To explore tonality and harmony in an underscore to reflect the mood or setting in a film clip
To explore tonality and harmony in an underscore to reflect the mood or setting in a film clip
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- In this lesson, we will continue developing our work as film composers and focus on tonality and harmony, looking at how certain keys and devices can create the perfect mood for both horror films and romantic scenes.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What musical element does this image represent?
Pitch
Tempo
Q2.
What musical element does this image represent?
Rhythm
Tempo
Q3.
What musical element does this image represent?
Pitch
Rhythm
Q4.
How can dynamics be used to create tension in a film scene?
Starts with a loud dynamics and stays like that throughout.
Starts with a quiet dynamic and diminuendos to silence.
Q5.
How can pitch be used to create a sad emotion in a film?
The change of pitch from low to high is associate with feeling upset.
The pitch staying the same can represent a character getting upset.
Q6.
Which musical idea could be used to make an audience jump in a film?
Drone
Ostinato
7 Questions
Q1.
What is tonality?
The bass line played throughout a piece of music.
The pitches, chords and patterns chosen within a key.
Q2.
What is harmony?
The bass line played throughout a piece of music.
The key the music is in.
Q3.
Which of these tonalities has no obvious key and can sound really uncertain?
Major
Minor
Q4.
What is a cadence?
A chord pattern in the introduction of a piece of music.
A chord pattern that follows the the 12 bar blues structure.
Q5.
What is a dissonant chord?
The pitches are the same but in octaves.
The pitches that belong to the key.
Q6.
What is the name of texture when parts move together either in unison or chordal?
Melody and accompaniment
Monophonic
Q7.
Name one harmonic idea that John Williams uses in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone to create a magical mood.
Diatonic chords
Perfect cadences