Use of music in film
- Creates an atmosphere in the clip
- Creates mood
- Triggers emotional cues at point
- Makes actions stand out more
- Helps narrative flow
- Hints to the emotional state of character/characters
- Establishes culture, time (motifs) and location
Terminology
- Diegetic/Non Diegetic
- Amplified sound
- Character themes
- Sound Effects
- Ambient sound
- Aural Motives
- Contrapuntal Sound
- Sound bridges
- Major and Minor keys/chords
- Cacophony and discordance
- Sound Narrative
- sound scape
- Sonic Wallpaper
Music Analysis
- Purpose
- Elements (tempo, genre, tone, volume, instrumentation)
- Meaning
Purpose
- Creates sonic wallpaper/background for montage and flashbacks to make it more believable
- Helps the narrative flow
- Gives clues about the characters (Oliver Tate)
Element
Instrumentation
- strings
- flute at the start
Tone
- Neutral
- Floats between two
- "Thinking" music
- Romantic, Busy, Dreamy
Tempo
- Fast Brisk walking pace
- Andante
Genre
- Classical
Meaning
- Music is sincere and considered describing with comical memories
- Sequence is oliver's thought process ( subjective)
- The music has a 'busy' quality to it.Resting into a set melody this reflects Oliver's thought process. He jumps straight from thought to thought without any stops.
- Musical has a classic timeless quality giving little indication of location or time. Which suggests timelessness in terms of film themes.
