How does Music enhance the story?
Chords
Major- Upbeat, happy music tone
Minor- Sad tone
Tempo
Fast- Energetic, Intense, gain interest
Slow- Bored, Lazy, Lethargic
Dynamics
Loud- Energy, Intense, rising action
Quite- Background, make you focus/listen, builds tension
Diagetic Sound- Sounds that happen naturally e.g footsteps
Non-Diagetic Sound- Sound added to a scene-music
Minor, slow, quite
What Scene?
Opening scene
Techniques-
minor chords,
made you feel tired,
slow tempo,
gained volume builds intensity,
non-diagetic sound
Audience feel-
Sad scene,
foreshadowing,
interested
Directors purpose-
Build emotion/ atmosphere
The reaping, music starts as Katniss walks to the stage
Techniques-
Minor chord,
Slow tempo,
Dynamics-gains volume, then drops, then builds
Audience feel-
Emotional, eery,
ominous,
melancholic
Directors purpose-
Foreshadowing sadness,
Katniss has just volunteered, will most likely be eliminated
Lets us feel Katniss emotions on personal level.
What Scene?
Rues death- She is killed, Katniss prepares her body- surrounded by flower, Solutes to the TV camera
Techniques-
minor chords,
slow to medium tempo,
Dynamics- builds to forte with Katniss's emotions
Audience feel-
Katniss's grief, sorrow, misery, anger at the unfair death of her friend
Directors purpose-
make us feel Katniss's emotions
more intense than if we heard her scream, makes us notice more
uses music to tell us the pain she feels
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