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AOS2 - Film Music - Coggle Diagram
AOS2 - Film Music
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Ways of Creating Tension
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Repetitive, short, snappy phrases
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Features of Music
Ostinatos (repeating patterns) can be used to suggest things, such as horse's feet or a heartbeat
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Musical styles can rapidly change to reflect the action too, particularly in comedy films
To keep up with the plot, the melody, harmony and tempo are often quickly changing
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Common, set structures are rarely used
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Jobs in Music
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Orchestrator
Arranges music
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Different instruments and sounds can suggest different things - for example, bagpipes suggest the location of Scotland
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Leitmotif - a tune that returns throughout the film and represents a particular object, idea or character
Repetition is commonly used in film music to remind the audience of something that previously happened - the key and instrumentation can vary to reflect the mood or action
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It can be a melody, chord sequence, rhythm, or combination of these
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Mickey Mousing
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For example, if someone slips on a banana skin, there would be a descending scale and then a crash
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Types of Film Music
Background music
Most common, referred to as underscoring, adds to the mood of the scene, outlines the dramatic developments and aspects of each character
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