...hhhhh1. The three different types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era are adaption of classics, arrangements of popular tunes, and newly composed music. All three of these different types of music are present in The Birth of the Nation. Adaptions of classical works were used to build tension and set the tone for dramatic scenes. In lighter and more uplifting scenes, the use of arrangements of popular tunes is used to spark emotion and create a much lighter mood. The theme of this movie was created through the use of original newly composed music and reflects the development of the story. 2. 1. The three different types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era are adaption of classics, arrangements of popular tunes, and newly composed music. All three of these different types of music are present in The Birth of the Nation. Adaptions of classical works were used to build tension and set the tone for dramatic scenes. In lighter and more uplifting scenes, the use of arrangements of popular tunes is used to spark emotion and create a much lighter mood. The theme of this movie was created through the use of original newly composed music and reflects the development of the story. 2. 1. The three different types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era are adaption of classics, arrangements of popular tunes, and newly composed music. All three of these different types of music are present in The Birth of the Nation...
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...associated with the emotions in the movie. In many cases, music can help build suspense and action in a movie however in this case the music allows the viewers to better understand the depth of the issues taking...
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...The Effects of Music in Movies Music is used in everyday life. Some people use it for relaxing, some for learning and some as a profession. It’s undeniable that music has a special place in your life at some point. The sound of one note, one chord, can take you to a certain time or place in your life like a childhood memory, your wedding day or even a movie. Composers are known for having this ability to pull on the emotions and change the mood of their audience. One of the most underrated aspects for music is how filmmakers use these ablilities when choosing music for their movies. The role of music in a motion picture is in direct relation to the level of ambiguity in a particular scene. The more ambiguous a scene is, the more filmmakers rely on the music to develop a mood that interprets the meaning of the scene for their audience. Therefore, music provides a cue for the listener to tell whether the narrative is suppose to be perceived as scary, romantic, funny, sad, or happy--ultimately, affecting the audience's mood. Horror movies are great examples of that concept. Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), is a perfect example of how a music can tell its audience what's about to come. The most memorable scene in the film was the brutal shower stabbing scene with Janet Leigh. The use of music in this scene allows the viewer to achieve a fear of the unknown. As Leigh is showering, the camera view point is of Bates walking into her room. Then, the music gets eerie and scary. The...
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...for the patients. The music in movies, more importantly in this scene effects the mood based on the tempo and another aspect music plays as a "natural background filler"(Giannetti 107). The music in the final appeal scene establishes the uplifting mood and foreshadows the actions. The final appeal scene is inspiring and brings hope to anyone who watches it. the scene is about Patch Adams appeals passionately to the medical board and the med students, and then is surprised by all the people he has helped over the years. The strong emotional sequence from patch pleading with the board and then when his patients come in and show him that all of his sacrifices and enthusiasm to help them....
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...Maycomb, Alabama. There are many scenes that aid in creating the overall tone of the film. In the scene “Death in the Dark,” Jem and Scout are on their way home from a school pageant when Bob Ewell attacks them on a pathway in front of Boo Radley’s tree. The “Death in the Dark” scene utilizes music, sound effects, setting, and various camera angles to create a histrionic tone, full of suspense and fright. While on their way home, Jem and Scout feel a presence following them. The music starts off soft and in short pauses; the music increases as the scene progresses. The soft music creates a very eerie feel, and the short pauses in between allow for the suspense to build up. The music acts as foreshadowing of the events to come; the music creates an admonitory tone. Later in the scene, Bob Ewell attacks the children and Boo Radley saves Jem and Scout by fighting off Bob Ewell. The tempo of the music increases, and is now forte. The music allows the viewer to identify the climax of the scene. The intense music instills fear and suspense in the viewers. The setting and sound effects also add to the overall tone of the scene. The scene begins with the children walking on a path that is surrounded by trees and brush. The surrounding trees create an aura of mystery and eeriness, and the crunching leaves beneath the feet of the children add a sense of creepiness. The wind rustling the leaves puts the viewer on edge and creates anxiety in the scene. Jem and Scout make their way home...
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...Three basic types of music that are heard throughout Birth of a Nation include adaptation, arrangement, and original music. Adapations or the extended quotations of classical music can usually be heard alongside large action scenes. Dramatic scenes are also often related with adaptation. Adaptation can be heard during the assassination of President Lincoln as well as the ending of the movie. The biggest thing about adaptation is that it is most commonly heard throughout the action scenes where a lot of violence is seen. Setting moods and arousing emotions would be very difficult to do without the arrangement of well-known melodies. Melodies such as “Maryland, My Maryland” and “Dixie” can be heard through-out the film. These tunes were used in order to paint a brighter, not so jumpy mood. Newly composed music is the third type of basic music we hear in The Birth of a Nation. This music is put into the film in order to create new themes that represent the aspect of the story. Casablanca is set around a war which forces the director to switch scenes from America to the Middle East quite often. Source music is used in order to identify scenes. There is a sequence of scenes that switch from an American restaurant and a Middle East restaurant. American music can be heard during the scene of the American restaurant, Rick’s Café, while Middle East music can be heard during the scene of the Middle East restaurant, The Blue Parrot Café. Source music is also used in order to introduce...
