This past semester I took a class on music in film with Dr. Hindman and it turned out to be one of my favorite classes. One of our projects was to pick a film and make a cue sheet of the music in the film and discuss how the music is used. The film I chose was Requiem for a Dream, whose original score actually won quite a bit of recognition. This film is a good example of utilizing music to improve the impact of the movie on the viewer. At many very intense moments in the movie, the music takes on a very shrill, dissonant sound which really helps to connect the viewer with the characters in the film and what they are going through on screen. It also complements the dialogue at times by conforming to whatever the characters are talking about. For example, it becomes very intense when the 2 lovers in the movie argue and soft and lovely when they are saying sweet things to each other. There are about a million more ways the music works together with this particular movie. When I was making the cue sheet, I found it truly incredible how much detail and thought went into the score that you would never notice right away.1.20.2010
music and film.
This past semester I took a class on music in film with Dr. Hindman and it turned out to be one of my favorite classes. One of our projects was to pick a film and make a cue sheet of the music in the film and discuss how the music is used. The film I chose was Requiem for a Dream, whose original score actually won quite a bit of recognition. This film is a good example of utilizing music to improve the impact of the movie on the viewer. At many very intense moments in the movie, the music takes on a very shrill, dissonant sound which really helps to connect the viewer with the characters in the film and what they are going through on screen. It also complements the dialogue at times by conforming to whatever the characters are talking about. For example, it becomes very intense when the 2 lovers in the movie argue and soft and lovely when they are saying sweet things to each other. There are about a million more ways the music works together with this particular movie. When I was making the cue sheet, I found it truly incredible how much detail and thought went into the score that you would never notice right away.
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Yeah, you never really realize how much work goes into something like creating a movie until you analyze it in some way so that you see how time consuming and difficult it is.
ReplyDeleteI did the same thing when i had to write about the film i watched. if you have the wring music no mattr how good the acting the scene is ruined
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