solo to a variety of chamber ensembles, concertos and symphonic music. Cite at least four different ensemble types presented in the film. List the specific instrumentation for each ensemble as well as the specific scene in which it was featured. 3. What does the film show/teach us about the relationship between the artists’ life and his creative expression? Use a specific scene from the film as the basis of your response. 4. Beethoven’s Europe/Vienna Austria of the late 18th and early 19th centuries is quite different from our current American culture. Cite at least three specific aspects of society/culture presented in the film that you find interesting, intriguing and/or notable. The Plot5. Describe the overall form employed by the filmmakers to tell this story. Where does the film start? Describe the road it travels. Where does the film end?6. What surprising plot twist is revealed towards the end of the film? Did you anticipate this scenario, or were you surprised?

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