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...Evolution of Music in Film and its Psychological Impact on Audiences By Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. “I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety, or misery. It can propel narrative swiftly forward, or slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. Finally, it is the communicating link between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience.” Film composer Bernard Herrmann. Why Is There Music in Film? The general feeling about film is that it is singularly a visual experience. It is not. While we certainly experience film through our eyes, we just as surely experience it through our ears. Especially today, particularly with modern home and theater sound systems offering multi-channel sound and high fidelity. Films are generally fantasies. And fantasies by definition defy logic and reality. They conspire with the imagination. Music works upon the unconscious mind. Consequently, music works well with film because it is an ally of illusion. Music plays upon our emotions. It is generally a non-intellectual communication. The listener does not need to know what the music means, only how it makes him feel. Listeners, then, find the musical experience in film one that is less knowing and more feeling. The onscreen action, of course, provides clues and cues as to how the accompanying music does or is supposed...
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...my attention was brought to this one scene of Cinderella at the grand ball (51:24-56:00). Disney put out a branched out theme of when the main character’s dreams come to face the reality. The scene starts with Cinderella dancing with her Prince Charming at the ball to a soft music that allows both sense of magic and elegance to step in. This diegetic music played by the orchestra at the ball goes well with Cinderella’s flowy dress as she smoothly slides across the fancy floor. In the music, the heavy bass played by Cello gives a palatial feeling. Also when the couple starts dancing, the spotlight is turned on them, which makes it seem like if Cinderella is dreaming which related to Disney’s theme “Dreams come true.” In the middle of the dance, some diegetic sound is added to the music when the scene switches over to the king and his doorman. In this quick shot, not only they have a quick dialogue but also a breaking noise of the doorman’s magnifying glasses. After dancing at the ball, Cinderella and Prince Charming gracefully dances out to the garden where they are by themselves. During the scene, the diegetic music played by the orchestra slows down as Cinderella starts humming. However, the music doesn’t end but puts an accent by using crescendo in the tune giving the feeling of hope and curiosity in what is going to happen next. As Cinderella sings about love, Prince Charming joins for a duet. Due to the slower tempo of the music and the visual track of the beautiful...
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...character is related to the sound. Music or sounds help the audience associate and connect certain scenes with their implicit meaning. Wilson’s love for his daughter joined with a regret over lost time that might have, or should have been spent with her, leaves him bound to investigate and avenge her untimely death. “Tell me about Jenny”, is Wilson’s quest to find out what happened to Jenny and his quest causes the narration and action in this film. Wilson’s memories (flashbacks) of Jenny are what keeps him driven in his search for answers. The reoccurring sound motifs in this film are wind chimes, the sounds of the ocean (waves), Wilson’s humming and a unique melody of piano music. These reoccurring sound motifs aid the audience’s understanding of the film’s non chronological temporal order of the story. The film uses different sounds during flashbacks to help add or reveal new information to the viewer about Wilson’s past and the film’s scenes that occur out of the story’s chronological order. The flashbacks are used to create suspense and intrigue in the narration by gradually revealing the entire events of the story. The piano music motif is associated with Wilson’s quest for the truth about Jenny’s death. The piano music is used for different purposes throughout the film. One use of the piano music is to cue the audience that important information is being revealed usually during flashbacks about Jenny. The piano music is also played at different parts of...
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...Insight of a Spaghetti Western through the eyes of a girl Ultimately, Inglourious Basterds gives audiences around the country tremendous insight on the satire of a spaghetti western. The satire of a spaghetti western features American leads and foreign supporting cast. “The genre traditionally is a western fare, but the Spanish settings are very distinctive” (Hughes, 2004). The distinctive traditional settings in Inglourious Basterds include: decaying old houses, desecrated bodies, and a lawless land. Also, “magnificent scenery, action sequences, and stirring music that leads to extreme graphic violence” (Hughes, 2004).This sequence of events is intertwined within this film, and keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Further, “the good, the bad, and the ugly” (Interview, 2009), meaning consequently, in the film there are both good and bad characters, but the seemingly good characters are not so perfect. Inglourious Basterds sets a perfect precedence for the satire of a spaghetti western. Nevertheless, Tarantino puts his own unique spin on a spaghetti western through the film Inglorious Basterds. The film is starring Brad Pitt as a commanding officer of a bush whacking, gorilla, Nazi-scalping squad of Jewish American soldiers, known as “The Basterds”. Furthermore, The Basterds invade Nazi-occupied France during World War II, scalping and killing any Nazi’s that the squad comes across. Meanwhile, a young Jewish girl escapes with her life as she watched her family get gunned...
