Film Music 2

• Music
• Secondary Education

The Functions of Film Music

 

Film Music

• Composers create special music that matches what's happening on the screen, like exciting scenes or sad moments. 

• The music helps you feel what the characters are feeling and makes the movie more fun to watch.
  

Today we will...

- Look at real examples of Leitmotifs

- Explore the difference between Leitmotifs and Ostinatos

-Begin planning our Ostinatos (potential CBA piece?)

Lets remind ourselves, what is an ostinato?

https://youtube.com/shorts/XU-zQik62pk?si=NEyB6qH8smTz6aYD

Lets remind ourselves, what is an ostinato?

Lets remind ourselves, what is an ostinato?

 

- Ostinato: a repeated short melodic phrase

How do composers set scenes and portray characters?

• One of the main jobs of a film composer is to create an atmosphere for a scene.
  
• They also need to portray the mood or emotion of the characters in the scene.
  

Which of these scenes best suit the music? Why?

Answer these questions as you watch the video:

1. Describe how the music changed from the start to the end of the video clip.

 

2. Do you think the music in this video clip succeeded in showing the characters’ emotions? Explain

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Lets Watch..

with NO sound

1. What sounds and/or instruments do you expect to hear?

2. What do you think the music

might sound like? (refer to elements like tempo, dynamics, etc.)

3. What tonality do you expect?

Listening

1. The tempo of this music is:

         Largo (Slow)/ Allegro (Fast)

2. How do the dynamics change?

3. What type of film does this music

suit? Why? (Refer to the instruments

and musical elements). 

Lets compose:

Compose a 4-bar rhythmic ostinato to

accompany this clip.

Success Criteria:

- My ostinato is 4 bars long.

- It is in 4/4 or 3/4.

- It includes a variety of rhythms.

- It has a tempo (above stave).

- It includes dynamics (below stave).

Lets Reflect..

WITH sound

1. Did you hear the sounds/ instruments you expected?

2. What instruments and other

sounds are used in this scene?

3. Is the music appropriate for the

scene? Tell me why.

By the end of today's lesson, you will

 be able to...

• Identify how music connects to characters in a film.
  

• Understand how music shapes character development.

• Compose an ostinato for a film scene.

Homework 

• Using your ostinato, add two layers of music to your ostinato to vary the texture of your mood piece. 
• One layer should be a melody and the other should be a rhythmic pattern. 
• Both need to be four bars long and have the same time signature as your ostinato