The Color Purple

I enjoyed the movie. It is filled with emotion and drama, filled with African American historical oppression during slavery days. The film started off with a string underscore with a pleasant country theme as the two girls were running and playing through the fields, with their playful giggling. This beginning reminded me of the similar beginning to To Kill a Mockingbird with playful music and giggling. When the scene went into the birth and their father took away the baby the music became dark and sober. This darker music is heard with their master. There was diegetic hymn spiritual music played during the wedding. During scenes with the children when they are learning to read and playing together, the pleasant country music comes back, creating a light, playful, friendly sound. The film consists of a large amount of string underscore. I believe the music creates a county, simplistic theme. The sadder parts of the film have a more dramatic string underscore.