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In this clip, a man in seen walking alone in a park. It appears to be night and raining. This image is accompanied with church bells and wind blowing. Also, we hear Mary Poppins slowly singing "Stay awake, don't rest your head" with a slight echo and no music to go along with her voice.
The soundtrack in a movie trailer is of great importance. I personally believe that music has the power to set the whole tone of a trailer. If we watched this trailer with happy music, no viewer would get the eerie feeling that he or she did when hearing the church bells and the wind blowing. The first half of the remix, we hear church bells and the wind blowing. Even if the viewer closed his or her eyes, they would still get the eerie and creepy feeling of the trailer. The wind blowing gives us the feeling that everything is deserted, and the church bells just gives the entire remix an eerie feeling like there is a funeral being held. The image that I chose to demonstrate the soundtrack is one of the very first we see in the remix. This image that is accompanied with the church bells and the wind blowing gives the feeling of eeriness right away. Most importantly, the author puts Mary Poppins singing in the background with no music. Ironically, the importance of soundtrack and music in this remix, is the lack of it. The fact that she is singing with no music and the tempo of the song has slowed tremendously gives the feeling of doom. The singing voice also has a slight echo to it and it is slowed down significantly. She is singing “Stay awake, don’t rest your head.” These lyrics, accompanied with not music but church bells and wind blowing makes this remix extremely creepy. It sets up a tension the moment we hear Mary Poppins voice. This tension automatically happens because most all people know how that original song goes, and what Mary Poppins really was like.
Intertexuality is when an author or video creator uses or references one text (that can be book, movie, etc.) in another piece of work. In order to understand the meaning and significance of what the author is attempting to make meaning out of, the other person needs to be aware of the other text that is being referenced. This includes prior knowledge and understanding of the video or text. Intertextuality is most important in remixes because the author is bringing in numerous types of video clips that the viewer should have prior knowledge of. If the viewer does not have prior knowledge or background information about even one clip that is included, the author’s point may be misconstrued.In this specific clip, the viewer sees a dark, gloomy sky and a glimpse of a woman with an open umbrella descending down. Obviously, we can assume that this woman is Mary Poppins from the remix title; however, the viewers need to have prior knowledge about how she traveled, what motive she had to come to the children’s house, what kind of person she was, and we also need to know the plot of the original movie. It is essential to the meaning of this remix because, without that knowledge, one may believe that this is actually a movie trailer about a crazy, magical woman that tortures children. By already knowing that Mary Poppins was a happy nanny that came to save this family, the viewer can contrast that with how the author of this remix completely changed her demeanor and motive.
Before this image, we see a little boy being forced into a closet on a wagon. Nobody seems to be pushing the wagon. Quickly, the video cuts to an image of Mary squinting her eyes and moving her head and eyes across the room.
Gesture plays a huge part in determining the tone of the remix. A gesture can be a character’s facial and body expression and their actions. It is the context that these gestures are in that determines the meaning of the gesture. The gestures may have two different meanings depending on the music or the previous events of the remix.
The specific clip that I chose for this element of remixes is between second 35 and 36. In second 35, we see a wagon being pushed into a little boy making him lose his balance. He falls into the wagon and then the wagon is forced into a closet. Then, the closet slams shut both of the doors. No one appears to be pushing it, so the viewer assumes that something supernatural is going on. The remix quickly cuts to Mary Poppins squinting her eyes as she slowly moves her head. Her face, the wagon that appears to be moving on its own, and the screeching violins in the background all come together to signify that Mary Poppins is behind all of these supernatural events. The music that accompanies her sinister facial expression puts her facial expression in a totally different context than the original movie.
In these two images, a jack in the box is popping rapidly in and out of the box, yet no one is winding it. The next is a little girl standing back while she watches a toy tea-set table falling directly on its side with nobody pushing it over.
In the matter of four quick seconds, the viewer gets a series of over five images. Mary Poppins spinning rapidly around is just one of the five eerie images shown.
Using montages in a remix has many different meanings and can signify many different things. From what our class has discussed, montage is a series of images, sounds, photos, etc. in a specific amount of time. The series of images are usually displayed very rapidly. These images may or may not have went together at all; however, when put together right after another in a condensed amount of time, the viewer is forced to make connections that they wouldn’t have before. In this clip I chose for montage, there are six images that are shown in a matter of three minutes. The first image is Mary Poppins spinning around extremely fast and keeping her spot and eye contact with the camera. The second image is what appears to be a boy pushing a little girl down. The third image is a maid, with her hands up, running from a man in a dining room. The fourth image is a little boy that has a serious face with his eyes wide open. The fifth image is an old man that appears to be grabbing the little girl. Finally, the last image in this montage is of Mary with her mouth open, her eyebrows are pushed together and it appears to look like she is yelling. While all of these images are being flashed to the viewer, the music becomes more rapid and more intense. The meaning that this montage gives to the remix is that the presence of Mary Poppins and her tactics makes the children’s world chaotic and scary.
In this image, we see just a plain and simple black back ground. Also, in white simple font and letters, we see the sentence "Hide your children." This text is accompanied by Mary Poppins singing, wind blowing, and church bells ringing.
Genre is an interesting topic when discussing remixes. It is interesting because through a remix, an author may decide to turn the remix into a completely different genre than the original movie. Take Mrs. Doubtfire for example, the original movie is a family movie, about a father wanting to spend time with his children; however, the remix of this trailer shows him in a different light. Through gesture, juxtaposition, soundtrack, intertextuality, and montage, the meaning and genre take a complete 360. Instead of Mrs. Doubtfire being a family and fun movie, we see the main character as a manipulative, lying, and creepy man that dresses up as an old woman to stalk this family. The image that I chose appears in second 56. It is a black screen that has “Hide your children” in white letters. The previous “eagle eye” image that is shown of two children running down a deserted alley way and then “Hide your children” slowly appearing on the screen and disappearing gives this remix a different genre. Through this remix, the author takes a happy, family and kids movie and turns it into a psychological horror movie.
The Original Scary 'Mary Poppins' Recut Trailer
(2006) Chris Rule (with assistance by Nick Eckert)
Mary Poppins (1964) Robert Stevenson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOfH7uEojKk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic
The definition of juxtaposition is putting two or more texts, images, words, sounds, etc. together that usually would not go together. The act of putting these two different things together, the author is forcing the viewer to make meaning out of it. The two images I chose that demonstrate juxtaposition is the image of the jack in the box coming rapidly in and out with no one winding it and the little girl’s tea table falling straight on it’s side. I chose these two images because it reinforces the idea that something supernatural is going on. There is an element of the supernatural in the original Mary Poppins movie; however, the gestures of the characters that were choosen, and the soundtrack accompanying the images gives the supernatural events another meaning. The author purposefully put these two images together to signify that Mary Poppins was using some sort of greater power to make things go awry.