Michael Apted's "Bring on the Night". A film about the formation of a Jazz band

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,6, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Jazz in the movies, language: English, abstract: In this work I would like to give an insight into the movie "Bring on the Night". The paper will start with general information about the movie and a short description of the plot. Furthermore it will try to categorize the film to a specific genre. A description of how the movie is shot follows. Additionally, the focus will be on social matters considering Jazz and the relation between the music and the content of the movie. "Bring on the Night" is a film about the Pop musician Sting who is working on forming a Jazz band and preparing for a concert in France. The movie gives insights into the daily life of a busy musician, containing rehearsals and song-writing, but is also focused on the background of the musicians and the relationship between them. The movie won a Grammy award.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Lempka
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9783668201811
• ISBN: 978-3-668-20181-1
• No. of pages: 16
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 40 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V320379; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V320379
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics