Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Use of music in film

Use of music in film


  • Creates an atmosphere
  • Creates mood
  • Triggers emotional cues
  • Emphasise actions
  • Heps narrative flow
  • Hints to the emotional state of character
  • Establishes location, culture, time (motifs)

Terminology

  • Diegetic/Non Diegetic
  • Sound Effects
  • Amplified sound
  • Ambient sound
  • Character Themes
  • Aural  Motifs
  • Sound Bridges
  • Contrapuntal Sound
  • Major and Minor keys/chords
  • Cacophony and discordance
  • Sound Scape
  • Sound Narrative
  • Sonic Wallpaper

Music Analysis

  • Purpose
  • Elements (tempo, genre, tone, volume, instrumentation)
  • Meaning

Submarine 


http://lrmt.posthaven.com/p1-music-analysis-submarine-clip-01


Purpose
  • Creates sonic wallpaper/background for montage and flashbacks
  • Helps narrative flow
  • Gives clues about character (Oliver Tate)
Element
Instrumentation
  • Flute at start
  • Strings
Tone
  • Neutral
  • Floats between two
  • "Thinking" music
  • Romantic, Busy, Dreamy
Tempo
  • Brisk walking pace
  • Andante
Genre
  • Classical

Meaning

  • Sequence is Oliver's thought process (subjective)
  • Music is sincere and considered describing comical memories (poo incident)
  • The music has a 'busy' quality to it. Never resting into a set melody, this reflects Oliver's thought process as he jumps from thought to thought
  • Musical has a classic timeless quality giving little indication of location or time. Which suggests timelessness in terms of film themes.




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