sound & music in media

8/11/2019 Sound & Music in Media

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Music

andSound


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Todays Objectives

What is a film score?

How can music impact a film or scene?

What is the difference between music and sound?

Describe a range of different types of music scores

Describe how a music score can create atmosphere and heighten

tension.

Discuss and use terminology to differentiate between music and

sound.


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Music scores

Can you identify the genres of the films from the pieces of

music being played?

Can you name the films?


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Sound in Film

This is divided into two forms for film:

Diegetic

Non Diegetic


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DIEGETIC SOUND

Sounds that can be heard in the diegesis (the world) of the film.

Dialogue, explosions, music on a car radio etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH-r4HXHcCk&feature=relmfu

Ten minutes describe the various diegetic sounds used within the

scene

Sound within this category can not be added, it is worth noting

however that even if the sound was created in post production

like a gun shot if it belongs in the world of the movie then it

remains diegetic sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH-r4HXHcCk&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH-r4HXHcCk&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH-r4HXHcCk&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH-r4HXHcCk&feature=relmfu


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NON-DIEGETIC SOUND

Sounds that are outside the diegesis (the world) of the film.

Soundtrack, External voiceover

Many films will use narrators like Stand By Me or the

Shawshank Redemption

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Lic4ueSmY&feature=rel

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Ten minutes identify the use of non-diegetic sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Lic4ueSmY&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Lic4ueSmY&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Lic4ueSmY&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Lic4ueSmY&feature=relmfu


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SYNCHRONOUS SOUND

Sounds that reflect what can be seen on screen.

e.g. A shot of a door closing and the sound of the slam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdBO3uQcHgI

Name the synchronous sounds within this scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdBO3uQcHgIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdBO3uQcHgI


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ASYNCHRONOUS SOUND

Sounds that dont reflect the images on screen.

e.g. a police siren in the distance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW4tjKzDEDU

Identify the sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW4tjKzDEDUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW4tjKzDEDU


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CONTRAPUNTAL SOUND

Sounds that are juxtaposed with images that are displayed on

screen.

e.g. violence on screen supported by happy music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLA

What do you think the impact is of using classical music withthe violence in the scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLA


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Music and Sound

Four main areas of meaning that can be created through soundeither diegetic or non-diegetic:

Characteruse of a musical motif can help suggest the type ofcharacter either good or bad.

Genrethe type of music can help to identify the genre of the film,can you give an example.

SettingThe style of music or ambiance can suggest the place.

Westerns the use of emptiness wind for the tumbleweeds etc.

Narrativethe story and event being shown, it can often createatmosphere and tension.


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Impact of Musical Scores

Watch the scenes and identify the diegetic and non diegetic

sounds

Analyse how tension and atmosphere is created in the scene?

How does the music change as the scene progresses?

What does the use of music suggest about the character?

Discuss any points of interest of the music relating to setting,

or genre where relevant?

Scene 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VP5jEAP3K4

Scene 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPeHFDxKUP4
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