Monday, October 13, 2014

The Right Notes

I found an article on insidehighered.com called "The Right Notes" by Alexandre Tilsley. 

This article discusses the movie Pitch Perfect and the culture of A Cappella. A cappella has been growing in popularity since the debut of "Glee" three years ago, and collegiate a cappella gained recognition on NBC’s "The Sing Off," a competition show that made several college groups famous nationwide. For actual collegiate a cappella singers, parts of the film Pitch Perfect ring true, though they insist the a cappella world is not quite as political as it’s sometimes made out to be. They have rehearsals, and gigs yes, but its not as glamorous as the movie portrays it to be. They take what they do verst seriously and put all the effort they have into their practices. The movie also gives off the impression that male a cappella groups are more talented than female a cappella groups, but this is not true but female groups do have a tougher time gaining popularity due to the fact that most of the audience are females, and they would much rather watch males preform. 

Using this article as well as others to guide my interview, I plan on asking Ron Wilber (member of the AcoUstiKats) what he thinks about the movie Pitch Perfect and how true to a cappella he thinks the film is. Also in the article it talks about female groups not being as popular as male groups, i want to know Ron's point on this, and why he thinks this might be true. In my documentary i think it would be good to compare this film and the thoughts of a cappella members to show how much of it is actually real and how much of it is acting. 

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