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...Elma Dzubur English 2450 12/3/15 Sound In this particular scene from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Joel is trying to cling onto his memories with Clementine as they are being erased by technology. This sequence is unique because it lacks clarity and structural formula however this helps the viewer understand how Joel feels during his treatment. The music and sound effects are very important during this scene because they help display what Joel is feeling as he tries to hold onto the memories. Many Hollywood movies use the same guiding principle to create sound however, in this sequence, the principle is thoroughly brushed aside in order to support the concept of erasure, which in this case is Joel’s memories. The sequence begins with Clementine and Joel laying under a blanket. There is soft, non-diegetic music playing as they talk to each other. Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from a source outside the story space. The music is soft to help the viewer understand that Clementine and Joel are content with each other but it also serves as a happy, romantic memory. However, shortly after that, the scene becomes dark and Joel is seen crawling on what seems to be blankets. All that is heard is Joel’s breathing and the sound of his body crawling against the fabric. The music...
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... 1 Describe the three basic types of music heard in the original scores during the silent film era and cite specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. * There are three basic types of music that can be heard in the original scores during the silent film era. These 3 type are known as adaptations, arrangements, and newly composed music or originals. Adaptations of Classical Works usually involve large action and dramatic scenes. They typically involve the borrowing of part or all of a song for the use in a film score. For example, in The Birth of a Nation, adaptations were used when an arrangement by Mozart was used for the Lincoln assassination as well as the end of the movie. Since this composition is one of seriousness and intensity, it was used to give the scenes a sense of tension and violence. Arrangements can be defined as remakes of previously composed work. In these works, a composer will borrow only the melody of a classic song and recreate it to make an entirely new sound. In The Birth of a Nation, many well-known melodies are used to emotionally connect to the audience. Tunes such as “Maryland, My Maryland” and “Dixie” are put into the film to create a lighter less dramatic feeling. New and original compositions, are defined as just that. A song with melody in which the composer writes without the help of other tunes. These are typically written specifically for the film itself. Griffith uses this type of music to create a recreate themes that run throughout...
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...is an immediate success after the release. Max Steiner’s music is a hero of the movie as it holds an important role in the entire movie and also helps reinforce Rick’s character. What is more significant in Casablanca is the source music. Source music is basically music that is in the film and can be heard by the characters themselves; it is part of the fictional setting. Other than “Knock on the Wood,” which is written exclusively for the film, every other music that appears in Casablanca is borrowed and they are mostly American popular music. In Casablanca, source music helps to distinguish or pinpoint a scene. For example, American popular music is played when a scene is taking place in Rick’s Cafe but when a scene is happening at The Blue Parrot Cafe, Arabian music can be heard. "Marseillaise” is also played when there is a shift of setting to Paris. Source music also introduces the theme for this film. The song “As Time Goes By” is both the love theme for Rick and Ilsa and source music that is played in the background for many scenes. There is a part where Rick has a flashback to Paris and “As Time Goes By” is played by Sam on the piano. In addition to that, Sam’s singing can be heard during the flashback as well. In the same scene, Sam’s piano-playing reappears after the flashback. Source music is also used to complement the characters or moods. Since Casablanca is set during the time of war, cheerful American music is played to contradict the mood of desperate refugees....
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... Music 468 Spring, 2015 Short Essays You will write three essays in all. The essays should be typed with double-spaces. For the 10-point essays, think of a paragraph or two, and for the 20-point essays aim for three or more paragraphs. Since this is an exam, I am limited in the answers that I can give if you have questions. All of these points are covered in the book and addressed during lecture. 1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) The three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era were Adaptations of classical works, arrangements of well-known melodies, and newly composed music. Adaptions of classical works borrow a substantial portion of an existing composition for use in a film. In the Birth of a Nation, classical music is in dramatic and action scenes. Classical works are played during Lincoln's assassination, and also during violent and action scenes in the movie. Arrangements of well-known melodies borrow melodies to create emotions, disposition, and set the mood. An example of an arrangement from The Birth of a Nation would be works such as tunes such as “Maryland, My Maryland” and “Dixie.” Newly composed music uses new music to create themes that stand for the aspect of the story. 2) What is the role of source music in Casablanca? (10 points) The role of source music in Casablanca...
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...1. The first scene I choose is Jimmy Markum in the morgue viewing Katie’s body. The song I choose for this scene is “If I Die Young” by The Band Perry as functional music. This song fits the scene because it references dying young. 2. The second scene I choose is Dave telling his wife about vampires and wolves. He asks her does she think he killed Katie. The song I choose for this scene is “She Wolf” by David Guetta as functional music. This song relates to the scene because it is about falling in to pieces. 3. The third scene I choose is Brendan talking to his brother in the kitchen asking him does he love him. The song I choose for this scene is “The Art of Dreaming” by Russell Harris as functional music. This song fits the scene because it is suspenseful and dramatic. 4. The fourth scene I choose is Dave standing outside by the bay talking to Jimmy Markum about who he killed. The song I choose for this scene is “You Ruin Me” by The Veronicas as functional music. This song fits the scene because Jimmy Markum received the confession he wanted and ruined Dave. 5. The fifth scene I choose is Dave and the Savage brothers in the bar drinking before Jimmy arrives. The song I choose for this scene is “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday as source music from the jukebox. I choose this song because I feel that it leads up into Jimmy Markum arriving. 6. The sixth scene I choose is the cops entering the room while Ray Jr.’s Friend has a gun drawn on Brendan Harris...
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