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Film Music (Devices (Ostinato (A short repeating pattern), Sequence (a…
Film Music
Devices
Ostinato
A short repeating pattern
Sequence
a long melodic passage
repetition
Where it repeats
Mickey mousing
Where the music copies the character on screen
Theme
A piece of music that occurs multiple times in the film and displays a emotion or a mood
Leitmotif
A theme for a character
Why we use film Music
To create an atmosphere
To support the emotions of the the characters
To support characters, e.g. leitmotif
To support physical action
Rhythmic devices
Syncopation
The music is off beat
Augmentation
when longer note values are used for the theme
Dotted rhythms
When the beat is subdivided into a long and a short note.
Textures
Monophonic
With many instruments playing the same line of music.
Homophonic
The main tune with an accompaniment of chord and other stuff
Film Music is a piece of music written for a film.
Film music originated from the times of the silent films so the music was used to describe the mood.