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So far, I do not like UVM very much. This is partially due to external circumstances, such as the cultural differences between Vermont and New York City, and partially due to internal circumstances, such as my […]
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jbenayou commented on the post, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Soundscape, on the site Acoustemologies
“I also want to talk about your scene with Mr. Gore and Demby. In other readings and discussions in this class, we’ve explored the subjectivity vs objectivity of sound. I like that prior to the whipping, the […]
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jbenayou commented on the post, Soundscape: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, on the site Acoustemologies
“Before I even read the other comments, I had some similar thoughts: The detail with which you described the slaves singing really made it come to life, and, as Max wrote, “a beautiful aural picture” really was […]
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jbenayou commented on the post, What I Hear: An Interpretation of the Heard Worlds of the “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, on the site Acoustemologies
“I like both the song you’ve chosen, and the decision for it to be the only song in the film. This would make it that much more noticeable, in contrast with the “silence” in the rest of the film (it wouldn’t really […]
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Depicting the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in film would be no easy task. True to its form, the narrative is a collection of memories from Douglass’ time immersed in the cruel, scary, and […]
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