Music and film

• Muzikale opvoeding
• Secundair onderwijs

Assignment 1

link emotions to a film fragment

History of filmmusic

Functions of film music

1. tension, atmosphere, emotion
2. follows action, enhances visual movement
3. continuity in the film images (music makes the images one whole
4. location in time
5. recognition element for characters

what is the function of the music in the following fragments and why?

Technique

How do they create sound?

Studio of live?

Music and Characters

A composer can tell a story with music. How does he do that? For example, how can you hear that a character is angry or that there is danger?

The composer uses musical means:

Musical means

• Hard or soft.
• Fast or slow.
• Short tones or long tones.
• High or low.
• Timbre (klankkleur); through the use of different tools.