Musical film

Musical film is a film that is characterized by many musical performances. The musical numbers are used - in contrast to " normal films " - integral action component.

Background

The first films were silent films, whose presentation was accompanied by a pianist or untermalend a live orchestra. The technical ability to synchronize picture and sound, first with an interesting way to carry the music of an orchestra in small cinemas. The first sound film The Jazz Singer (1927 ) with Al Jolson still has therefore customary in the silent film text panels and used the opportunity of the tone only for some vocals.

With the improved technical capabilities to record and spoken dialogue, the music came within a short period (from about 1930) into the background in favor of dialogue-driven action- based films. Only now can you talk about the film as music its own genre (as opposed to "normal " dialogue-based film). The music film has a heyday in the 1940s with stars such as Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. The principles of customary at that time large Revue shows are transmitted in the medium of film. In the 1950s, music is often used in Germany to illustrate the ideal world of the home movie. Stars such as Peter Alexander have great success with their films in Germany. It develops as a typical German subgenre of pop film about the 1960s. Music stars like Elvis Presley or the Beatles used in movies too, in the U.S. at this time that are tailored to you.

Even today, the music film is still an economically successful genre. Music films as the Oscar-winning strip Moulin Rouge or Black Swan find new and creative ways to use music in the context of a film. Also, most Disney animated films can be described as music films. Music stars such as Alan Menken and Elton John write the music for this highly successful productions. In the Indian film musical numbers are a typical and independent component of the commercial cinema.