I watched El Juramento for my last blog post. This story is surrounded around a guy named Santiago who is determined how his brother Diego died. Santiago comes to find out that Diego killed himself after a woman named Alma had abortion that was said to be Diego’s child. Alma also refused his marriage proposal. Santiago’s goal is to simply seek revenge. Throughout the telenovela, Santiago narrows down his two possible options for women who wronged his brother, Alma and Andrea. Therefore, he sets out to determine which one was the cause of his brother’s death in order to make one of their lives miserable. This telenovela’s suspense is INSANE! I love telenovelas with lots of suspense where I just keep watching and watching. I was definitely hooked by this telenovela. The first thing I noticed in this specific telenovela was the immediate change in music. Within the first 45 seconds of the first episode, a suspicious character appeared and the fun, upbeat music changed suddenly to a slow moving beat as the suspicious character entered. I love the fact that now I can predict what is going to happen within a telenovela solely based on the music that is being played. Two characters Llego and Santiago are having a phone conversation where even though I could not necessarily understand what was being said, I could tell that the conversation was turning bad by the change of rhythm of the music. As the telenovela goes on, one character has a baby. The music mimics a song similar to a nursery rhyme. There was a lot of incidental music that helped me to understand the flow of the telenovela. During more love scenes, songs would play with instruments such as a saxophone that helps toward the romantic vibe within the scene. I really enjoyed learning the aspects of a telenovela. Now, when I watch any tv shows, I listen out for the music, I observe the protagonists, I think about how the show affects the outside world. I feel like a producer more like. I really enjoyed this class and I have found a new love for watching telenovelas!
Monday, February 27, 2012
El Juramento-- The BEST SUSPENSE telenovela EVER!
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Robyn, I have noticed how the music foreshadows what is going to happen in my telenovela as well. However, with my telenovela, Rebelde, then band RBD already has a few songs from their albums that they use during the shows. One particular example, is a song called "Salvame" or "save me" which is sung by one of the protagonists, Mia. This song always plays, whether with the lyrics or instrumental, when a romantic, breakthrough scene is taking place between two characters. Another similar song to "Salvame" is soft violin and piano music that plays when something sad is happening, like someone crying, usually over a break-up, a death, or something else sad.
ReplyDeleteThe telenovela described in the original post sounds amazing ! I haven't even seen an episode and I want to know what's happening . In Una Maid en Manhattan, the female protagonist rejescts the male protagonists' love multiple ties too. However, they both still love each other and he is persistent. They end up together, but that's what makes your telenovela different. I have noticed the music much more since our last class as well. My telenovela doesn't use very many variations, but it still helps you understand the emotions really being felt. I hope you enjoy watching your show!
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