K@W-5

WINNIE THE POOH :
The colours used in the film are bright and serve as an effective visual aid. The music coupled with lyrics flashing on the screen also enhances the value of the film making it more enjoyable. Music has a powerful influence in the process of brain development. Music can be divided into three mainly rhythm, harmony and melody. The rhythm is what appeals to our body. Melody appeals to the spirit. And harmony appeals to the mind. The perfect frequency ratios as notes resonate are harmony. An octave is a 1:2 ratio.
Heavy rhythms appeal to our body. They make us want to move. Drummers keep soldiers marching. Waltzes sweep us along a dance floor. Faster music releases adrenalin. Fast music, 130 - 200 beats per minute, is able to activate the noradrenergic system and the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis more than slow music. This is our "flight or fight" part of our nervous system.
Animated films are made to appeal to the children’s mind specifically. Along with the flow of the music and the types of colours, the emotions play a great role on the minds of the viewer. Colours like pink, blue enhance the production of serotonin in the brain which makes a person feel happy. Dark colours like grey and black give a feeling of depression which states that the serotonin production is less. Therefore the reason behind making the viewer emote is used by the film producers to create effects in the movie.
The language of the song comprises mainly of nonsensical rhymes and very often words are created and used only to create a rhythmic rhyme scheme, this appeals to the interest of the viewers. In spite of the language being fun and creative to appeal to the aesthetic sense of the reader it is not all comical jargon. There is a lot to learn from what pooh and his friends have to sing about life and relationships. The lyrics revolve around the friendship, living a life free from worry and brooding no matter what hardships come in the way and living an honest and simple life engaged in helping others. The rabbit in his song also echoes a similar ideology when he sings “you harvest what you grow”.
The present song which is apparently a pleasant jingle meant to entertain young minds can also be perceived at the adult level as a jingle to sing to oneself in times of trouble or otherwise. The universal truth contained in these short sentences create a mood of reflection and at times even enable an individual to introspect his lifestyle, his attitude towards life and his relationships with those around him. Like all Pooh songs this one too touches the heart and gears the mind in the direction of living a happy life in harmony with ones socio- physical environment.

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